Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Ironlight
The Lake Oswego Community Awards are back, and we’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open! This cherished event celebrates the outstanding individuals and businesses that make our community thrive.
This year, we’re accepting nominations for:
- Community Leader of the Year
- Dee Denton Business of the Year
Nomination Deadline: December 31, 2024
Let’s come together to honor those who truly make a difference; click here to submit your nomination(s) today!
Last Year’s Award Recipients
Bob Bigelow Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Le Chevallier
Dee Denton Business of the Year Award
Legal Locator Service, Ticia Symonds
Kay Vega Arts Champion Award
Jeanne Denton
C. Herald Campbell Oswego Heritage Champion Award
Mark Browne
Arts Council of Lake Oswego Fortuna Award
Nan Robertson
Sextant Award
(renaming as the Dr. Bill Korach Leadership Award)
Dr. Bill Korach
Century Award
Oswego Lake Country Club
Rookie of the Year
Bobby Chanyapakorn, Adisaya Thai
Chamber Champion
Dawn Irwin, Directors Mortgage
Networker of the Year
Christopher Boyer, Academy of Modern Martial Arts
To see a list of past honors and recipients, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Sponsor the 2025 Event
To sign on as a sponsor for the 2025 event, email info@lake-oswego.com.
We’d like to thank returning Title Sponsor Umpqua Bank, as well as returning Gold Sponsor Buckley Law and Silver Sponsor D’Amore Law Group for their support in continuing this community tradition.
