Past Leader of the Year Honorees

• 1990 Senator John B. Daly*
• 1991 Legislator Lee Simonson
• 1992 Henry Kalfas*
• 1993 Niagara County Community College
• 1994 Peter K. Wendel
• 1995 Ronald Danielwicz & William G. Mayne Jr.*
• 1996 Lockport Savings Bank & Alan Rae, PhD
• 1997 Mark Francis & Senator George Maziarz
• 1998 Jane Haenle LN ’84 & Richard Soluri
• 1999 Kathleen Granchelli LN ’88 & John Hoffman
• 2000 Joan G. Aul & Thomas A. Beilein
• 2001 Orleans Niagara BOCES & Jerald Wolfgang
• 2002 Niagara USA Chamber & Matthew J. Murphy III
• 2003 G. Michael Brown & New York Power Authority
• 2004 Christa Caldwell & Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
• 2005 Merrel Lane, John Cooper & Niagara Falls Memorial
• 2006 Henry Sloma, Bob Confer LN ’07, Niagara University & Grigg-Lewis Foundation
• 2007 Carol Houwaart-Diez LN ’91, Mount St. Mary’s Hospital & Niagara County Bicentennial Committee
• 2008 Gannett Foundation, Frank Strangio & DiMino’s Tops Markets
• 2010 Jerome Williams, Ellicott Development & Taraneh Jacobs (Emerging Leader)
• 2011 Kenneth Franasiak, Flight 3407 Families & Daniel Aikin LN ’10 (Emerging Leader)

* Deceased

Past Alumni of the Year Honorees

• 1989 Robert J. Bradley LN ’84
• 1990 Katherine J. Benoit LN ’87
• 1991 Christopher H. Brown LN ’84
• 1992 Patricia Barry LN ’91
• 1993 George “Skip” Helfrich LN ’89
• 1994 Deanna Douglas-Knapp LN ’91
• 1995 Annemarie C. Bettino LN ’85
• 1996 John F. Benoit LN ’91
• 1997 Robert J. Kazeangin, Jr. LN ’87
• 1998 Carol Houwaart-Diez LN ’91
• 1999 Jacqueline Bixler LN ’92
• 2000 Wendy Roberson LN ’94
• 2001 Jill A. Spira LN ’91
• 2002 Kevin Schuler LN ’00
• 2003 Carolyn VanSchaik* LN ’95
• 2004 Justice Amy Fricano LN ’92
• 2005 David Burke LN ’01
• 2006 Raeanne Argy-Tyler LN ’99
• 2007 Cathleen Blood LN ’89
• 2008 Loretta C. Madia LN ’01
• 2010 Howard Morgan LN ’03
• 2011 Christine S. O’Hara LN ’92

-Leadership Niagara