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Distinguished Service to Education Honors Winners 2026

Legislator of the Year: Champion of Public Education

Delegate Gregory Wims

Board of Education Business Partner

MilliporeSigma (Odalys Hernandez)

Board of Education School Service Volunteer

Kim Saphire, Harmony Hills Elementary School

Board of Education Student Service Award Winner

Raj Awasthi, Montgomery Blair High School

Board of Education Legacy Award

DARCARS — Jamie Darvish

2026 Board of Education Community Partner Winner

Donald Williams and the Game Changers Conference Committee

Distinguished Service to Education Honors Winners 2025

Business Partner

David Child, General Manager, North Bethesda Marriott

Community Partner

Parent Encouragement Program Family Resilience Program

School Service Volunteer

Bridget Calhoun

Student Service Award

German Diaz-Peña

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WINNERS 2024

  • Evelyn Chung
  • Farzad Makarehchi
  • Melissa Regan
  • Chinese American Parent Association of Montgomery County (CAPA-MC)
  • CSIOS Corporation
  • Visit Montgomery
  • Ray Gray
  • Kathy Green
  • Muncha Leah Rodriguez
  • Julie Sanders
  • OASIS Tutoring
  • Special Education Equal Development Society (SEEDS)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WINNERS 2023

  • Jewru Bandeh
  • Ricardo Loaiza
  • Black Ministers Conference of Montgomery County Maryland
  • CTE Healthcare Professions PAC and President
  • Jewish Community Relations Council
  • Luis Cardona and Street Outreach Network (SONS)
  • Huayuan Chinese Academy
  • CAVA
  • Aranda Brown
  • Cheryl Sellitti
  • Farzaneh Nabavianl
  • Marianne Hamerski
  • Sara Lucas-Dreiss
  • Sofia Vega-Ormeno (m. Sofia Grant-Dewitt)
  • Steven Lightman
  • John J. McCarthy
  • Hannah Lucas-Dreiss 

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WINNERS 2022

  • Clarence McNeary
  • Catherine Navarrette
  • Alexandra Robbins

 

  • Foundation for Hospitality and Restaurant Management
  • Paisano's - Rockville
  • Sharon Asro Faber
  • Cara Grant
  • Marney Jacobs
  • Matthew Kamins
  • Kristin Secan
  • Daniel Evans

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