2001 Nominees & Recipients:
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ARTS & LITERATURE Karen Brown - Artistic Director, Oakland Ballet Buddy Butler - Professor of Theater Arts, San Jose State University Robert Henry Johnson - Artistic Director, RHJ Dance Company |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE André V. Chapman, M.A. - President & CEO, Unity Care Group, Inc. Regina Jackson - Executive Director, East Oakland Youth Development Center Bernida Reagan - Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center |
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CORPORATE David C. Drummond - Executive VP Finance & CFO, SmartForce George E. McDaniel, Jr. - President & CEO, Community Bank of the Bay Brenda Wright - Sr. VP/Region Mgr. Community Development, Wells Fargo |
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EDUCATION Dr. Oscar Battle - Coordinator Health Education, San Jose State University Sandra Lowe Hayes - Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Santa Clara Univ. Edward E. Leonard, II, MD - Infectious Disease Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Univ. |
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ENTREPRENEUR Jennifer Adkins - President & CEO, Jenny Capp Company, Inc. Heath O. Dixon - Founder Silicon Valley TEKFinders Bill Stewart ñ President, Apollo Programming Industries |
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MEDIA Dr. C. Diane Howell - Publisher Black Business Listings, Producer Black Expo Charles E. Johnson - President & CEO, SoulBeat International Television Network Renee Kemp - Broadcast Journalist, BET and KTVU-FOX 2 |
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POLITICAL Barbara Lee - Congresswoman 9th District of California Sophie Maxwell - Supervisor 10th District, City of San Francisco Dezie Woods-Jones - CEO, Black Women Organized for Political Action |
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PUBLIC SERVICE Sharon Chatman - Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County Randall L. Cooper - Captain, San Jose Police Department Darryl Stallworth - Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County |
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SPIRITUAL LEADER Dr. Amos C. Brown - Senior Pastor, Third Baptist Church Gordon A. Humphrey - Pastor, Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church Dr. Tony Williams - Pastor, Maranatha Christian Center |
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YOUTH Oluseyi Ashimiyat Akanni - Stanford University Freshman Anthone D. Jackson - President San Jose NAACP Youth Council Monica Nichelle Rose - Irvington High School Senior |
*Recipients pictured and in bold
