2025 (35th year/event)
Ron Schafer – Employer Safety
Officer Alberto Rosado -Impaired Driving Prevention
Officer Justin N. Ford – Law Enforcement Initiatives
Tammy “Gweedo” McGee – Legal Initiatives
Traffic Cam Watch – Messaging/Media
Nicole Jones – Occupant Protection
Elizabeth River Crossings – Youth Traffic Safety
Maggie Haley – Lifetime Achievement in Traffic Safety
2024 (34th year/event)
Deputy Brad E. Hughes(Powhatan County Sheriff’s Office) – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
Corporal Chad A. Beale (Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office) – Impaired Driving Prevention
Officer Kasey Bogue (Suffolk Police Department) – Co-Winner: Law Enforcement Initiatives
Officer Joseph Anderson-Hodgin (Suffolk Police Department) – Co-Winner: Law Enforcement Initiatives
Trooper Adelaide Fischer (Virginia State Police) – Youth Traffic Safety
Christy King (Christopher King Foundation) – Occupant Protection
Kristin Pettway (DRIVE SMART Virginia) – Transportation Safety
2023 (33rd year/event)
- Tammy McGee (President, Conner Gweedo Memorial Foundation) – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Officer Shannon Velez (Chesapeake Police Department) – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Master Police Officer Solomon D. Simmons, III (Virginia Beach Police Department) – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Brad Huffman (Senior Partner, Huffman & Huffman Brothers-in-Law) – Legal Initiatives
- Lance Koontz (Student, Tabb High School) – Youth Traffic Safety
- South Hill Volunteer Fire Department – Fire/Emergency Medical Services Initiatives
- James Bunker (Independent Contractor, National Newspaper Delivery for the Virginian Pilot) – Honorable Mention for Traffic Safety Awareness
2022 (32nd year/event)
- Dwight Jenkins – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Cheryl Bertram – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Jessica Xenakis and Ryan Arab – Occupant Protection (Co-Winners)
- MileOne Cares/Hall Toyota Virginia Beach – Occupant Protection (Group)
- Gweedo Memorial Foundation – Legal Initiatives
- Deborah Fry – Youth Traffic Safety
- Virginia State Police Division V Motorcycle Unit – Transportation Safety
- Huffman and Huffman, Brothers-in-Law, PLLC – Messaging/Media
- Eriald Kera – Law Enforcement Initiatives (Individual Award)
- Virginia Beach Police Department Motorcycle Unit – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Janet Brooking – Lifetime Achievement in Traffic Safety
2021 (31st year/event)
- Sandbridge Traffic Safety Group – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health – Transportation Safety
- Michael Goodove – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Christy King – Occupant Protection
- John Vaughter – The 2021 Lifetime Safety Achievement Award
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2020 (30th year/event)
- CellGuardians by MI Technical Solutions – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- VDOT Hampton Roads District – Fire/Emergency Medical Services
- Coastal Ride – Impaired Driving Prevention (Group Award)
- Norfolk Police Department – Impaired Driving Prevention (Group Award)
- Kim Baylor (Granby High School) – Youth Traffic Safety
- Chesapeake Public Works Traffic Engineering Division – Messaging/Media
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners
2019 (29th year/event)
- Richard Hutt (Chesapeake WCTV Channel 48) – Messaging and Media (Individual Award)
- Woodside High School – Teens in Driving Seat Belt Club (Susan Ragan-Pimblett, Sponsor) – Occupant Protection
- Officer Jonathan Curtin (Virginia Beach Police Department) – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Officer Kenneth A. Byrd (Chesapeake Police Department) – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Virginia Beach Communications Office/Creative Services and the Virginia Beach Fire Department Multimedia Unit – Messaging and Media (Group Award)
- Virginia Beach Police Department Community Engagement Unit – Youth Traffic Safety
- Patricia Davidson – Lifetime Achievement
2018 (28th year/event)
- **Virginia Department of Transportation (Hampton Roads District) – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Boost ’em in the Back Seat (Dr. Kelli England) – Occupant Protection
- MPO Eriald Kera (Virginia Beach Police Department) – Law Enforcement Initiatives – Individual Award
- Chesapeake Police Department – Traffic Enforcement Section – Law Enforcement Initiatives – Group Award
- Amy Stinnette (Chesapeake Commonwealth Attorney’s Office) – Legal
- DRIVE SMART Virginia – Impaired Driving Prevention
- **Heritage High School Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Club (Jamie Plecker, Sponsor) – Pupil Transportation Safety
- GEICO – Youth Traffic Safety
- **City of Virginia Beach – Traffic Engineering Division – Roadway Innovations
- John Fentress – Lifetime Safety Achievement Award
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2017 (27th year/event)
- **Columbia Gas of Virginia – Employer Safety
