GRIT Award Nominees 2025
Abdirizak Ibrahim - Executive Director, Somali Community Self Management Agency
Amy Dott Harmer - Executive Director, Utah Refugee Connection
Ben Powell - Artist, Creative Pacific Foundation
Beto Conejo - West Temple Media LLC
Betty Sawyer - Executive Director, Project Success Coalition
Brenda Diaz Del Valle - Manager, Workforce Planning at Progressive Leasing
Cencira Te’o - Co-Founder, Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action Resources (PIK2AR)
Dale Foster - Senior Supervisor, Service Center, Progressive Leasing
Eddy Thompson Jr. - Global Trade Manager, L3Harris
Emrys Johnson - Queen Rugishe Hair
Gilberto Rejon Magana - Hartland Community 4 Youth & Families
Halle Peralta - West Valley City Resident
Ian and Brittany Pizarro - The Call to Give
Ivan Gonzalez - Founder, Best Seat in the House; Swire Coca Cola
Jeanette Padilla Vega - Founder, President, and CEO, Food Justice Coalition
Jenny Hor - Logistics and Project Coordinator, Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs
Juliette Bautista - Founder, Club Ability Foundation
Juan Becerra - Business Banking Relationship Manager, US Bank
Kate Nielsen - Chief Operating Officer, Habitat for Humanity
Katie Bunnell - President, Live Your Dream Foundation
Katie Donoviel - Executive Director, English Skills Learning Center
Mary Navalta Chavan - President, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Utah
Michelle Love-Day - Director, Language and Culture Service, Jordan School District
Michael Ulibarri - Executive Director, Defy Ventures
Nathan Black - Teacher, Granger High School, Granite School District
Natsumi Alvarez - Senior Manager of Organization and Culture Development, Waterford
Nikki Walker - Founder, NWPR & Consulting
Princess Bombyck - Founder, Health Impact Alliance; CEO, Juah Apparel Exercise Clothing Company; Program Manager, University of Utah; AmeriCorps Service Member One Utah Service Fellowship
Rachel Garrett - Founder and Executive Director of Common Thread
Rebecca J. Dutson - President and CEO, The Children’s Center of Utah
Robin Holcomb - Interim Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Utah
Roy Bosch - Senior Regional Manager, Western Governors University
Sandra Uribe De la Fuente - Director of Program Operations, Latino Initiative for Emotion Well-Being
Sawsha Turpin - Stay at Home Mom
Thaiss Del Rio - Policy Analyst, Voices for Utah Children
