| 2016 | Minerva Rodriguez of Caltrans, District 6 | Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) |
| 2015 | Thomas Roads Improvement Program | State Route 178/Morning Drive Interchange Project |
| 2015 | City of Ridgecrest | West Ridgecrest Boulevard Reconstruction Project |
| 2014 | City of Bakersfield | Mohawk Street Extension Project |
| 2013 | Caltrans District 6 – Bakersfield & Bodfish crews | State Route 178 |
| 2013 | City of Bakersfield/Thomas Roads Improvement Program | Westside Parkway |
| 2012 | Golden Empire Transit District | |
| 2011 | Caltrans District 6 Interim Director Sharri Bender Ehlert | Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) |
| 2011 | Caltrans District 6 Design & Environmental Team | State Route 99, Bakersfield |
| 2010 | American Society of Civil Engineers Kern County | |
| 2010 | Infrastructure Report Card Committee | |
| 2009 | Mehran Akhavan | Caltrans District 6 Project Manager |
| 2009 | Theodore Wright | Engineer, Bakersfield |
| 2008 | Cliff Thompson | Taft |
| 2007 | Ahron Hakimi | Bakersfield |
| 2006 | Luis Peralez | Bakersfield Streets Division |
| 2005 | Chester Moland | Golden Empire Transit District |
| 2004 | Mojave Airport District | |
| 2003 | Nancy Bass | Inyokern Airport District |
| 2002 | Ray Bishop | Kern County Airport Department |
| 2001 | No award given | |
| 2000 | Doyle Green, Lieutenant Commander, California Highway Patrol | Chair, Kern 46 Safety Task Force |
| 1999 | Jim Scott | Tehachapi |
| 1998 | Jim Costa | Senator, 16th Senatorial District |
| 1997 | Major Transportation Investment Strategy | |
| 1996 | High Speed Rail Project | Kern Transportation Foundation |
| 1996 | Delano Express Transit | |
| 1995 | Taft Area Transit System | |
| 1995 | Raymond A. Watson | Chairman, Kern Transportation Foundation |
| 1995 | Marianna Buoni | General Manager, Laidlaw Environmental Services |
| 1994 | Cheryl Scott, Golden Empire Transit District | “Make Friends with GET” Campaign |
| 1993 | City of Ridgecrest Bicycle Plan | |
| 1993 | City of Bakersfield Bike Path Facilities | |
| 1993 | United States Petroleum Reserve | Compressed Natural Gas Program |
| 1992 | Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve Vanpool Program |
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