Past SCI Idealist Award Recipients
2024
Nora Moreno Cargie, President, Point32Health Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Citizenship
Ayele Shakur, President, Redstone Family Foundation
Jean Dolin Rising Idealist, Founder, Boston LGBTQ+ Museum
2023
Natanja Craig Oquendo, Executive Director of the Boston Women’s Fund
Michael Curry, Esq., President & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Pam Y. Eddinger, PhD, President of Bunker Hill Community College
2022
Juan Fernando Lopera, Beth Israel Lahey Health’s inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Dr. Makeeba McCreary, President of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund
James Morton, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston
2021
Betty Francisco, General Counsel, CEO Boston Impact Initiative and Co-Founder, Amplify Latinx and Latina Circle
Paul Francisco, Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Workforce Development Programs at State Street Corporation
Yolanda Coentro, President and CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit Practice (INP)
2020
Jay Ash, President & CEO of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership
Sandra Cotterell, CEO of Codman Square Health Center
2019
Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Ph.D., CEO of IBA–Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Bob Rivers, Chair and CEO of Eastern Bank
2018
Carol Fulp, CEO of The Partnership
2017
David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
2016
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, Founder, Do the Write Thing
Rev. Ray Hammond, Chairman and Co-Founder, Boston TenPoint Coalition
2015
Eric Schwarz, Citizen Schools Co-Founder & Former CEO; Co-Founder & CEO, College for Social Impact
Benjamin Zander, Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
2014
Charlie Rose, Senior Vice President & Dean, City Year
Kevin Washington, Former CEO, YMCA of Greater Boston, Current CEO of the YMCA of the USA
2013
Robert Lewis, Jr., Former Vice President for Program, The Boston Foundation; Founder & President, The BASE
Josh Kraft, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Boston
2012
Bob Giannino, CEO, UAspire
Alan Trefler, Founder & CEO, Pegasystems
Pam Trefler, Trustee, The Trefler Foundation
2011
Ophelia Dahl, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Partners in Health
Judith Kidd, Retired Associate Dean for Student Life, Harvard College;
Former Board Chair, Brookline Community Foundation
2010
Susan Musinsky, Executive Director, Social Innovation Forum
Saskia Epstein, Former CEO, Room to Grow; Co-Founder & CEO, Power Launch
Paul Epstein, Social Worker, Town of Brookline, and Foundation To Be Named Later Co-Founder
2009
Jarrett Barrios, Former President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation; President, Red Cross of Los Angeles
Marisa Luse, Co-Founder SCI Dorchester; Program Manager, Discover Roxbury
2008
Constance Perry, Facilitator, Traces of the Trade; Consultant
Dain Perry, Facilitator, Traces of the Trade; Financial Services Representative, Northwestern Mutual Life (retired)