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2020 ETVRA Nominees

2020 Adult Honorees:
  • Helen Abbott – Chilhowee View Community Center
  • Mike Allen – The Joy of Music School 
  • Addie Arbach – Next Step Initiative (Community Shares fiscal sponsor)
  • Jeanne Birdwell – Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority RSVP 
  • Jeff Brandon – Multiple 
  • Patty Bushey – Knoxville Habitat for Humanity 
  • Lisa Cabbage – Grainger County Local Government 
  • Arthur Carmichael – Nourish Knoxville 
  • Bob Cook – Girls Inc of the TN Valley 
  • Jenny Cross – Wesley House Community Center
  • Patti DeGraff – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding 
  • Richard Duncan – Centro Hispano de East Tennessee 
  • Kat Eldridge – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency 
  • Rick Fox – Knoxville Symphony Orchestra 
  • George Gillett – Knoxville Leadership Foundation
  • Danny Greene – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Volunteer Assisted Transportation
  • O’Neil Greene – The Mission in Hancock County  
  • Walter Harper – Zoo Knoxville 
  • Shaleigh Hendon – Asian Culture Center of TN 
  • Carol Hickman – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians
  • Sherri Hoskins – Appalachian Promise of Claiborne County
  • Rae Hutchins – Town of Dandridge
  • Jean Idell – Friends of the Knox County Public Library 
  • Becca James – YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley 
  • Tracy Jarnigan – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians
  • Robert Jones – East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
  • Tara Jordan – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians
  • April Kennedy – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians 
  • Roy Kruse – Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee 
  • Elizabeth Lee – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency 
  • Wendell Long – Blount County Community Action Agency 
  • Patricia Loveless – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians 
  • Marta Monroe – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency 
  • Lora Nanny – Great Schools Partnership 
  • Stacey Porter – Alcoa High School Football Boosters 
  • Louise Povlin – The Town of Farragut 
  • Barbara Raper – Homeless Management of Monroe County 
  • Carlos Reyes – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Connecting Hearts 
  • Jenny Pleasant Rhodes – Knox Kickin Cancer
  • Irina Roberts – Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee 
  • Carlene Robinson – Multiple 
  • Kent Russell – City of Loudon 
  • Earl Schliesman – Ladies of Charity Knoxville 
  • Clay Schwab – CASA of East Tennessee 
  • Sarah Shepherd – Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians 
  • Stephanie Sherwood – Junior Achievement of East TN
  • Paul Shields – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Foster Grandparents
  • Stephanie Shipley – Junior League of Knoxville  
  • Leni Ede Smith – Multiple 
  • Terry Stevens – Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition 
  • Terri Stewart – Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability 
  • Sharon Stoller – Second Harvest Food Bank 
  • Heather Story – The Restoration House 
  • Andrew Strickland – Random Acts of Flowers 
  • Paul Tanguay – Remote Area Medical 
  • Jennifer Waller – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency 
  • Danny West – Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless 
  • Shannon Wheeler – Children’s Advisory Board for Monroe County 
  • Gary Whitfield – Loudon High School Boosters Club 
  • Adam Woldt – Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking 
  • Carole Wunderlich – Knoxville Museum of Art
2020 Student Honorees:
  • Shehroze Akhter – Knoxville Habitat for Humanity 
  • Carsi Beaty – Multiple 
  • Molly Daniels – Girl Scouts Southern Appalachia 
  • Mary Donahue – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding 
  • Avi Finley – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Mobile Meals
  • Holly Franklin – Girl Scouts Southern Appalachia 
  • Emily Keith – Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee 
  • Caroline Lukens – Thrive Lonsdale 
  • Taylor Parsons – Multiple
  • Lauren Schenk – Girls Inc of the TN Valley 
  • Jayden Scott – Multiple 
  • Jack Turrentine – Zoo Knoxville 
  • Hannah White – Grainger County Local Government 
  • Meg Wilson – Remote Area Medical 
  • Neely Yates – Grainger County Local Government