
AFP Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser
The individual eligible for this nomination must have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in coordinating groups of volunteers for major fundraising projects of more than one not-for-profit organization. The recipient should demonstrate exceptional skills coordinating and motivating groups of volunteers for fundraising projects for the benefit of charitable institutions and a commitment to the advancement of philanthropy. List your nominee's specific achievements for the past year or several years, such as:
- Evidence of quality of leadership and organizational ability in fundraising campaigns.
- Description of time, effort and financial commitment.
- Description of fundraising goals achieved by his / her effort.
- Evidence of success in recruiting and motivating others.
- Description of participation in other local, national or international not-for-profit organizations.
Past Honorees
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser 2023 - Anna and Raj Asava
| 2024 | Kim Hext |
| 2023 | Anna and Raj Asava |
| 2022 | Cindy Brinker Simmons |
| 2021 | Gail Madden |
| 2020 | Natalie Dossett |
| 2019 | Michal Powell |
| 2018 | Kaki Hopkins |
| 2017 | Lynn McBee |
| 2016 | Holly Mayer |
| 2015 | Nancy Strauss Halbreich |
| 2014 | Chris Kleinert |
| 2013 | Forrest Hoglund |
| 2012 | Sarah Losinger |
| 2011 | Fredye Factor |
| 2010 | Cecile Bonte |
| 2009 | Mayor Laura Wheat, Town of Westlake |
| 2008 | Becky Bright |
| 2007 | Lyda Hill |
| 2006 | Sandra Estess |
| 2005 | Gay & Bill Solomon |
| 2004 | Rodger Meier |
| 2003 | Carol Seay |
| 2002 | Cynthia K. Hudgins |
| 2001 | Linda Custard |
| 2000 | Lindalyn Adams |
| 1999 | Robert L. Thornton III *01 |
| 1998 | David W. Biegler *03 |
| 1997 | Erle Nye |
| 1996 | Janie Strauss McGarr |
| 1995 | Gifford Touchstone |
| 1994 | Caren & Vin Prothro |
| 1993 | Major General Hugh G. Robinson *97 |
| 1992 | David Fox |
| 1991 | Virginia Lucas Nick |
| 1990 | Liener Temerlin |
| 1989 | Dolores Barzune *00 |
| 1988 | William E. Cooper |
| 1987 | Henry S. Miller, Jr. |
| 1986 | Ebby Halliday Acers *02 |
| 1985 | Ralph B. Rogers |
| 1984 | James Aston *85 |
| 1983 | Louis J. Maher |
| 1982 | Annette Strauss |
| 1981 | Russell H. Perry |
* Dallas Chapter Award honorees who became international AFP Awards for Philanthropy Honorees
















