The Sustainer of the Year Award was created in 1997 to annually recognize and honor a Sustainer for her extraordinary commitment to the League and to the community. The award was named in memory of Harriet Vance Parkhurst.

Dorothy Fraser 1998
Bonnie Noble 1999
Jennie Armstrong 2000
Margee Cullinan 2001
Marilou Putnam 2002
Vicki McCord 2003
Mary Jo Ghighi 2004
Marjorie Paulson 2005
Patricia Bash 2006
Cathleen Williams 2007
Vicky Stewart 2008
Theresa Murphy 2009
Betsy Bladel 2010
Connie Frank 2011
Polly Barton 2012
Carlotta Biefeldt 2012
Lisa Plantamura 2013
Brenda O’Russa 2014
Joan Krupa 2015
Trish Redman 2016
Janet Roth 2017
Carole Ackerman 2018
Joann Blum 2019
Beth Bussan 2020
Trish O’Shaughnessey 2021
Cheryl Murin 2022
Sara Meinhart 2023
Julia Issa-Ghantous 2024
Mary Beth Cooper 2025