- **Tanya Deckard – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Travis Aicher – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Suffolk Police Department – Law Enforcement Initiatives (Rt 58 study)
- Capital Concrete, Inc. – Occupant Protection
- Hampton Police Department and Yellow Cab of Hampton – Public Transportation Safety
- Norfolk Public Schools Transportation Department – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Poquoson High School’s Arrive Alive Club (Gloria Insley, Club Sponsor) – Youth Traffic Safety
- Karen Pyle – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known))
2016 (26th year/event)
- Courtney Dziagwa (Norfolk Public Schools) – Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- York County School Division Transportation Department – Employer Safety
- Master Deputy J. Charville (York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office) – Occupant Protection
- Virginia Beach Police Department Traffic Safety Unit – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Shelita Hill (Norfolk Public Schools) – Pupil Transportation Safety
- City of Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering – Roadway Innovations
- Lt. Brian M. Eckstein (York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office) – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Joann Mancuso (Beacon House / Eggleston) – Youth Traffic Safety
- **Thomas Clifford (Retired LEO, AAA Tidewater) – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2015 (25th year/event)
- Hampton University Police Department -Impaired Driving Prevention
- **Ginger Rothermel (Norfolk Public Schools) – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Nathaniel Worthing (Virginia Beach Police Department) – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Kim Barnes (Norfolk Public Schools) – Occupant Protection
- Paula Powell (Norfolk Public Schools) – Youth Traffic Safety
- Daniel Banister (Nissan of Chesapeake) -Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Keith Acosta – Lifetime Achievement – In Transportation Safety
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2014 (24th year/event)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (Traffic Safety Unit) – Traffic Safety Activism
- Chesapeake Police Department – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Suffolk Police Department – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Commonwealth Attorney Colin Stolle (Virginia Beach) – Legal Initiatives
- Richard Babb (WFOS Radio) – Media Awareness
- **Eileen Gerling (CHKD) – Occupant Protection
- **Chesapeake Transportation Safety Commission – Public Transportation Safety
- Ada Chavis – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Commonwealth’s Attorney Nancy Parr (Chesapeake) – Youth Traffic Safety
- MPO Jim McElligott (Virginia Beach Police Dept.) – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2013 (23rd year/event)
- Trooper Sanders T. Schoolar “Lee” (Virginia State Police) – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Courtney Nishnick (student at Deep Creek High School, Chesapeake) – Traffic Safety Activism
- Kirk Baldwin (VP @ Hoffman Beverage) – Occupant Protection
- MPO Rick Davis (Newport News Police Department) – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- **Soldiers and Airmen Against Drunk Driving – Employer Safety
- **Yellow Cab of Newport News – Public Transportation Safety
- Georjeane Blumling, Ph.D. (AAA Tidewater Virginia) – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2012 (22nd year/event)
- Officer Frank Chappell (Chesapeake) – Impaired Driving Prevention
- **Suffolk Police Dept. Motor Carrier Unit – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- **Norfolk Checker Taxi – Public Transportation Safety
- James City County Police Dept. – Youth Traffic Safety
- **Joe Flanagan (WVEC) – Media
Lt. Johnny Day (Chesapeake) – Traffic Safety Activism - **Frank Kowaleski – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2011 (21st year/event)
- Bob and Kaye Walsh – The Martin H. Schlosser Award for Traffic Safety Activism
- Capital Concrete, Inc. – Employer Safety
- Lt. T.M. Foster of the Chesapeake Police Department – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Hampton Police Division Motor Carrier Unit – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Christopher Baker – Legal Category
- Make it Click: A Car Safety Program for Tweens – Occupant Protection
- **Newport News Public School Pupil Transportation Summer Bus Camp – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Black and White Cabs of Norfolk – Public Transportation Safety
- Catherine Wilson – Youth Traffic Safety
- **E. Wallace Timmons – Lifetime Achievement
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2010 (20th year/event)
- **E.V. Williams, Inc. – Employer Safety
- Yellow Cab of Hampton – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Sondra Woodward – Media Awareness
- Sue Dixon – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Officer Delores L. Millington – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Volunteers – Victim Impact Panels – Legal Initiatives
- James City County Police Department – Occupant Protection
