2005 Winner: Pratap Thapa, Associate Director, Visions Programs The Board of Directors established the Noyes Award in 1997 as a way of recognizing leadership skills within Community Bridges. "While management is problem-oriented, leadership is opportunity oriented... which is looking at what's around a problem, what's connected to it, what can influence it, as well as the problem itself." The Noyes Award for Excellence in Leadership

• 1998  Mark Mills
• 1999  Ann Potoczak
• 2000  Barbara Dunham
• 2001  Jo Edwards
• 2002  Wayne Colby
• 2004  Pratap Thapa
• 2005  Jean Crouch
• 2006  Tom Harrington