ALUMNI RECOGNITION

Past Recipients include:

• 2024 — Rahma Rashid, Domestic Violence Advocate

• 2023 — Josias Jean-Pierre, Author and Motivational Speaker

• 2022 — Jason Prenovost, Athletic Director, Tacoma Community College.

• 2021 — Dr. Tom Jackson, President, Humboldt State University.

• 2020 — Michele Pedicone, Respiratory Therapist, Professor, and Director of Clinical Education.

• 2019 — Angela Sheffey-Bogan, principal of Sartori Elementary School in Renton, WA.

• 2018 — Ed Ramos, Certified Public Accountant with the firm DP&C

• 2016 — Sandra Cravens Robinson, Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and Nursing Program Graduate

• 2015 — Dr. Gene Sharratt, Executive Director of the Washington Student Achievement Council

• 2014 — Ronald Beard, attorney at Lane Powell

• 2013 — Carl Hinkson, manager of Haborview’s Respiratory Care department

• 2012 — Sherill Miller, educator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist

• 2011 — Linda Yoshida, author and philanthropist

• 2010 — Deborah King, President & Founder Final touch Finishing School, Inc.

• 2009 — Dr. Linda Petter, family practitioner

• 2008 — Sam Green, Washington State’s first Poet Laureate 

• 2007 — Chris Carrel, executive director of the Friends of the Hylebos

• 2006 — Ezra Teshome of State Farm Insurance

• 2005 — Larry Blackstock, a local television industry veteran

• 2005 — Maurice Sabado, a science and technology pioneer

• 2004 — Tricia L. Anderson, chief administrative officer for the King County District Court

• 2003 — Junki Yoshida, CEO of the Yoshida Group

• 2002 — T.M. Sell, professor of journalism and political science at Highline Community College

• 2001 — William Perry Baker, Ph.D., science professor and academic dean at Arizona Christian University

• 2000 — Terry Acena, Seattle Public School District principal

• 1999 — Thomas Nixon, retired senior vice president of KeyBank

• 1998 — Ann Rule, internationally recognized author

• 1997 —Veltry Johnson, public information chief for the Washington State Department of Corrections

• 1996 —Joan Enticknap, president/COO of HomeStreet Bank

• 1995 —Scott Crueger, chief photographer for KIRO-TV

• 1994 —Randy Coplen, president of GBA/Gyroplanes of Seattle

• 1994 —Phyllis Collier, former Boeing manager

• 1993 —Joan DuBuque, King County Superior Court judge

• 1992 —Dr. Michael Hutchins, director and William G. Conway Chair in Conservation and Science at the American Zoo and Aquarium Association

• 1991 —Wendie K. Harper, former detective for the Tacoma Police Department

• 1990 —Norm Rice, former Mayor of Seattle