- MetroScoot, LLC – Public Transportation Safety
- MPO Robyn Watson – Youth Traffic Safety
- Military/Civilian Transportation Safety Workshop Executive Planning Committee – Traffic Safety Activism
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2009 (19th year/event)
- Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering – Traffic Safety Activism
- Mary Ann Rayment – Traffic Safety Activism
- USFF ADCOs & VBPD – Traffic Safety Unit – Impaired Driving Prevention
- VBPD – Traffic Safety Unit & USFF ADCOs – Impaired Driving Prevention
- NNPD – Stop! School Bus Safety Program – Pupil Transportation Safety
- Officer Scott A. Mounger – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- NNPD Motor Carrier Unit – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- Deputy Sheriff John Henry – Occupant Protection
- Eugene D. Gibson – Public Transportation Safety
- LaMonica Samuel – Youth Traffic Safety
- Master Trooper Robert C. Powell – Lifetime Achievement
2008 (18th year/event)
- MPO Colin Elliot – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Officer Justin D. Tindall – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- MPO Jim McElligott – Traffic Safety Activism
- Deputy Chief Edmund Elliott / Chesapeake Fire Department – Employer Safety
- Lindsey Roberts – Media Awareness
- Bryan Porter, Ph.D. – Occupant Protection
- Virginia Beach Police Department / Motor Carrier Safety Unit – Public Transportation Safety
- Virginia Beach Police Department / “Every 15 Minutes Program” – Youth Traffic Safety
- Martin Schlosser – Lifetime Achievement
2007 (17th year/event)
- United States Fleet Forces Alcohol & Drug Control Officers – Impaired Driving Prevention
- Traffic Enforcement Section, Chesapeake Police Department – Law Enforcement Initiatives
- City of Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering – Traffic Safety Activism
- RJR Elite Trucking – Employer Safety
- F. Dean Godwin – Lifetime Achievement
2006 (16th year/event)
- Cindi Norris, M. Price Distributing Co. – Education and Prevention
- Wilma Modlin – Education and Prevention
- Nathan Collins – Traffic Safety Activism
- Lisa Godley – Media Awareness
- Lt. Johnny Day – Enforcement Initiatives
- Virginia Beach Police Department, F.A.C.T. / Selective Enforcement Team – Enforcement Initiatives
2005 (15th year/event)
- Dr. Kelli England and Ms. Cynthia Shier / EVMS – Education and Prevention
- City of Virginia Beach’s Traffic Engineering Department – Traffic Engineering
- **GEICO – Traffic Safety Activism
- Sgt. Keith Hartman and Officer Jeff Westrick (Newport News Police) – Enforcement Initiatives
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2004 (14th year/event)
- John R. Wise – Education and Prevention
- City Of Norfolk / Division Of Transportation and Police Department – Traffic Engineering
- Andy Fox – Media Awareness
- Leigh Dennis – Traffic Safety Activism
- Chesapeake Bay ASAP – Traffic Safety Activism
- MPO Ryan Arnold / Sgt Mark Summerell (Virginia Beach Police – Photo Safe) – Enforcement Initiatives
2003 (13th year/event)
- Suffolk Fire Department – Education and Prevention
- Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering Department – Traffic Engineering
- Janet King, Metro Traffic Control – Media Awareness
- Steven and Matthew Hinson – Traffic Safety Activism
- The Honorable Randall M. Blow, Virginia Beach Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court – Enforcement Initiatives
- The Honorable Rufus A. Banks, Jr., Chief Judge, Chesapeake Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court – Enforcement Initiatives
- Maury B. Brickhouse – Director of Court Services, 1st District Court Services Unit – Enforcement Initiatives
2002 (12th year/event)
- Barbara Freund, Ph. D., Evms – Education and Prevention
- **E.V. Williams, Inc., Escort Driver Certification Training Program – Education and Prevention
- Lisa Jones, WVEC-TV Producer of Silver Driver – Media Awareness
- Trooper Matthew W. Cotton, Virginia State Police – Enforcement Initiatives
- Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office – Enforcement Initiatives
- Joy Sullivan, Drivesmart Hampton Roads – Traffic Safety Activism
Note: **Lillian DeVenny was awarded the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Governor’s Award
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2001 (11th year/event)
- Dr. Dana D. Burnett, ODU – Education and Prevention
- **Specialized Transportation Safety Coalition – Education and Prevention
- Lynne Johnston, Riddle Honda – Traffic Safety Activism
- MPO F. Dean Godwin, Virginia Beach Police Department – Traffic Safety Activism
- Trooper Joseph D. Mercurio, Virginia State Police – Enforcement Initiatives
- Chesapeake Police Department – Traffic Enforcement Section – Enforcement Initiatives
- Dave Schleck “Road Guy” – Daily Press Newspaper – Media Awareness
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
2000 (10th year/event)
- **MPO Scott Wichtendahl, Virginia Beach Police Department – Education and Prevention
- Hampton Police Adult School – Education and Prevention
