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Meet the Finalists
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2007 Purpose Prize Fellows
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These Americans over 60 have been named Purpose PrizeTM Fellows and are leaders in a new age of social innovation. All are inventing new ways to solve society's toughest challenges.
Ray Anderson, 74 Interface, Inc., Atlanta, GA Leading the business community in adopting practices that protect the environment and boost profits  Visit
Ray Anderson's website
Rebecca Anderson, 68HandMade in America, Asheville, NC Using arts and culture to drive regional economic and civic development Visit
Rebecca Anderson's website
Carole Artigiani, 67Global Kids, Inc., New York, NY Preparing urban youth to become global citizens Visit
Carole Artigiani's website
Gloria Jackson Bacon, 70Project Eighteen, New Orleans, LA Building healthy families to help poor children thrive Dennis Bakke, 62 Imagine Schools, Arlington, VA Improving schools by empowering teachers as decision-makers Visit
Dennis Bakke's website
Dale Bell, 70Harry Wiland, 64 Media and Policy Center Foundation, Santa Monica, CA Using public television to provoke civil discourse and community engagement Visit
their website
Donald Berwick, 61Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA Enlisting wide-scale collaboration across the health care industry to save lives Visit Donald Berwick's website
Sally Bingham, 67The Regeneration Project, San Francisco, CA Leading a religious response to global warming Visit
Sally Bingham's website
Phil Borges, 65Bridges to Understanding, Seattle, WA Using technology to expand cross-cultural understanding among youth Visit
Phil Borges's website
Lee Botts, 80Environmental Activist, Gary, IN Creating collaboration and dialogue to save the environment Emira Habiby Browne, 67 Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans, New York, NY Preventing the marginalization and isolation of new immigrants Visit
Emira Habiby Browne's website
Carmen Carrillo, 65California Women's Commission on Addictions, South Pasadena, CA Advocating for women-centered addiction recovery services Richard Cherry, 65 Community Environmental Center, Inc., New York, NY Providing energy conservation and green building services for low-income New Yorkers Visit
Richard Cherry's website
T. Allan Comp, 65U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Washington, DC Creating empowered communities in Appalachian coal country, one watershed at a time Visit
T. Allan Comp's website
James Conroy, SJ, 61Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC), Pittsburgh, PA Matching older volunteers with nonprofits in the Jesuit spirit of service Visit
James Conroy, SJ's website
Terrie Cross, 65Appalachian Life Quality Initiative (ALQI), Oneida, Improving the quality of life for underserved children in rural America Visit
Terrie Cross's website
Mildred Dandridge, 69Strategic Energy Innovations, San Rafael, CA Engaging young people with their communities on issues of energy efficiency Visit
Mildred Dandridge's website
Christel DeHaan, 65Christel House International; Christel House Academy, Indianapolis, IN Eradicating generational poverty through educational opportunity Visit
Christel DeHaan's website
Adele Douglass, 61Humane Farm Animal Care, Herndon, Advancing humane treatment of farm animals through certification and labeling Visit
Adele Douglass's website
Vera DuMont, 73Foodshed Alliance, Blairstown, NJ Building a self-sustaining foodshed based on the production and sale of local foods Visit
Vera DuMont's website
Haywood Fennell, Sr., 67Stanley Jones Clean Slate Project, Inc., Boston, MA Promoting literacy through positive self-image Visit
Haywood Fennell, Sr.'s website
Jose-Pablo Fernandez, 63Community Centers Alliance, Inc, Houston, TX Engaging Hispanic parents in the education of their children Visit
Jose-Pablo Fernandez's website
John Foley, 72The Cristo Rey Network, Chicago, IL Capitalizing on students skills to cover the high costs of running excellent schools Visit
John Foley's website
Bernie Glassman, 69Zen Peacemakers, Montague, MA Harnessing the energies of business, government, and social-service providers to address urban decay Visit
Bernie Glassman's website
Parris Glendening, 66Smart Growth Leadership Institute, Washington, DC Developing effective land use strategies and Visit
Parris Glendening's website
Mark Goldsmith, 71Getting Out and Staying Out, New York, NY Dramatically cutting recidivism rates through comprehensive re-entry services for young offenders Visit
Mark Goldsmith's website
Sara Gonzalez, 72Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA Incubating new Hispanic businesses and linking them to the larger business world Visit
Sara Gonzalez's website
Richard Gygi, 62Magi Management Company, LLC, Franklin, TN Creating a franchise thrift store model to generate jobs, serve the proor and support local charity Visit
Richard Gygi's website