Video of the 2024 Community Awards Event
History of Chamber Award Recipients
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
1997 Safeco/ Ed Todd
1998 Coldwell Banker/ Barbara Sue Seal Properties
1998 Indigo Gallery
1999 Buckley LeChevallier, P.C.
1999 Mead’s Minuteman Press
2000 Lakeside Gifts/ At Home
2000 The Lake Oswego Review
2001 R Bloom’s of Lake Oswego
2001 Spieker Properties
2002 Marcia Kies, Realtor
2002 Safeway
2003 Gubanc’s Pub
2003 Palisades Market
2004 Gramor Development
2004 Ivey, Jacobson & Stone
2005 Accessories from the Heart
2005 Equity Office Properties
2006 Excel Excavation
2006 Vic’s Auto Service
2007 iCON Presentations
2007 The Bank of Oswego
2008 Arrowhead Mortgage
2008 West Coast Bank
2009 Chocolates by Bernard
2009 Umpqua Bank
2010 Fish Marketing
2010 Marylhurst University
2011 New Seasons Market
2011 The Oilerie
2012 Albertson’s
2012 Crave Bake Shop
2013 Zupan’s Market
2014 Nicoletta’s Table & Marketplace
2015 Blue Moon Coffee
2015 The Garden Corner
2016 Holiday Retirement
2016 On a Whim Studios
2017 Freeman Motor Co.
2017 Glance Optics and Eyewear
2018 Buckley Law
2018 Deno’s Pizzeria
2019 Metke Remodeling
2021 Fort West
2022 St. Honoré Bakery
2023 Kelly’s Jelly
2024 Legal Locator Service, Ticia Symonds
COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
1981 Walter Durham & Gerri Tisdel
1983 C. Herald & Virginia Campbell
1984 William Headlee
1986 John Tongue, M.D.
1987 Donald Potter
1988 Paul Graham
1989 William Young
1990 Sandi Lesh
1991 Doug Oliphant
1992 William Gerber
1993 William Korach
1994 Tom Chow
1995 Kevin Costello
1996 Alice Schlenker
1997 Catherine Mathias
1998 Bob Bigelow
1999 Mike Nichols
2000 Cyndie Glazer
2001 Ed Todd
2002 Warren Oliver
2003 Bill Warner
2004 Dale Rhoney
2005 Judie Hammerstad
2006 Chris Schetky
2007 Greg Macpherson
2008 Dan Heine
2009 Mark Birge
2010 Malcom Mathes
2011 Chuck O’Leary
2012 Mary Puskas
2013 Debbie Craig
2014 Carol Winston
2015 Mike Buck
2016 Doug Cushing
2017 Dr. Heather Beck
2018 Keith Dickerson
2019 Willie Poinsette
2021 Beth Hoover
2022 Lynn Brokaw
2023 Lal Bhatia
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
2001 Buzz & Bill Headlee
2002 Herald & Virginia Campbell
2003 Dee Denton
2004 Bill Gerber
2005 Warren Oliver
2006 Joan Sappington
2007 Norma Jean & Henry Germond
2008 Jack & Jeanne Radow
2009 Bill & Barbara Warner
2010 Dr. George Benson
2011 Ardis Stevenson
2012 Judie Hammerstad
2013 Peter Jurney
2014 Doug Oliphant
2015 Vic Keeler
2016 Drs. Bill & Ricky Korach
2017 Paul & Teri Graham
2018 Malcom & Linda Mathes
2019 Mike Buck
2020 Peter & Cyndie Glazer
2021 Linda & Bob Brown
2022 Mary Puskas
2023 Andrew Edwards
2024 Robert Le Chevallier
CENTURY AWARD
2023 Dr. Bob and Marilyn Pamplin
2024 Oswego Lake Country Club
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
2023 Hunger Fighter’s Oregon
DR. BILL KORACH LEADERSHIP AWARD (FORMERLY THE SEXTANT AWARD)
2024 Dr. Bill Korach
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
2003 Evan Swanson
2004 Ray Totten
2005 Julie Stolz
2006 Tim O’Leary
2007 Wanda Frazier
2008 Carol Gaouette
2009 Max Popejoy
2010 Phil Lukins
2011 Brooke Gracey
2012 Mark Tipperreiter
2013 Lora Helmer
2014 Lynn Brokaw
2015 Brian Geraths
2016 Ashley Csazar
2018 Ticia Symonds
2024 Bobby Chanyapakorn, Adisaya Thai
NETWORKER OF THE YEAR
2003 Betty Gallucci
2004 Ed Wolters
2005 Ray Totten
2006 Betsy Reis
2007 Tim O’Leary
2008 Carolee Neighorn
2009 Syd Dorn
2010 Tina Colson
2011 Pastor Keith Dickerson
2012 David Morris
2013 Tom Krueger
2014 Lynn Brokaw
2015 Levi Sim
2016 Julia Fowler
2017 Penelope Fain
2018 Friederike Svensson
2019 Ticia Symonds
2020 Not awarded
2021 Not awarded
2022 Not awarded
2023 Clint Redding
2024 Christopher Boyer, Academy of Modern Martial Arts
CHAMBER CHAMPION
1995 Catherine Mathias
1996 Alice Schlenker
1997 Alpha Computers, Tom Chow & David Feathers * Lazerquick, Tim Martin
1998 Lake Oswego School District
1999 Mike Croy
2000 Marabee Bertelsen
2001 John & Eleanor Hanan
2002 Karen Jacobson
2003 Pete Ward & Mike Croy
2004 Linda Kerl
2005 Ed Popkin
2006 Tucci (Suzanne Regan) & First American Title Co. (Rob DeRienzo)
2007 Director’s Chair Studio (Sean Minogue & Mick Geronimo)
2008 Mike Buck
2009 Chuck O’Leary, Brenda Suteu
2010 Ron Rentfrow, Lake Oswego Review
2011 Michele Baker, Banner Bank
2012 Ramsey Zawideh
2013 Lynn Brokaw
2014 Gini Kraemer & Lanette Bernards
2015 Karen Jacobson
2016 Christopher and Kristine Boyer
2017 Peggy Dickerson
2018 John LaMotte
2019 not awarded
2020 John Hanan (posthumous)
2024 Dawn Irwin, Directors Mortgage
Photos from the 2023 Community Awards
Click here to enjoy all of the photos from the 2023 event, courtesy of Pamplin Media Group photographer Jonathan House.