Person of the Year Award
The VMHA Person of the Year Award was created in 1975 to honor the VMHA Man and Woman who had demonstrated dedication above and beyond to VMHA and the Morgan Horse breed through promotion and volunteerism. Originally named the VMHA Man of the Year and VMHA Woman of the Year Award, it became known as the Person of the Year Award in 1991.
VMHA Person of the year
2023 – Angie Maple
2022 – Jennifer Hopper
2021 – Phil Pearo
2020 – Kathy Furr
2019 – Anne Brown
2018 – Don Tobey
2017 – Sam Stanley
2016 – Nina R Quinn
2015 – Jacquelyn Marston
2014 – Dennis Tatro
2013 – Karen McKnight
2012 – Anna Smith
2011 – Nancy Creswell
2010 – Amanda Ryan
2009 – Ruth L. Knab
2008 – Barbara Beauregard
2007 – John Greenall
2006 – Nancy Harvey
2005 – Bonnie Sogoloff
2004 – Cheryl Rivers
2003 – Connie Doucette
2002 – John Myers
2001 – Elise Raymond
2000 – Polly Quinn
1999 – Janet Kennedy
1998 – Beth Pollock
1997 – Barbara Dresser
1996 – Bob & Kay Switser
1995 – Stephen Davis
1994 – Ivan Beattie
1993 – Richard Kaufman
1992 – John Raymond
1991 – Lyman Orcutt
VMHA Man and Woman of the Year
1990 – Harriet Hilts & Ernest Paquette
1989 – Hayes Sogoloff
1988 – Francis Bryant & Stanton Pratt
1987 – Clara Hendin & Charlie Ross
1986 – Kathleen Clark & Lewis Springer
1985 – Keynith Knapp
1984 – Bob Baker
1983 – Dr. Donald Balch
1981 – Gladys Severance & Roland Doucette
1980 – Margaret & Frank Lathrop
1979 – Leslie & Leonard Wales
1978 – Margaret & Lyle Bemis
1977 – The Malzac Family
1976 – Polly Quinn & Deane C. Davis
1975 – Andrea Squires & Don St. Pierre