| Nominations are being accepted for the 2026 Distinguished Public Service Award, 2026 Community Impact Award, and 2026 Young Professional Award, which will be announced at the Cambridge Area Chamber’s Annual Dinner on Thursday, February 19, 2026. Recipients of these awards demonstrate outstanding personal contribution by way of active service, leadership, and ideas to chamber area civic or service organization(s), and/or cause(s). The selected candidate’s contribution will be for the past calendar year. Nomination forms, which include an outline of the criteria used for consideration, can be printed here. Distinguished Public Service Form Community Impact Award Form Young Professional Award Form Completed nomination forms must be received at the Chamber office by Friday, January 30, 2026. Email to: president@cambridgeohiochamber.com or fax to: 740-439-6689 or mail to: 433 Wheeling Avenue, Cambridge, OH 43725 |
Distinguished Public Service Award This award recognizes an individual who lives in the Cambridge area and has demonstrated outstanding service, leadership, and dedication to civic or service organizations, with contributions made within the past year or over time. |
| 1986 Larry Caldwell 1987 Tony Jefferson 1988 John Fairchild 1989 Mercedes Lester 1990 Bob Amos 1991 Bob Secrest 1992 Shirley Knight Tom Bruney 1993 Art Clemenson 1994 Ed Wright 1995 Marty Jones 1996 Ray Chorey 1997 Tony Lenhart 1998 Dale Dickson Quentin Knauer 1999 Laura Bates 2000 Debbie Larrick 2001 Jack Taylor 2002 Sue Cowden 2003 Liz Sperandeo Chuck Jones 2004 Grant Hafley 2005 Carolyn Dickson | 2006 Pauli Cornish 2007 Bob Ley 2008 Maribeth Wright 2009 Dave Caldwell 2010 Carolyn Wilson 2011 Stephanie Laube 2012 Alta Abicht 2013 Dennis Doutt Colleen Wheatley 2014 Ralph Ray 2015 Robert Wilhelm 2016 Joel Losego 2017 Ron Guthrie 2018 Carol Wilcox Jones 2019 Larry Miller 2020 Cindy Arent 2022 Tom & Annette Parnell 2023 Richard Booth 2024 Michelle Carpenter – Wilkinson 2025 John Davis |
| Community Impact Award The Community Impact Award honors individuals who have had tangible, measurable effect on the community. The impact may be the result of any number of activities, volunteer efforts, board service or social goals. 2015 Steve Allen & Tom Laughman, SR. 2016 Kathy Warhola 2017 Bill Baker, Kim McMillen, Quentin and Mary Knauer 2022 Karen Boyer 2023 Ron Gombeda 2024 Stevie Fairchild 2025 Shannon Shatto |
| Young Professional Award Established in 2025, this award honors exceptional young professionals ages 18–40 who live or work in Guernsey County and demonstrate leadership, innovation, ethical standards, and a positive impact on their workplace or community. 2025 Brian Conaway |