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Now is the perfect time -- Nominate a fellow Orinda resident for 2023 Citizen of the Year at orindafoundation@gmail.com.  DEADLINE is September 30, 2023.

2022 Citizen of the Year 

Orinda 2022 Citizen of the Year Vince Dell'Aquila

Vince Dell'Aquila 

Vince is a 35 year Orinda resident along with wife Kathie. They raised three children. He is a  retired Miramonte High School teacher, Athletic Director and coach. Vince continues to volunteer as a MHS football and golf coach. He is actively involved in the community including his neighborhood Firewise group and served on the board of the Orinda Community Foundation.

Two older people sitting

2022 Orinda Volunteer Award

Kent and Teresa Long 

Kent and Teresa Long grew up in Orinda and have been active community volunteers for many years. They have provided leadership in the restoration of the Joachim Moraga Adobe built in 1841. It is the oldest surviving building in Contra Costa County.

Orinda 2022 Volunteer award winners Kent and Teresa Long

Citizen of the Year Dinner

Invitation to OCF Citizen of the Year event.

Past Citizens of the Year 

2022  Vince Dell'Aquila

2021  Melanie Light

2020 Tom Trowbridge

2019  Peter Hasselman

2018  Carole & Andy Amstutz

2017  Janet Riley

2016  John Wyro  

2015  Mark Roberts

 2014  Susan Garrell

2013  Pat Rudebusch

2012  Richard Westin

2011   Steve Harwood

2010  Linda Landau

2009 Kate Wiley

2008 Ted Urban

2007 Bill Judge

2006 Rebecca Kunzman

2005 Randy Holleschau

2004 Sue Severson

2003 Kay Aaker

2002 Pam Hall

2001  Jo Alice Canterbury

2000 Pete Giers

1999 Rosina McKee

1998 Lynn Olson

1997 Jan Coe & Vanessa Crews

1996 Amy Worth

1995 Ellen Amen

1994 Bill Dabel, Bobbie Landers & Aldo Guidotti

1993 Janet Pease

1992 Richard Heggie

1991  Clarence Woodard

1990 Bob and Sheyla Kantor

1989 Carol Breuner

1988 Peirce McKee

1987 Jack and Linda Knebel

1986 Midge Zischke

1985 Joyce Hawkins

1984 Bran Yaich

1983 Lloyd McDonald

1982 Elizabeth Frazier Karplus

1981  Rev. B. Jean Clark

1980 Bill Cooper

1979 Capt. Ernest Hendricks

1978 Craig McCay

1977 Del Loper

1976 Martin McNair

1975 Harriet Ainsworth

1974 Vasco Giannini

1973 Jerry Wendt

1972 Stephanie Mann

1971 Irene Moylan

1970 Ann Christofferson 

1969 Muir Sorrick Shank

1968 Carl Webber

1967 Clark Wallace

1966 Richmond Bartle

1965 Sam Stovall

1964 Barbara Parker Smith

1963 Waltor Treanor

1962 Dr. John Boulware

1961 Al Winsor

1960 Clarence Betz

1959 William Koch

1958 Gerry Cullen

1957 Ann Pallaczek

1956 Perc Brown

1955 Dr. George Prlain

1954 Frank Isola

1953 Jean Henderson

1952 Ernest Rahmeyer

1951 Edgar Stewart

1950 Ramsay Underwood

1949 Dr. Joseph Sheaff

1948 Dr. Ralph C. Hall

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