Nominations for the 2024 California Steward Leader Awards are Now Open
The California Steward Leader Awards are presented annually at the California Economic Summit to individuals who contribute significantly to collaborating with public, private and civic sector leaders to advance triple-bottom-line solutions that balance equity, environmental sustainability and economic growth.
The Awards are given to Californians who best exemplify leaders who help sustain California as a place to create and thrive, to enjoy and to explore, to nurture and to bestow to future generations.
Three Steward Leader Awards will be presented this year in the following categories:
- California Regional Steward Leader Award recognizes leadership within a region
- California Steward Leader Award recognizes statewide contributions
- California Young Leader Award recognizes outstanding leadership by an emerging young leader
The awards will be presented at the 2024 California Economic Summit on October 8-10 in Sacramento.
For questions about the California Steward Leader Awards please reach out to info@caeconomy.org.
Previous Years
Stewart Knox
Secretary of the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
2023 California Steward Leader
Trish Kelly
Managing Director of Valley Vision
2023 Regional Steward Leader
Alex Edgar
Student Government Representative at UC Berkeley and the UC system
2023 California Young Leader
Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at U.S. Department of Energy
2022 California Steward Leader
Bill Allen
CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
2022 Regional Steward Leader
Michael Wiafe
Government and Community Relations Fellow at the Inland Empire Community Foundation
2022 California Young Leader
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
2021 California Steward Leader
Kate Roberts
Former CEO of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
2021 Regional Steward Leader
Isabella Casillas Guzman
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
2020 California Steward Leader
Dr. Alma Salazar
Executive Vice President, UNITE-LA
2020 California Regional Steward Leader
Jim Mayer
President Emeritus, California Forward
2019 California Steward Leader
Pete Weber
Business and Civic Leader
2019 California Steward Leader
Kathy Moxon
Director, Redwood Coast Rural Action
2019 California Regional Steward Leader
Glenda Humiston
Vice President, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2018 California Steward Leader
Paul Granillo
President and CEO, Inland Empire Economic Partnership
2018 California Regional Steward Leader
Van Ton-Quinlivan
CEO, Futuro Health
2017 California Steward Leader
Deborah Nankivell
CEO, Fresno Business Council
2017 California Regional Steward Leader
Sunne Wright McPeak
President and CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund
2016 California Steward Leader
Bud Colligan
Co-Chair, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
2016 California Regional Steward Leader
Becky Morgan
President, Morgan Family Foundation
2015 California Steward Leader