The annual Texas Conservative Leader Awards highlight the men and women of the grassroots who work to make the Lone Star State shine brighter than ever.

The award recipients are nominated by their peers – men and women who have seen them step up as citizen-leaders in their neighborhoods and communities. 

The 2023 Conservative Leader Awards will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Marriott Las Colinas.

Previous Conservative Leader Award Honorees

2014

Sharron Albertson
James Ashby
Suzanne Blackstone
Kelly Canon
Alex Chamales
Stan Cole
Diane Dydzak
Michael Dougan
Jean Gosney
Julie McCarty
Ashley McDaniel
Fred Nasseri
Mike & Marika Olcott
Michael Openshaw
Donna Rolater
Dick Saulsbury
Amanda Waring
Hayley Waring
Charles Womack

2015

Derek Baker
Teresa Beckmeyer
Carol Doucet
Janna Easton
Ken Emanuelson
JoAnn Fleming
Natalie Genco
Jim & Robin Lennon
Cindy Meyer
Chuck Molyneaux
Ray Myers
Kelly Paulsen
Don & Rene Poe
Mark Pulliam
Reagan Reed
Matthew Stringer
Paul & Charla Vinyard

2016

Dwayne Collins
Tom & Toni Fabry
Aaron Harris
Dale Huls
Donald & Jackie King
Cole Lyle
Tracy Marshall
Carroll Maxwell
Aubrey Mayberry
David Medlin
Antonia Okafor
Mark Ramsey
Fran Rhodes
Angela Smith
Roy & Carolyn Willis
Maggie Wright

2017

Jim Baxa
Tom Dowdy
Ralph Gonzalez
Dana Harris
Matt Long
Patrick McGuinness
Stacy McMahan
John Myers
Tanya Robertson
Jackie Schlegel
Joel & Karen Starnes
Steve Waltens
Brady Whatley
Eric Yollick
Ruth York

2018

Jim Barnes
Melanie Graft
Laura Hester
Dana McKelvain
Brian Newman
Vince & Mona Puente
Mark Reid
Byron Schirmbeck
Marshall Sprigg
Nelson Thibodeaux
Alan & Colleen Vera
Kathaleen Wall

2019

Brian Bledsoe
Luis Burrola Jr.
Adam Cahn
Kelli Cook
Rich & Yvette DeOtte
Rolando Garcia
Lacey Lowry
Howard Powers
Eugene Ralph
Mike & Vicki Slaton
Terry Wade
JoAnn Wilks

2020

Chandler Crouch
Matt Dixon
Chris Ekstrom
Janie Fonseca
Susan Fountain
Jill Glover
Terri Hall
Brandon Hodges
Troy Jackson
Mike & Laura Oakley
Deborah  Simmons
Rev. Joseph E. Strickland

2021

Betty Anderson
Michelle Bishop
Ammon Blair
Dorothy Boyett
Ashley Brickett
Rafael Cruz
Don Dixon
Konner Earnest
Sue Evenwel
Tom Glass
Joe Murphy
Joy & Terry Putnam
Hilary Rabeler
Mary Trammell
2022

Larry Bartoli
Russell Bennett
Bonnie Brown
Steve Eklund
Mike Giles
Jamie Haynes
Dr. Peter McCullough, MD, MPH
Tara Petsch
Kathy Ponce
Josh & Cassandra Posey
Judy Rouse
Kim Spain
Leo Whelan

2023

Melissa Beckett
Christin Bentley
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, MD
Brandon Burden
Cindi Castilla
Pat Greer
Lauren Heese
Richard Heizer
Jeannette Hormuth
Fern McClaugherty
Miriah Sachs
Tracy Shannon
Carlos Turcios