In the interest of keeping things transparent, we're sharing the list of Courage Award nominees submitted by Crosscut's readers. You all know and interact with people on a daily basis who deserve serious recognition for what they do, and we're counting on you to let us know who those people are. So, we've extended our nomination deadline until August 9th to give you all the chance to see who's been nominated and to give some love to those you think should be on the list.
BUSINESS
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder & CEO
- Suzie Burke, Fremont Entrepreneur
- Pete Carroll, Seahawks Head Coach
- Bob Donegan, Ivar’s Inc. Director & President, Seattle Metro Chamber Chair
- Kemper Freeman, Jr., Kemper Development Company Chairman & CEO
- Matthew Gardner, Gardner Economics Principal
- Greater Seattle Business Association, Greater Seattle Business Association
- Brian Howe, the HUB Founder & CEO
- Adrian Hanauer, Sounders FC Minority Owner & General Manager
- Bobby Martin, furniture store owner
- Skip Li, Ellis, Li & McKinstry Law
- Will Little, Codefellows Co-founder and CEO
- Chris Martin, CleanScapes Founder & President
- Metropolitan Improvement District, Downtown Seattle Association
- Daniel Rossi, Northwest Entrepreneur Network Executive Director
- Howard Schultz, Starbuck's CEO & President
CULTURE
- Sue Coliton, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation & Collections Vice President
- Arts Corps, Arts Corps
- Catholic Nuns, Leadership Council of Women’s Religious members
- Joselynn Engstrom, Acrobatic Conundrum founder
- Anne Focke, Suyama Space Board of Directors
- Leonard Garfield, MOHAI Executive Director
- Historic Seattle, Historic Seattle Preservation Foundation
- Hanson Hosein, University of Washington Digital Media Program Master of Communication Director
- Jed Lin, Cultivating Resiliency Facilitator
- Macklemore, Musician
- Jerry Manning, Seattle Repertory Theatre Artistic Director
- Tom Mara, KEXP Station Director
- Zak Meyer, Center School graduate
- John and Laurel Nesholm, Nesholm Family Foundation President
- Valerie Curtis-Newton, University of Washington Head of Performance
- Laine Ross, Arts Institution
- Ginny Ruffner, Artist
- Andrew Russell, Intiman Theatre Festival Artistic Director
- Father Michael Ryan, St. James Cathedral Pastor
- Carlo Scandiuzzi, Kurt Beattie, John Langs, ACT Theatre Executive Director, Artistic Director & Associate Artistic Director (respectively)
- Kelly Tweeddale, Seattle Opera Executive Director
- Maggie Walker, Bullitt Foundation & Seattle Foundation Chair & Seattle Art Museum Board President
- Father John D. Whitney, St. Joseph Church Pastor
PUBLIC SERVICE
- Starcia Ague, University of Washington Division of Public Behavioral Health & Justice Policy Research Study Coordinator
- Brian Baird, 3rd Congressional District Former Representative
- Father Bill Bichsel, St. Leo’s Parish Priest
- Michaele Blakely, Growing Things Farm Proprietor
- David Burnett, Karen Valenzuela, Vickie Raines, Jay Gordon, J. Vander Stoep & Keith Phillips, Chehalis Basin Work Group Members
- Shannon Campion, Stand for Children Washington Executive Director
- Maria Cantwell, Washington State Senator
- Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter, Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier
- Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council Member
- Kathleen Cromp, Wallingford Community Senior Center Director
- Gene Duvernoy, Forterra President
- Trish Millines Dziko, Technology Access Foundation Founder & CEO
- James R. Ellis, Activist
- Ralph Fascitelli, Washington Ceasefire President
- Maureen Finnerty, Olympic National Park Former Superintendent
- Pat Ford, Save our Wild Salmon Executive Director
- Dave Gehring, Ballard Manufacturing Industrial Council Executive Director
- Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Seattle Public Schools Former Superintendent
- Jon Greenberg, Center School teacher
- John Hamer, Washington News Council President
- John Hathaway, The New Takhoman Publisher
- Gerald Hankerson, Center for Children & Youth Justice Volunteer
- Mary Margaret Haugen, 10th Legislative District, Former State Senator
- Nick Hanauer, Eric Liu, Zack Silk, Tina Podlodowski, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility leaders
- Dr. Keith Hoeller, Green River Community College Professor
- Pete Holmes, City of Seattle City Attorney
- Mike Hope, 44th Legislative District Representative
- Jerry Johnson, Pacifica Law Group Founding Partner
- Stephanie Jones, Community & Parents for Public Schools Executive Director
- Carol Lewis, Philanthropy Northwest CEO
- Jackie McMurtrie, Innocence Project Northwest Director
- Paige Miller, Arboretum Foundation Executive Director
- Steve Mullin, Washington Roundtable President
- Sean O’Brien, Political Activist and Intern
- Eric Pettigrew, 37th Legislative District Representative
- Stephen Price, Stand Against Foreclosure & Eviction Activist
- Provost Advisory Committee, University of Washington
- Jay Reich, Commerce Secretary Former Deputy Chief of Staff
- Reverend Rick Reynolds, Operation Nightwatch Executive Director
- Laine Ross, Downtown Council & City Neighborhood Council Matching Fund Committee Chair
- Mary Jean Ryan, Community Center for Education Results Founder & Executive Director
- Carla Santorno, Tacoma Public Schools Superintendent
- Marlena Sessions, Workforce Development Council CEO
- Bill Stafford, Nyhus Communications Senior Advisor
- Lisa Stone, Legal Voice Executive Director
- Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma Mayor
- Rodney Tom, 48th Legislative District Senator
- Maureen Walsh, 16th Legislative District Representative
- Trevina Wang, Seattle Department of Transportation Program Manager
- Bob Williams, StateBudgetSolutions.org Director
- Shelly Willis, Family Education & Support Services Founder & Administrator
