2023 – Jace Houston, Previously – San Jacinto River Authority, Currently – Freese Nichols

Past Winners

1992 – Mayor Haden McKay – City of Humble
1993 – Elyse Lanier, Houston Beautiful Campaign Chair
1994 – Judge Jon Lindsay, Harris County
1995 – Dr. John Pickelman, North Harris Montgomery Community College District Chancellor
1996 – Congressman Jack Fields
1997 – Jimmie Schindewolf, PE, The City of Houston
1998 – Roger Galatas, The Woodlands Corporation
1999 – Chris Olavson, PE, Texas Department of Transportation
2000 – Wesley Freise, PE, Harris County Toll Road Authority
2001 – Commissioner Jerry Eversole, Harris County, Precinct 4
2002 – Tom Wussow
2003 – Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines
2004 – Houston Airport System
2005 – Gary Montgomery, PE, Montgomery & Associates
2006 – Judge Alan Sadler, Montgomery County
2007 – Senator Tommy Williams, State of Texas, District 4
2008 – Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and City of Houston Mayor Bill White
2009 – Lone Star College System
2010 – Nelda Blair, The Blair Law Firm
2011 – Ed Chance, Montgomery County Commissioner, Precinct 3
2012 – Michael G. Page, Schwartz, Page & Harding, LLP
2013 – Ned Holmes, Former Texas Transportation Commissioner, and Commissioner Jeff Moseley, Texas Transportation
Commission
2014 – William R. “Bill” Franks, Founding Chair of Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition
2015 – Commissioner El Franco Lee (posthumously), Harris County, Pct. 1
2016 – Commissioner R. Jack Cagle, Harris County, Pct. 5
2017 – Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal
2018 – Russ Poppe, Harris County Flood Control District
2019 – Quincy Allen, Director of Operations, TxDOT
2020 – Alex Sutton & Robert Heineman, Howard Hughes Corporation
2021 – Bob Jones, Jones Engineering Solutions, LLC
2022 – Dr. Jenny McGown, Klein ISD Superintendent