Past Award Winners
Congratulations to all our Spirit Award recipients. If you would like to nominate a deserving party for the 2023 awards, a form is available on our website at jensencenter.org. Click on the “News” tab and then select “Award Nominations.” Nominations can be submitted at any time between now and September 1, 2023, and will be considered in the next round of selections next September. Past recipients are ineligible for nomination.
Person of the Year Recipients
2004—Mark Olson
2005—Don Aylesworth
2006—Hans and Jane Suomi
2007—Rich Stuczynski
2008—Shelly Platten
2009—Janet Glodowski
2010—Ken and Barb Konkol
2011—Connie Pitt
2012—Aralda Bell
2013—Terry Anderson
2014—Butch Somers
2015—Jake Barnes
2016—Nina Cass
2017—Russ and Linda Schroeder
2018—Ed Haebig
2019—Victor Voss
2020—Kris and Dave Crubaugh
2021—Bob and Chris Lane
Business of the Year Recipients
2018—International Bank of Amherst
2019—Ambrosia Pub & Grill
2020—The Village Hive
2021—Judah Studios
Junior Person of the Year Recipients
2018—Ben Villnow
2019—Makena Maves
2020—Abigail Helbach
2021—JoJo Peplinski
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