Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
2012 – Tim Stevens
2011 – Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy
2009 – Mrs. Elsie Hillman
Civic Leadership Award Recipients
2016 – Dr. Ralph Bangs
2016- Reverend Dr. Harold T. Lewis
2011- Bev Smith
2010 – Dr. Joseph W. Trotter
2010 – Dr. Laurence Glasco
2009 – Marcia M. Sturdivant, Ph.D.
2008 – Thelma Williams Lovette
2007 – Father Carmen D’Amico
2006 – Bill Strickland
2005 – Irvin E. Williams
2004 – Oliver W. Byrd
2003 – Deborah Walker
2002 – James C. Roddey
2001 – Alfred W. Wishart
2000 – Philip B. Hallen
1999 – Marc Cherna
1998 – Honorable K. Leroy Irvis
1997 – Frederick W. Thieman
Community Leadership Award Recipients
2016 – Hallie Donner
2016 – Claudette R. Lewis
2015 – Ron Lawrence
2015 – Three Rivers Youth
2015 – Jasiri X
2014 – Vanessa German
2014 – Reverend Dr. Johnnie Monroe
2013 – Dr. Jerlean Daniel & Dr. Jack Daniel
2011 – Dr. Larry E. Davis
2010- Richard Garland and One Vision, One Life
2009 – The Hill House Association
2008 – Daniel B. Matthews Historical Society
2007 – Dr. Vernell A. Lillie
2006 – Helen Faison
2005 – Imani Christian Academy
2004 – Leon Haynes, III
2003 – Pittsburgh Black Media Federation
2002 – Ronald R. Davenport, Sr.
2001 – David E. Epperson
2000 – The Lavelle Family
1999 – Milton Washington
1998 – Arthur J. Edmunds & Wendell G. Freeland, Esquire
1997 – Lavera S. Brown
1996 – Deborah L. Black
Corporate Leadership Award Recipients
2013 – Tim Nettles, Enterprise Rent A Car
2012 – Doris Carson Williams
2012 – Dr. Jared Cohon
2011 – Comcast
2008 – New Pittsburgh Courier
2007 – Daniel M. Rooney
2006 – Ron Gebhardt
2006 – William Getty
2005 – Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
2004 – Marva Harris
2003 – PNC Financial Services Group
2002 – Giant Eagle
2001 – Allegheny Conference on Community Development
2000 – Eddie L. Edwards, Sr.
1999 – Reed Smith Shaw & McClay
1998 – Senator H. John Heinz III (posthumously)
1997 – Ned V. Randall, Jr.
1996 – Wesley W. Von Schack
Special Posthumous Leadership Award Recipients
2014 – Nate Smith, Sr.
2010 – Naomi Sims
2009 – Fletcher Byrom
2008 – Fred Rogers
2007 – Gwen Elliott
2005 – Dr. Edna Chappell McKenzie
2004 – Dr. Robert Kisner
2003 – James F. Henry
2002 – Bernard H. Jones, Sr.