Citizen of the Year

Citizen of the Year The Wake Forest Citizen of the Year should be a person who during the past year has demonstrated exemplary volunteer efforts, possesses the highest standards of responsibility in civic life, has helped in the promotion of the public welfare and personally worked with distinction to benefit Wake Forest.A volunteer in the Wake Forest Community who's efforts exhibit leadership, vision, creativity and positive citizenship by providing service to programs and activities which impacts our Community.Is an inspirational role model and made a significant contribution to the Wake Forest Community.Volunteer service must be beyond that contained in the nominees work related job description.Nominee is an example that inspires others to serve our community, committed to enhancing Wake Forest, provided selfless service and brings distinction to what they do.Has proven to be a person who puts others before themselves and strives to make Wake Forest the best it can be. Nomination FormCitizen of the Year - Nomination FormNominations must be received by noon on the third Wednesday in October.To request a hard copy of the nomination form, please email the Wake Forest Community Council. Hard copy submissions may be dropped off at the Town Hall Information Desk, located in the lobby of Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. Citizen of the Year Winners1965 Eleanor Reid1966 Mac Bridge1967 Henry Miller1968 George & Kathleen Mackie1969 J.L. Warren1970 Marie Joyner1971 Paul Brixhoff1972 Bob & Peggy Allen1973 Carroll Trotter1974 O.T. Binkley1975 Esley Forbes1976 Ailey Young1977 Billy & Rose Shearon1978 W.C. Stephenson1979 John B. Cole1980 Ruth Snyder1981 Bertha Harris1982 Thelma Wright1983 Jimmy Perry1984 C.E. Matthews1985 Ursula Wilkinson1986 W. Roy Powell1987 Phil Price1988 Willie Fleming1989 Rufus H. Forrest1990 John & Barbara Lyon1991 Lydia Lowie & Tom Arrington1992 Bruce & Margaret Keith1993 Hope Newsom1994 Elizabeth F. Bartholomew & Ricky Wright1995 Virginia Olsen & Joyce Board1996 Margaret J. Wineinger1997 Helen Lee1998 Tom Jackson1999 Sherrill and Susan Brinkley2000 Jerry Jones & Susan Neely2001 The Bright Family2002 Beverly Whisnant2003 Mark Williams2004 Bob & Elizabeth Johnson2005 Andy Ammons2006 James S. Warren2007 Carolyn H. Furr2008 Shirley Wooten2009 Michael Johnson2010 Lisa Newhouse2011 Jill Bright2012 Heather Holding2013 Louis Mullinger2014 George Aux2015 Greg Harrington2016 Dawn Nakash2017 Mandy Duguid2018 David Greenwell2019 Dolores & Eddie Riggins2020 Frank Everitt2021 Joe Kimray2022 Mary Petretich2023 Michael Burger2024 Carol Pelosi2025 Ann Welton