1. Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Presents the

2. Edward “Ted” Burton Waters September 5, 2012 Big Bend Transit-Tallahassee General Manager

3. Vernon Carl huff, Jr October 29, 2012 1 st Director of the Coordinating Council for the Transportation Disadvantaged (predecessor to the TD Commission)

4. Mary Link-BennetT 1927 – 2012 Member of the Lake County Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Board 1998 - 2012

5. Mary Link-Bennett Lake County Linda Carter Lee County Becki Forsell Hillsborough County Phyl Weaver Martin County and the winner is...

6. Congratulations! Mary Link-Bennett Lake County

8. Thank you for your support and advocacy for the Transportation Disadvantaged program! The Honorable Donna Fiala Collier County Commissioner Doug Conkey Clay County Commissioner

9. Patricia Adams Manatee County Area Transit Pastor Jessie Delgado Ebenezer Christian Services, Hillsborough County James Hamilton Manatee County Area Transit Charles Williams Clay Transit Stewart Wood Votran and the winner is...

10. Congratulations! Patricia Adams Manatee County Area Transit and Stewart Wood Votran

11. Paula Lopez Independent Community Transport, Inc. – Polk County William “Bill” Reynolds Votran Star Metro Call Center Dispatch & Mobility Team Leon County and the winner is…

12. Congratulations! Star Metro Call Center Dispatch & Mobility Team Leon County

13. MTM, Inc. Collier County MMG Transportation Pasco County Elder Point Ministries Polk County and the winner is...

14. Congratulations! ! MMG Transportation Pasco County

15. Jacksonville Transportation Authority Duval County Jointly: Lisa Sanders, Martin County CTC – Corine Williams, St Lucie CTC – Luke Lambert, Martin County MPO Marceia Lathou, St Lucie TPO Levy County Transit StarMetro Leon County and the winner is...

16. Congratulations! Jacksonville Transportation Authority Duval County

17. Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization MetroPlan Orlando Northeast Florida Regional Council Polk Transportation Planning Organization and the winner is...

18. Congratulations! Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization

19. Collier County Local Coordinating Board Martin County Local Coordinating Board Miami-Dade County Local Coordinating Board Putnam County Local Coordinating Board and the winner is...

20. Miami-Dade Local Coordinating Board Congratulations!

21. Citrus County Transit Levy County Transit and the winner is...

22. Congratulations! Citrus County Transit

23. Sunshine Line Hillsborough County MTM, Inc. Martin County and the winner is...

24. Congratulations! Sunshine Line Hillsborough County

25. Deborah Byrnes Broward MPO Mike Mason Polk County Veterans Services Colleen Dove Roland Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency Lisa Sanders MTM, Inc. Jim Van Pelt Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization and the winner is...

26. Congratulations! Jim Van Pelt Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization

27. Marilyn Baldwin Mary Link-Bennett Cathy Brown Deborah Byrnes Donna Fiala Gloria Mills Colleen Dove Roland and the winner is...

28. Congratulations! Cathy Brown St. Johns County Council on Aging

30. 2012 Award Recipients

31. 2012 Award Recipients Legislators of the YearRepresentative Denise Grimsley Senator Lizbeth Benaquisto Volunteer of the YearRoberta “Rusty” VanSickle Driver of the YearLeonard “Ralph” Gagnier and Michael Wimberly Dispatcher/Scheduler of the Year Polk County Dispatch- Scheduler Team Innovation of the YearCalhoun County Senior Citizens Association

32. 2012 Award Recipients Planning Agency of the YearBroward County MPO Local Coordinating Board of the Year Alachua County Rural CTC of the YearSumter County Transit Urban CTC of the Year Sheila Winitzer Award William G. & Budd Bell Lifetime Achievement Award Star Metro – Leon County Jo Ann Hutchinson Pat Mulieri, Ed. D