Click on the links below for the appropriate section:

• CN PAST GALA HONOREES
  
  
• CN LO MEJOR DE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD AWARDS
  & NOMINATION FORM

CN PAST GALA HONOREES

• 1996 – Dr. Antonia Pantoja, founder of ASPIRA, Goya Foods and Luis A Miranda, President of Miranda y Más. 
  
  
• 1997 – Actress Miriam Colón, Carlos L. Santiago, Vice President, NYNEX, Millie Herández Becker, President & CEO, Westchester Air, Tonio Burgos, President, Burgos & Associates and Carlos D. Nazario, Jr. President & CEO, 
  Metro Beer and Soda Distributors. 
  
  
• 1998 – Nereida S. Andino, Former Deputy Manhattan Borough President, Actress Jennifer Lopez, Fernando L. Perez, Senior Specialist for Customer Outreach, Con Edison and Polito Vega, on-air personality for La Mega. 
  
  
• 1999 – Dr. Antonia C. Novello, NYS Commissioner of Health, Carlos M. Morales, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Merrill Lynch & Company, Angelo Figueroa, editor-in-chief, PEOPLE en Español and The Young Lords Party. 
  
  
• 2000 – Roberto Clemente Jr., Broadcast Analyst/New York Yankees and President of The Roberto Clement Foundation, Susan Hernandez, attorney at Law and Carol Robles Román, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, and Jose O. Agiuar, President & CEO, Kleener King Industries. 
  
  
• 2001 – Selma Betancourt, Director of External Communications, Health Plus, Dr. Ricardo R. Fernandez, President, Herbert H. Lehman College, Luis Garden Acosta, Founder & CEO, El Puente, Inc., and Denise Quiñones, Miss Universe 2001. 
  
  
• 2002 – Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, United States Surgeon General Commander, USPHS, Nydia Caro, Singer and Entertainer, Debbie Delgado Vega, Founder and Chairperson of the Latino Organization for Liver Awareness, Carmen Gomez Goldberg, President, AVET Transit, Inc. and José R. Sánchez, CSW, ACSW, Senior Vice President, Generations+ Health Network. 
  
  
• 2003 – Dr. Ricardo Alegría, Historian/Anthropologist, the Honorable Sila María Calderón, Governor, Puerto Rico, Danny Rivera, Humanitarian, world renowned Puerto Rican Singer, Rafaél Tufíño, el Pintor del Pueblo. 
  
  
• 2004 – Orlando Figueroa, Space Mission Director, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, NASA Headquarters, Jorge Ramos, Anchor, Telemando 47, Ada Rodríguez, Chief Marketing Officer, Health Plus and In Memoriam, Richard Perez, former Young Lord, Community Activist, co-Founder, the Justice Committee, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights. 
  
  
• 2005 – Mary E. Medina, Executive Director, Center for Trustee Initiatives and Recruitment, Greater New York Hospital Association, Dennis Rivera, President, 1199 SEIU, Monsi C. Roman, Chief Microbiologist Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Design and Development Group, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center and Salsa Sensation Frankie Negron

• 2006 – Lynda Baquero, Anchor, NBC 4 New York, Luis Fonsi, international recording artist and producer, Daisy Martinez, Chef, Entrepreneur, and Host of Daisy Cooks and Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU.

CN LO MEJOR DE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD AWARDS

Through Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award, Comité Noviembre recognizes outstanding individuals who are the unsung heroes of our community and who are making a difference in the Puerto Rican communities of this country. Puerto Ricans whose pride in their heritage and strength of character have empowered themselves and inspired others to make significant impact on the community are recognized. The recipients of this award are chosen by Comité Noviembre from nominations submitted by the community. These individuals are honored at the kick-off celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month. 

The nomination criteria and form for Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award is now available here. The deadline for nominations to be received by CN is Monday, September 25, 2006. Recipients of the award will be informed by Friday, October 6, 2006. The Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly spearheads this awards process.

• Nominate your candidate today.
  Click here to download the 2008 application.

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