Celebrating the 2023 Inspire Awards
The Inspire Awards is the BRAINATION Foundation's signature event dedicated to honoring community leaders who have improved lives and demonstrated the power and goodness of the human spirit. Recipients are nominated and selected based on their contributions to one of the following categories: Community Leadership, Visionary Leadership, Educational Achievement, and Lifetime Achievement.
Initially founded in 2015 as the Anne Frank Inspire Awards, this event has evolved to benefit kindergarten through 12th-grade students. For 2023, the event will benefit the foster children who attend school onsite at the Legacy Ranch Inspire Academy in Gonzales, Texas.
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Event Details
Thursday, November 9, 2023
11:30 a.m. | Legacy Ranch Inspire Academy
13326 N. Highway 183, Gonzales, TX 78629
2023 Award Honorees
Debbie Marshall,
Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Humberto Rivas,
Community Leadership
Krystal Mammarella,
Visionary Leadership
Past Inspire Award Honorees
2022 Award Honorees
George Gervin,
The Rise Above Award
Dr. Bill Gonzaba,
Lifetime Achievement
Susan Naylor,
Community Leadership
Mike Flores,
Educational Excellence
Tiffany Jones-Smith,
Visionary Leadership
2021 Award Honorees
Marty and Rene Wender,
Lifetime Achievement
Mayor Ron Nirenberg,
Community Leadership
Dr. Page Smith,
Educational Excellence
John Quiñones,
Visionary Leadership
2020 Award Honorees
Howie Nestel, Community & Civic Leadership
Dr. Carmen Tafolla, Educational Excellence
Rod and Patti Radle, Visionary Leadership
2019 Award Honorees
Harvey E. Najim, Lifetime Achievement
Vikki Carr, Community and Civic Leadership
Dr. Edwin ‘Eli’ Whitney, Educational Excellence
Robert Rivard, Visionary Leadership
2018 Award Honorees
Henry and Mary Alice Cisneros, Lifetime Achievement
Shokare Nakpodia, Community and Civic Leadership
Erika Prosper-Nirenberg, Educational Excellence
Graham Weston, Visionary Leadership
2016 Award Honorees
Sichan Siv, Lifetime Achievement
Ann Helmke, Community and Civic Leadership
Dr. Luz Cristal S. Glangchai, Educational Excellence
Judge Nelson and Tracy Wolff, Visionary Leadership
2015 Award Honorees
Harry Mazal, Lifetime Achievement
Russ Bookbinder, Community and Civic Leadership
Peter French, Educational Excellence
Hope Andrade, Visionary Leadership