Marina Man and Woman of the Year

2024 Marina Man and Woman of the Year Awards
The Marina Foundation is proud to continue this long running community awards program given annually to two outstanding Marina citizens. Nominations are for individuals who have served the Marina community with distinction during the calendar year 2024 and over a period of years. Two awards – Man of the Year and Woman of the Year will be presented on Saturday, September 6th. The application deadline is Friday, May 16th and the application is available HERE.
SAVE THE DATE! The Marina Man and Woman of the Year Awards and Fundraiser will be held at the Marina Spring Hill Suites on Saturday, September 6th. More details to follow. We look forward to seeing you there.
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors of the 2024 awards presentation: Wescom Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Engineering, First Pacific Financial Services, and SpringHill Suites.




The Marina Foundation has been presenting the annual Marina Man and Woman of the Year awards program since taking it over from the Marina Chamber of Commerce and is proud to continue this long-running community awards program, which recognizes two outstanding Marina citizens who have served the Marina community with distinction during the calendar year and over a period of years.
Highlights & Impact
- In 2025 the awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 6th at.
- Members of the public make the nominations; past recipients review the nominations and decide who should win.
- The previous year’s recipients present the awards to the current year’s recipients.
- The Marina Man and Woman of the Year awards ceremony is the only general fundraiser held by The Marina Foundation and includes a silent auction.
Past Recipients
Man Of The Year
1995 | N/A |
1996 | JAMES FORD |
1997 | N/A |
1998 | FERNANDO MANZANAL |
1999 | N/A |
2000 | N/A |
2001 | ROBERT EGGERS |
2002 | STEVE EMERSON |
2003 | BOB SCHAFFER |
2004 | GUY LUCAS |
2005 | N/A |
2006 | GORDON NAKAGAWA |
2007 | TOM HORNICK |
2008 | N/A |
2009 | CAMBREL MARSHALL |
2010 | CARL FARlA |
2011 | KEN GRAY |
2012 | MIKE MAST |
2013 | JACK STEWART |
2014 | MICHAEL GRAHAM |
2015 | SID WILLIAMS |
2016 | BUTCH FERNANDEZ |
2017 | MICHAEL OWEN |
2018 | ALLEN BOWMAN |
2019 | RON LEBDA |
2020 | JIM OSBORN |
2021 | TERRY SIEGRIST |
2022 | J. MICHAEL MASTERSON |
2023 | JOEY SILVA |
Woman Of The Year
1995 | EDITH JOHNSEN |
1996 | N/A |
1997 | CANDY MYERS-OWEN |
1998 | N/A |
1999 | PATTI BRADSHAW |
2000 | LENORE MASTERSON ROBERT |
2001 | N/A |
2002 | DOROTHY EMERSON |
2003 | N/A |
2004 | N/A |
2005 | ILA METTEE-MC CUTCHON |
2006 | JEANNE NAKAGAWA |
2007 | ADELIA HORNICK |
2008 | RENEE BAILEY |
2009 | INEZ LOCKWOOD |
2010 | JACKIE GONZALES |
2011 | DARLENA RIDLER |
2012 | SALLY FRENCH |
2013 | JOY }UNSAY |
2014 | ASTRID LANG |
2015 | LIS BILLINGSLEY |
2016 | LEI FERNANDEZ |
2017 | GRACE SILVA-SANTELLA |
2018 | JOANNE BOWMAN |
2019 | DANA CLEARY |
2020 | CHERYL SWIX |
2021 | NANCY AMADEO |
2022 | NANCY FORTMAN |
2023 | ERICA GRAHAM |
Lifetime of Service to the Marina Community Award
2018 | Roger Williams |
2019 | Edith Johnsen |
2020 | Joan Blake |
2021 | Lenore Masterson |
2022 | Jeanne Nakagawa |
2023 | Mike Mast |