That first year, the journal’s Pride Business Leadership Awards recognized more than a dozen people for their contribution to the Pride movement.
On June 2, the Journal honored these winners in a special virtual event hosted by Lisa Carreño, President and CEO of United Way of the Wine Country, and Laurie Lynn Hogan of Laurie Lynn Hogan Consulting. The Journal also honored Carreño for her commitment to supporting the Pride movement.
Click the links below to learn more about this year’s Pride Business Leadership Awards winners:
- Steve Branton, Advisor, Principal, Private Ocean, San Rafael
- Pina Carino, First Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch, Napa
- Theresa Heredia, winemaker, Gary Farrell Winery, Healdsburg
- Beck Kageyama, Human Resources Director, Keysight Technologies Inc., Santa Rosa
- Christopher Kren-Mora, President, Sonoma County Pride, Santa Rosa
- Paul-Louis Maillard, Medical Group Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
- J. Mullineaux, executive director, Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation, Santa Rosa
- Erich Pearson, CEO, SPARC, Santa Rosa
- Helen Russell, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Equator Coffees LLC, San Rafael
- Gary Saperstein, owner, Out in the Vineyard, Sonoma
- Greg Sarris, Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Graton Casino and Spa, Rohnert Park
- Dana Van Gorder, General Manager, The Spahr Center, Corte Madera
- Grace Villafuerte, Home Social Worker, Adult and Elderly Department, Sonoma County Social Services Department, Santa Rosa
