Junonia Award Winners
2026
- Winner will be announced on November 10.
2025
- Toni Westland, retired, supervisory refuge ranger, J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
2024
- Allison Gruber, executive director, Lee County Sports Organizing Committee
2023
- Brad & Leslie Junghans and Bob & Jenny Rando, owners, Captiva Cruises
2022
- No recipient.
2021
- Judie Zimomra, retired, city manager, City of Sanibel
2020
- Jeanne Bigos, general manager, Outrigger Beach Resort
2019
- Billy Kirkland, owner, Billy’s Bike Shop & Segway of Sanibel
2018
- Captain Brian Holaway, owner, Captain Brian on the Water – Guided Boat Eco Tours
2017
- Rob Wells III & family, owners, Tarpon Lodge and Cabbage Key
2016
- Ellis Etter, Wyndham Garden Hotel
2015
- Leoma Lovegrove, artist & owner, Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens
2014
- Paul McCarthy, owner, Captiva Cruises & McCarthy's Marina
2013
- John Naylor, founding member, Lee County Sports Organizing Committee
2012
- Barbara Manzo, former director, Lee County Parks & Recreation
- Captain John "Giddy-Up" Bunch, founder, Operation Open Arms
- Tony Lapi, CEO, 'Tween Waters Inn
2011
- Colleen DePasquale, executive director, Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce
- Dan Baggot, SWFL Distributing, Publishing & Mailing
2010
- Steve & Doris Colgate, founders & owners, Offshore Sailing School
2009
- No recipient
2008
- Sally Tapager, owner, Tropic Star Cruises
2007
- D.T. Minich, former VCB executive director
- Chris Pendleton, president/CEO, Edison and Ford Winter Estates
- Roxie Smith, Pink Shell Development, Tourist Development Council (TDC) Member
- Steve Tutko, biologist & consultant, Babcock Ranch
- Fran Myers, owner, Red Coconut RV Resort & TDC Member
2006
- Tom Cronin, owner, Shell Factory & Nature Park
- Steve Greenstein, former executive director, Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce
- Brian Holly, managing director, Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa
- Jay Kinzer-Halcrow, former sales & marketing director, West Wind Inn
- Elaine McLaughlin, former Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) executive director
