Partners’
Ninth Annual Bridge Builders Award Program December 1, 2005
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
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HOST Glenda Hood
Former Secretary of State
State of Florida
Chair, Executive Committee
Partners for Livable Communities
EMCEE:
Charles Royer
President
Institute for Community Change
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mary Landrieu
US Senator
State of Louisiana
THIS YEAR’S
BRIDGE BUILDERS ARE:
Mayor
Bill White of the City of Houston
and County Judge Robert Eckels of
Harris County, TX
For their collaboration in coming to
the aid of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Ken Woodley of the
Farmville Herald and the Commonwealth
of Virginia, represented by State
Senator Henry Marsh
For creating educational opportunity
in the form of scholarships to individuals who were denied
public education fifty years ago.
Kathleen Guinan of Crossway
Community and County Executive
Douglas Duncan of Montgomery
County, MD
For creating an education and housing
facility that low-income, at-risk families can use as a resource
for taking control of their lives.
Jane Lang of the Sprenger
Lang Foundation and the Tishman
Construction Corporation of DC, represented by Vice
President Jim Sherwood
For renovating a community-based performing
arts center that has served as the catalyst for the revitalization
of Near Northeast in Washington, DC.
Reverend David Walton and the City of Roanoke,
VA, represented by Assistant
City Manager Rolanda Russell
For working together to re-build the
neighborhood of Southeast Roanoke and improve the quality
of life for residents, businesses, and visitors.
Daphne Kwok of the
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and
Brian O'Neill of the Golden
Gate National Recreation Area
For their leadership in working to bring
more awareness of the important role of Pacific Coast immigration
in shaping America's past, present, and future.
Bob Santos, Larry
Gossett, Robert Maestas,
and Dorry Elias-Garcia of the
Minority Executive Directors Coalition
For building and fostering a coalition
of minority leaders who work together to best advocate for
King County, WA's diverse population.
