| 2016 | PG&E of Bakersfield and Kern County |
| 2015 | Jim Suver | CEO, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital |
| 2014 | No award given | |
| 2013 | Karen Goh | Garden Pathways |
| 2012 | William Michael Leming | CEO, Desert Empire Fair |
| 2011 | Bob Hampton | Westside Waste Management |
| 2011 | Harvey Hall | Mayor, Bakersfield |
| 2010 | Robert Boland | Alta One Federal Credit Union |
| 2010 | Charlie Beard | General Production Services, Taft Oilworker Monument |
| 2009 | Gary Ingle | Judge, Shafter |
| 2008 | Greenfield Walking Group | Bakersfield |
| 2007 | Dennis Shoffner | Rosamond |
| 2007 | Burt Pumphrey | Taft Police Department |
| 2006 | Sandra Larson | Valley Feaver of Americas Foundation |
| 2005 | Philip Arnold | |
| 2005 | William Porter | |
| 2005 | Indian Wells Valley 2000 | |
| 2004 | Edwards Community Alliance | |
| 2003 | Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce | |
| 2002 | Jim Burke | |
| 2002 | Sheryl Barbich | Bakersfield Vision 2020 |
| 2001 | Jennifer Takagi & Dennis Wallace | |
| 2001 | Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire | |
| 2000 | No award given | |
| 1999 | Ridgecrest Film Commission | |
| 1998 | No award given | |
| 1997 | No award given | |
| 1996 | Nancy Bass | General Manager, Inyokern Airport |
| 1996 | Brenda Turner | |
| 1995 | Kern Economic Development Corporation | |
| 1995 | Michael Fisch | The Bakersfield Californian |
| 1994 | No award given | |
| 1993 | Bakersfield City School District | |
| 1993 | Don Murfin |
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