The MAPS Person of the Year Award has always recognized individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to helping MAPS and the communities we serve. It is the highest honor bestowed by the agency each year.
Award Recipients:
2023 Recipient: Manny Lopes, Executive Vice-President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
2022 Recipient: Gilda M. Nogueira, President and CEO of the East Cambridge Savings Bank
2019 Recipient: Margareth Shepard, Framingham City Councillor
2018 Recipient: The Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres
2017 Recipient: Lawrence (Larry) K. Fish, Chairman, Fish Family Foundation
2016 Recipient: David Simas, JD, Assistant to President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach
2015 Recipient: Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville
2014 Recipient: Claire Andrade-Watkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Emerson College, Filmmaker, Founder & President of SPIA Media Productions Inc., Volunteer/Co-Founder of CABO Inc.
2013 Recipient: Anthony Silva, Radio co-host of the WBZ Afternoon News and the station’s New England Business Editor
2012 Recipient: Sonia Chang-Diaz, Massachusetts State Senator
2011 Recipient: Felipe Matos, Student Leader of the Trail of Dreams
2010 Recipient: William Francis Galvin, Massachusetts Secretary of State
2009 Recipient: The late Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
2008 Recipient: State Senator Anthony Galluccio
2007 Recipient: Isaura Mendes, Community Leader
2006 Recipient: The late Representative Deborah Blumer, D-Framingham
2005 Recipient: Andrea Cabral, Suffolk County Sheriff
2004 Recipients: Glenn Mello, Luis Pedroso and Mark & Elisia Saab, Lowell Area Community Leaders and Philanthropists
2003 Recipient: M. Teresa Cardoso, Somerville School Committee member
2002 Recipient: Dr. José Figueiredo, former principal of the Harrington Middle School in Cambridge
2001 Recipient: Dr. Howard Koh, former Mass. Commissioner of Public Health
2000 Recipient: Board and Employees of the Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union
1999 Recipient: Joseph Teixeira, former partner of Arnold Communications
1998 Recipient: State Rep. António F.D. Cabral
1997 Recipient: Henrique de Campos Meirelles, former BankBoston CEO
1996 Recipient: Gil Santos, WBZ Radio and TV personality
1995 Recipient: State Representative Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
1994 Recipient: Mayor Michael E. Capuano, Somerville, currently US Congressman