The 2026 Circle of Courage Nominees are as follows:
Pastor Christian Ballenger –Art & Music
Pastor Giannie H. Braafhart - Religion
Jenny DeHart –Business
Barbara Douglass - Education
Dexter Fairweather - Missions
Rev. Laphon Flood-Francis –Religion
Nicole Harris – Education/Medicine
Starla Heyward –Religion
Jamie Holmes-Ward –Missions
Leonard Holt - Music
Reginald Holt - Business
Lynne Denise Lennon - Education
Christina Loeffert - Education
Dr. Ashli Molinero - Medicine
Darlene O’Laughlin - Medicine
Isaiah Reeves – Religion/Youth Ministry
Cindy Rylands - Medicine
Ikeya Sade - Business
Lavaughn Samuel - Missions
Deborah Starling-Campbell - Missions
Tameika Taylor - Religion
Melita Hatley Terry - Education
Robert J. “RJ” Thompson – Education/Art/Business
Aaron Thomas – Missions/Education