- Crossing Guard Program – Education and Prevention
- Smithfield Police Department – Traffic Safety Activism
- Sgt. Chuck Flowers – Enforcement Initiatives
- Virginia Beach Police Special Operations – Enforcement Initiatives
- Daily Press Newspaper – Media Awareness
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
1999 (9th year/event)
- “Every 15 Minutes” Program by Virginia Beach Police Department – Education and Prevention
- Spratley Middle School Bicycle Club, Hampton Virginia – Education and Prevention
- Senior Trooper Charles Elliott – Traffic Safety Activism
- Trooper W. S. Towles – Enforcement Initiatives
- Wendy Juren, WVEC TV – Media Awareness
- Kristopher Kahla, WVEC TV, Media Awareness
- WAFX 106.9 The Fox Radio – Media Awareness
1998 (8th year/event)
- Chesapeake PRIDE Team – Education and Prevention
- AARP 55 Alive Mature Driving – Education and Prevention
- Trooper David R. Copley, VSP – Traffic Safety Activism
- Tom Cobin, WAVY Channel 10 News – Media Awareness
- Dr. Bryan Porter, Old Dominion University – Traffic Safety Activism
- Sergeant William T. Sturgis, Newport News Police Department – Enforcement Initiatives
- City of Portsmouth Safety Town – Education and Prevention
1997 (7th year/event)
- Judge Lawrence C. Lawless, Norfolk General District Court – Traffic Safety Activism
- Detective Amber Whitaker, Portsmouth Police Department – Education and Prevention
- Gerald Owens – Media Awareness
- Virginia State Police, Division V Public Relations – Media Awareness
- Officer Dan Sartorius, Virginia Beach Police Department – Enforcement Initiatives
- Officer Scott Williams, Newport News Police Department – Engineering
- Hampton Police Division Boat Patrol Unit – Education and Prevention
1996 (6th year/event)
- Trooper Russell L. Eley, III – Education and Prevention
- Hampton Roads Planning District Commission – Engineering
- MPO Mark Summerell – Enforcement
- Hampton Police Division Day Shift – Wythe – Enforcement
- Terry Zahn, WVEC TV 13 – Media
- Virginia Beach Cable T.V. – Media
- Paula Whalen – Traffic Safety Activism
1995 (5th year/event)
- **Howard E. “Butch” Fawley, Virginia State Police – Enforcement Initiatives
- MPO Terry A. McLaughlin, Virginia State Police – Enforcement Initiatives
- **SSGT William B. Jennings, 1st Security Police Squadron, Langley Air Force Base – Education and Prevention
- **York County Safety Town – Education and Prevention
- Andy Fox, WAVY TV “Road Rebels” – Media Awareness
- WVEC News Department – Media Awareness
- Beach Ford and the Virginia Beach Fire Department – Traffic Safety Activism
- Larry Rilee, Newport News Police Department – Traffic Safety Activism
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
1994 (4th year/event)
- York County Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire and Rescue – Education and Prevention
- Ted Fitzgerald, Peninsula ASAP – Education and Prevention
- Norfolk Police Department Traffic Safety Division – Enforcement Initiatives
- MPO Clyde H. Fannin, Newport News Police Department – Enforcement Initiatives
- The Virginian Pilot/Ledger Start Auto Weekly – Media Awareness
- **Mary Scully, Reporter, Auto Weekly – Media Awareness
- City of Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering Bureau – Engineering
- Chesapeake Police Department – Traffic Safety Activism
- Trooper William S. Towles, VSP – Traffic Safety Activism
Note: **CCATS won two Governor’s Awards- Multi-Jurisdictional and Occupant Protection
** Governor’s Safety Award Winners (known)
1993 (3rd year/event)
- Frank Starr- Traffic Safety Activism
- Hoffman Beverage – Traffic Safety Activism
- Helen Sewell – Education and Prevention
- MR/DD Program, Virginia Beach Community Services Board – Education and Prevention
- Trooper Karl E. Campbell – Enforcement Initiatives
- Hampton Police Division – Enforcement Initiatives
- Lori Denny – Media Awareness
- City of Norfolk – Engineering
1992 (2nd year/event)
- Brenda Caccarelli, President, Peninsula Chapter of MADD – Traffic Safety Activism
- Kiwanis Club of Hampton – Traffic Safety Activism
- Jeffrey Kendle, Safety and Legislation Chairman for the Tidewater Bicycle Association – Education and Prevention
- City of Portsmouth Safety Town, Sgt. Gerald Boone accepting – Education and Prevention
- MPO Dean Godwin, Virginia Beach Police Department – Enforcement Initiatives
- Portsmouth Police Department – Enforcement Initiatives
1991 (1st year/event)
Tuesday, June 2, 11:30 am, Grate Steak Restaurant, 1170 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, VA, presented by John T. Hanna
- Marilyn Jackson, SADD Coordinator for the York County School System – Traffic Safety Activism by an Individual
- Virginians Opposing Drunk Driving (VODD) – – Traffic Safety Activism by A Group
- Officer H.E. Fawley, Virginia Beach Police Department’s Special Patrol Operations and Tactics
- Bureau – SPOT Bureau (Selective Enforcement Team) – Traffic Safety Enforcement by an Individual
- Chesapeake Police Department – Traffic Safety Enforcement by a Group
- Tidewater Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP) – Traffic Safety Education and Prevention