CVIC Jim Vigness Peacemaker Award
CVIC presents the Jim Vigness Peacemaker Award annually at our Judd Sondreal Memorial Rise & Shine for Peace Breakfast to a local citizen who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to ending violence in greater Grand Forks. In 2022 the award name was changed from “CVIC Peacemaker Award” to the “CVIC Jim Vigness Peacemaker Award” after the first award recipient, Jim Vigness.
Recipients
2002
Jim Vigness, Grand Forks Police Department
2003
Tom Erickson, CVIC Supporter
2004
Karen GrayEyes, Grand Forks Air Force Base Family Advocacy Program
2005
Shelle Michaels, CVIC Supporter
2006
Don Rasmuson, University of North Dakota Police Department
2007
Kelly McLean, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office
2008
Meredith Larson, Grand Forks County State’s Attorney Office
2009
Chris Smith, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office
2010
Cindy Jensen, Grand Forks Public School District
2011
Mary Ann Sens, UND School of Medicine & Health Science
2012
Twyla Llewellyn, North Dakota Parole & Probation
2013
Anne Zimmer, CVIC Supporter
2014
Chief John Packett, Grand Forks Police Department
2015
Karl Bollingberg, CVIC Supporter
2016
Al Boucher, Attorney
Linda Funkhauser, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office
2017
Haley Wamstad, Grand Forks County State’s Attorney Office
2018
Dave Molmen, Altru Health System
2019
Jody Thompson, Grand Forks Public School District
2020
Chief Mark Nelson, Grand Forks Police Department
2021
Sarah Gereszek, Grand Forks County State’s Attorney Office
2022
Noelle Myers, Project Dignity Founder
2023
Andrew Eyre, Assistant State’s Attorney for Grand Forks County
2024
Chuck Hiles, C&B Home Improvement
