Partners’ Eighth Annual Bridge Builder Award Program
June 29, 2004
Hotel Monaco, Washington, DC

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Alphonso Jackson
Secretary
The United States Housing and Urban Development Department

THIS YEAR’S BRIDGE BUILDERS ARE:

Ray Christman, President, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Craig Pascal, Vice President, Community Development Specialist, Washington, DC branch of BB&T of NC

For their understanding of the value of culture-based community development and their dedication towards creating opportunities for them to exist and thrive in the Washington, DC region through the successful EDGE Program which has benefited such organizations as The Dance Institute of Washington and Joe’s Community Arts Organization in Mt Rainier, Maryland.

Rey Ramsey, Co-Founder and CEO, One Economy Corporation
Ben Hecht, Co-Founder, President and COO, One Economy Corporation
Lewis P. Jones, President, The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation

For innovative programs to get computer technology into inner-city homes of those cut off from the economic mainstream.

Carl W. "Bill" Struever, President & CEO, Struever Bros. Eccles
& Rouse
Bank of America, represented by Douglas B. Woodruff, Community Development Banking, Bank of America

For their joint efforts in "Building Better Communities" throughout Baltimore and the East Coast through Smart Growth projects and neighborhood transformations.

Allan Kullen, President, People of America Foundation, & Founder, Americans All
Bob Knight, Former Mayor, Wichita, Kansas
The dedicated employees of Todd Allan Printing

For working toward racial reconciliation around the nation by designing, advocating and supporting programs that promote understanding of the ties that connect us, regardless of diverse backgrounds.

Alice Coles, Executive Director, Bayview Citizens for Social Justice Stephen Parker, Director, The Nature Conservancy,
Virginia Coast Reserve

For their leadership efforts in creating a new town by advancing both human needs such as housing, sewage, job training and childcare with the need to protect the ecological system of the region. Their dedication in this combined pursuit has not only benefited the low-income residents of Bayview but has helped to sustain one of Virginia’s poorest, rural villages on the Eastern Shore.

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