The Founders Award was created in 1999 in honor of those who founded this agency, to recognize individuals, foundations, corporations, community organizations and others who have made outstanding contributions that further the mission of Peer Assistance Services.
1999
St. Anthony Hospitals
Kelly Fulton, RN
Valley Hope Association

2000
Gene Bloom, DDS
Tom Stock, RPh
The Harmony Foundation

2001
John Bauman, DDS
Lola Fehr, RN
Roger Portfolio, RPh
Addiction Research and Treatment Services

2002
Jane Klein, RN
Kim Laudenslager, RDH
Val Kalnins, RPh
DeVonna Anthony, NCAC II, CAC III

2003
Brett Kessler, DDS
David Thompson, PhD
Pam Gillen, RN, ND
John Jones, Parole Officer
Talbott Recovery Campus

2004
Joann Adkins, BSN, RN
Howard Landesman, DDS,
 M.Ed
Thomas Crowley, MD
Robin Mower, PharmD
Russ Brakel, BS, Parole Officer
Jody Gingery, M. Ed, RN

2005
Colorado Dental Association
Vforge, Inc.
Phillip Aragon, BS, Parole
 Supervisor
Michael L. Johnson, RPh
Clare Sandekian, MS, RN,
 CNS, CAC III

2006
Jan Bender, RPh
Crossroads Turning Points, Inc.
Michelle Sandel, DVM
Troy Fox, DDS
Carmelita Muņiz

2007
Robert Aukerman, MSW
Harold Bober, RPh, PhD (posthumously)

2008 
Joe Stommel, MS 
Representative Anne L. McGihon, MSW, JD
Tony's Market

2009
Division of Behavioral Health
Colorado Nurses Association

2010 
Kerry B. Broderick, M.D.
CeDAR—Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation
Howie Madigan
The Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor of Colorado 

2011
Randi C. Wood, LCSW, DCSW, CEAP, 
  Director of Colorado State Employee
  Assistance Program
Eric Goplerud, PhD, Senior Vice
  President, Substance Abuse, Mental
  Health and Criminal Justice Studies,
  NORC, the University of Chicago 

2012-2013
Jeff Downing, MSN, RN,  
  Chief Nursing Officer,
  National Jewish Health
John Fabiano 
  Founder, Broader Horizons 
  (awarded posthumously)
Robert Valuck, PhD, RPh
  Professor, Department of Clinical
  Pharmacy, University of Colorado
  Skaggs School of Pharmacy
  President, Colorado Prescription Drug
  Abuse Task Force