2024 - Dr. Ron Romanelli M.D., President Orthopedic Center of Illinois

2023 - George Preckwinkle Jr., Ace Hardware of Central Illinois

2022 - Mike O’Shea, President O’Shea Builders Inc.

2021- Julie Staley, President of Staley Museum & Owner/CEO Spencer Films

2020- Daniel O’Brien, Past Scout Executive

2019- The Bunn Family

2018 - Dr. Stephen & Lisa Stone, SIU School of Medicine & State of Illinois/Community Volunteer

2017 - Geoff Isringhausen, Isringhausen Imports

2016 - Dr. J. Roland Folse, SIU School of Medicine

2015 - Sergio "Satch" Pecori, President & CEO of Hanson Professional Services, Inc.

2014 - Dick Levi, President & CEO of Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS)

2013 - Dr. Naomi Lynn, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Illinois Springfield

2012 - Dr. Richard Moy, Founding Dean of the SIU School of Medicine

2011 - Evelyn Brandt Thomas, Co-founder of Brandt Consolidated

2010 - James Dove, Founder of the Prairie Heart Center