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 YearÂ
Vince Dell'AquilaÂ
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.
2022 Orinda Volunteer Award
Kent and Teresa LongÂ
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.
Citizen of the Year Dinner
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