2023 Board Award Winners:
Lifetime Achievement
Lisa Synar of OKC Beautiful
Vanguard Award
East Oak WM Renewable Natural Gas Plant
Gail Ederer - Champion Volunteer
Barbara Santee of Ardmore Beautification Council
Education Towering Spirit
Broncho Bites Food Recovery Program
Community Towering Spirit
Lillian Timber Farms
Visionary Leadership
Oklahoma Conservation Commission Blue Thumb Program
2023 Environmental Excellence Celebration Finalist:
Affiliate Champions (ALL are winners!)
Jack and Judy Riley of Ardmore, OK
Jeri Fleming of GRDA
Jeff Cannon, of Owasso, OK
Kevin Norwood, of Owasso, OK
Ava Foraker, of Comanche, OK
Barbara Tims, of Altus, OK
Commissioner BJ Roberson, of Cushing, OK
MaryJac Rauh, of Okeene Historic Preservation Group
Julia Rogers, of Broken Arrow, OK
Leslie Phillips, of Eufaula
Youth Achievement Award - Individual
Reed Marcum of McAlester, OK
Jaxon Scott Bell of Drumright, OK
Youth Achievement Award - Group
Girl Scout Troop 7094 of Broken Arrow, OK
Educators - Institutions
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
East Central University
Educators - Group
Charles Page Football Team
Government Programs - Municipality <25,000
City of Anadarko
City of Watonga
City of Stroud
Government Programs - Municipality >25,000
City of Midwest City Household Hazardous Waste Facility
City of Owasso
City of McAlester
Government Programs - State
Oklahoma Water Resources Board - Lone Grove Project
Oklahoma Department of Transportation - Monarch Program
Grand River Dam Authority
Government Programs - Tribal
Tribal Alliance for Pollinators
The Cherokee Nation
Law Enforcement
Don Hudgins - Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
Business
Legacy Energy Consultants
Pepsi Beverages North America
The Home Depot #3919 - Sharon Switzer
Solar Power of Oklahoma
Farm Hippie Community Inc.
Non-Profits <40,000
Create Ardmore - Julie Longest
Yukon 66 Main Street
Non-Profits >40,000
Oklahoma City Beautiful
University Lutheran Church Student Center
Tulsa Garden Club
The Metropolitan Environmental Trust
Great American Cleanup (GAC) Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Trash Off-Rookie
Johnston County Chamber of Commerce & Tishomingo Development Team
City of Miami
City of Morrison
Town of Davenport
GAC ODOT Trash Off-Best Overall
City of Duncan DETA (Duncan Environmental Trust Authority)
Cushing Pride
Keep Bixby Beautiful
City of Davis
GAC OG&E Innovation Start-Up Award
Guthrie 4-H
Justice Public Schools
Canute Preservation & Restoration
GAC OG&E Innovation Growth Award
City of Muskogee
Apache Tribe
Grove Elementary
Town of Fargo
Best Overall GAC Affiliate Event
Team Up To CleanUp Eufaula
City of Midwest City
Keep McAlester Beautiful
Team Builders - Non-Profit/Volunteer
Crow Creek Community, in collaboration with...
-Tulsa County Conservation
-City of Tulsa
-Tulsa Zoo
-Oklahoma Conservation Commission
-Blue Thumb Water Quality Education Program
-Metropolitan Environmental Trust (The M.e.t.)
-Philbrook Museum
-Tulsa Garden Center
-Eliot Elementary
-Discovery Lab
Keep Broken Arrow Beautiful, in collaboration with...
-City of Broken Arrow
-The M.e.t.
Oklahoma City Beautiful, in collaboration with...
-Love, Tito's and Southern Glazers
-OKC Parks & Rec
Kingfisher Trails, in collaboration with...
-Kingfisher Rotary
-Emmanuel Lutheran Church
-Kingfisher Tree Board
Team Builders - State/Tribal
The City of Midwest City, in collaboration with...
-Republic Services
The City of Newcastle, in collaboration with...
-Chickasaw Nation
-Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
-Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics
-Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
-RTR
Chickasaw Nation, in collaboration with...
-Bluebonnet Feed Mills
-Westheimer Family Foundation
-Ardmore Beautification Council
-Anchor Paint
-Dr. Bob Palmer-Palmer Studios
To learn more about the Environmental Excellence Celebration, click here.