Shakeela Hassan, 74Harran Productions Foundation, Chicago, IL Building bridges between different faiths through theological dialogue and documentary film Visit Shakeela Hassan's website
Jessica Holt, 73The Bauen Camp, Inc., Parkman, WY Transforming exceptional young artists into community leaders Visit
Jessica Holt's website
Dolores Huerta, 78Dolores Huerta Foundation, Bakersfield, CA Fighting for civil rights for the rural poor in California's San Joaquin Valley Visit
Dolores Huerta's website
Gordon Johnson, 75Neighbor To Family, Inc., Daytona Beach, FL Developing programs to prevent the separation of siblings in foster care Visit
Gordon Johnson's website
Bob Jonas, 66Wild Gift, Sun Valley, ID Inspiring a new generation of leaders dedicated to sustainable human communities and lifestyles Visit
Bob Jonas's website
H. Eugene Jones, 92Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA), Tucson, AZ Accelerating student achievement by integrating art in the curriculum Visit
H. Eugene Jones's website
Wanjiru Kamau, 65African Immigrant & Refugee Foundation (AIRF), Silver Spring, MD Facilitating the transition of African immigrants and refugees into American society Visit
Wanjiru Kamau's website
William Kelly, 62Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF), Washington, Enabling large nonprofits to became national players in preserving affordable housing Visit
William Kelly's website
Rick Koca, Sr., 65StandUp for Kids, Atlanta, Helping homeless and street kids through on-the-street outreach Visit Rick Koca, Sr.'s website
Judy Koch, 65Bring Me A Book Foundation, Mountain View, CA Providing easy access to high quality children's books and inspiring parents to read aloud Visit
Judy Koch's website
Bill Kovach, 75Committee of Concerned Journalists, Washington, DC Raising the standards of professional journalism Visit Bill Kovach's website
Marian Kramer, 64National Welfare Rights Union, Detroit, MI Organizing a grassroots, legal and legislative fight for the right to water in Detroit Visit Marian Kramer's website
Kenneth Lehman, 64Winning Workplaces, Evanston, IL Helping small business and non-profits become better places to work Visit
Kenneth Lehman's website
Dennis Littky, 64The Big Picture Company/ The Met Center, Providence, RI Designing small, personalized schools for underserved urban students Visit
Dennis Littky's website
Abby Mandel, 75Chicago's Green City Market, Evanston, IL Creating Chicago's first local and sustainable farmer's market Visit
Abby Mandel's website
Gary Maxworthy, 70San Francisco Food Bank, San Francisco, Redistributing tons of nutritious produce to people in need Visit Gary Maxworthy's website
Sister Eileen McNerney, 68Taller San Jose, Santa Ana, CA Helping high-risk youth restructure their lives, finish school, and develop marketable skills Visit
Sister Eileen McNerney's website
Wilma Melville, 74Search Dog Foundation, Santa Paula, CA Saving lives at disaster sites by training canine-firefighter search teams Visit
Wilma Melville's website
Maeona Mendelson, 65Travel & Learn, LLC, Kailua, HI Engaging youth around sustainability, education, human rights, social justice, and poverty Visit
Maeona Mendelson's website
Richard Niederman, 63The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA Eradicating the threat of untreated tooth decay by taking dental care and prevention into schools Visit Richard Niederman's website
Suki Terada Ports, 72Family Health Project, New York, NY Preventing HIV/AIDS among Asian Americans, women of color and immigrants Visit
Suki Terada Ports's website
Sharon Rohrbach, 65Nurses for Newborns Foundation, St. Louis, MO Saving the lives of newborns through nurse home visits Visit Sharon Rohrbach's website
Jackie Savage, 67Connectinc., Inc., Battleboro, NC Helping the working poor achieve self-sufficiency in the face of the loss of traditional industries Visit
Jackie Savage's website
Richard Steckel, 66Shelli Steckel, 64 Milestones Project, Littleton, CO Teaching tolerance by documenting our common humanity through photography Visit
their website
Howard Stone, 73Howard and Marika Stone, 66 2young2retire Associates, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Advocating an alternative vision of the post-midlife years Visit
their website
Eva Maddox, 65Stanley Tigerman, 77 Archeworks, Chicago, IL Bringing good design to the communities, organizations and services that need it most Visit
their website
Judith Van Ginkel, 69Every Child Succeeds, Cincinnati, Promoting child and maternal health through early at-home intervention Visit
Judith Van Ginkel's website
Arthur White, 84Jobs for the Future, Stamford, CT Improving the literacy of children of inmates and connecting them to their parents Visit Arthur White's website
Raul Yzaguirre, 69Arizona State University Center for Community Development and Civil Rights, Phoenix, AZ Addressing the social challenges facing the American Latino community Visit Raul Yzaguirre's website
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