Help us recognize the people who make an impact in the New River Valley! We need you to nominate worthy candidates for this year's awards program. The Commission is accepting nominations for our regional awards until March 13th. Award recipients will be honored at the Commission's Annual Dinner in May 2018. Please click on the links below to nominate candidates for Champion of the Valley (elected/appointed official), Citizen of the Valley, and Friend of the Valley (outside the region).
Previous award recipients include:
Champion of the Valley (nominate here)
2014 Mr. Joseph Sheffey Pulaski County Board of Supervisors, retired
2015 Mr. Rick Boucher U.S. House of Representatives 1983-2011
2016 Delegate Joseph Yost 12th House District of Virginia 2012-2018
2016 Mr. William Brown Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, retired
2017 Mr. Chris McKlarney Giles County Administrator
Citizen of the Valley (nominate here)
2014 Dr. Charles Steger Virginia Tech President
2015 Mr. Ken Anderson CEO, Anderson & Associates, Inc.
2016 Ms. Penelope Kyle, JD Radford University President
2017 Mr. Woody Crenshaw Floyd County Entrepreneur
Friend of the Valley (nominate here)
2016 Mary Moody Northen Foundation Mountain Lake Lodge
2017 Mr. Bill Shelton Director of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development