Tidewater Chapter Awards
The 59th annual Tidewater Humanitarian Awards Presentation took place on Thursday, March 30, 2023.
HUMANITARIAN AWARDS 2023
Distinguished Virginian Award
Janice Bell Underwood
Humanitarian Awards
Lisa F. Chandler
Hugh R. Copeland
Mekbib Gemeda
Geoffrey V. Guns
Andrew S. Nusbaum
The Humanitarian Award of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities is presented to those individuals who have demonstrated a personal commitment to the promotion of respect and understanding among people of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. On occasion, the organization may bestow the Jeffrey B. Spence Award for Interfaith Understanding to individuals who have conducted exceptional work in the area of interfaith understanding. The Distinguished Merit Award recognizes corporations or community organizations for their humanitarian work.
Thank you to the 2023 Humanitarian Awards Supporters:
Humanitarian Level Supporters
Benefactor Level Supporter
•S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Corporate Level Supporters
• Birdsong Corporation
• City of Norfolk
• Ann Nusbaum
• Operation Smile
• Palace Shops and Station
• TowneBank
• Virginia Wesleyan University
Ambassador Level Supporters
• Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
• Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
THE Car Crash Experts
• The George & Grace Dragas Family Foundation
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Hampton Roads Community Foundation
• Sandra & Miles Leon
• Rose & Womble Chandler Property Management, LLC
• S L Nusbaum Insurance Agency Inc. & Charles S. Nusbaum | Beth Nusbaum Curtiss
• Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay
• Williams Mullen / Bill & Sharon Nusbaum
Past Humanitarian Awards
Past Honorees
a listing of all past honorees with Biographies (as available)
Past Dinner Chairs
a listing of all past dinner chairs
RESERVATIONS
Reservations/Payments are no longer being accepted online for the Humanitarian Awards. Please contact VCIC with questions.


