RRRC Leadership Awards

Created in 2007, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission Regional Leadership Citizen & Government Awards recognize members of government and citizens of the region for outstanding contributions to the Rappahannock-Rapidan region, and promotion/advancement of enhanced communication, coordination and regional planning across Planning District Nine.

	Citizen	Government
2022	Hal Hunter	Chris Jenkins
2021	Jerry Wood
	Thomas O'Halloran	Sean Polster
	Linda Stouffer	Paige Read
2020	No Awards presented due to COVID-19
2019	Charles D. 'Charlie' Barrell	Roger Welch
2018	John Meadows	Henry Lee & Judy Carter
2017	Robert Bradford	Brian Duncan
2016	G. Russell Aylor, Jr.	John Coates
2015	Deirdre Clark	Doris Lackey
2014	Sallie Morgan	Harry C. Hopkins, Jr.
2013	Hunt Cheatwood	Grover Wilson
2012	William Speiden	Frederick P.D. Carr
2011	Mary Root	John W. McCarthy
2010	John J. "Butch" Davies	Frank Bossio
2009	Beverly Hunter	Robert P. Anderson
2008	David S. Scott	Ruth Updike
2007	Khalil Hassan	Harry F. Atherton

Government-Award Eligibility Criteria:  Elected Official or Government Staff.

RRRC Commissioners are eligible; RRRC Staff are not eligible.

Citizen-Award Eligibility Criteria:  Citizen planner, neighborhood/community activist, or appointed volunteer member of planning commission, board of zoning appeals, transportation or other committee.