Awards

The Joseph H. Rainey Empowered Leadership Award is a lifetime achievement award named for Joseph H. Rainey, who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives—and the namesake of the Rainey Center. It is given to an individual to honor their entire body of work in service of the center’s core values of advancing freedom, equality, and a more perfect union for all.

The Civic Excellence Award recognize efforts of outstanding civic engagement initiatives or activities.

Joseph H. Rainey Empowered Leadership Award

Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)

Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC)

Lt. Governor Pamela Evette (SC)

Senator Shelly Moore Capito (WV)

Representative Debbie Lesko (AZ)

Rainey Center Civic Excellence Award

Steven Sund

(Former United States Capitol Police Chief)

Nate Morris

(Chairman & CEO, Morris Industries; Founder, Rubicon Technologies)

Andrew Wheeler

(Holland & Hart; Former U.S. EPA Administrator)

Joseph H. Rainey Empowered Leadership Award

John Curtis, U.S. Representative (UT)

Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator (NC)

Joseph H. Rainey Civic Excellence Award

Jay Faison, Founder, CLEARPATH

Joseph H. Rainey Maverick Award

Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC)

Rainey Center Freedom Project Award

U.S. House of Representatives:

Rep. Bob Latta (OH)

Rep. Chuck Edwards (NC)

Rep. Jake Ellzey (TX)

Rep. Rich McCormick (GA)

Rep. Debbie Lesko (AZ)

Rep. Burgess Owens (UT)

Rep. Michael Guest (MS)

Rep. Buddy Carter (GA)

Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC)

Rep. August Pfluger (TX)

Rep. Cory Mills (FL)

Rep. Richard Hudson (NC)

Rep. Russell Fry (SC)

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA)

Rep. Beth Van Duyne (TX)

Rep. Ralph Norman (SC)

Rep. John James (MI)

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA)

Rep. Bill Hagerty (TN)

Rep. Tedd Budd (NC)

Rep. John Boozman (AR)

Joseph H. Rainey Empowered Leadership Award

Senator Tim Scott (SC)

Rainey Center Freedom Project Award

U.S. Senate:

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV)

Senator Dan Sullivan (AK)

U.S. House of Representatives:

Rep. John Curtis (UT)

Rep. Neal Dunn (FL)

Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX)

Rep. Richard Hudson (NC)

Rep. Bob Latta (OH)

Rep. Nancy Mace (SC)

Rep. Carol Miller (WV)

Rep. Burgess Owens (UT)

Rep. Greg Pence (IN)

Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT)

Rep. Chris Stewart (UT)

Rainey Center Civic Excellence Award

Shay Hawkins

(President, the Opportunity Funds Association and Former Staff Director and Policy Advisor, Senator Tim Scott)

LAMP State Delegation of the Year

West Virginia (WV)

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