Citizen & Young Citizen of the Year Award

2009 Citizen of the Year
Dr. John Knight AM (aka Dr James Wright)

Dr John Knight is chairman of the Medi-Aid Centre Foundation which he founded in 1973.  Dr Knight has dedicated his life to the care of elderly, disabled and disadvantaged people through the provision of purpose built accommodation such as Vimiera Village at Eastwood.  A graduate of Sydney University, Dr. Knight is also well known as the Media Medic, dispensing advise and health tips in simple easy to understand language via newspapers, magazine, television and radio for over 40 years.

2009 Young Citizen of the Year
Vanessa Corbridge

Vanessa Corbridge has lived all her 25 years in the City of Ryde and displays a commendable attitude to helping others in the community in both her professional and personal lives.  She has received several merit certificates for her volunteer work and her desire to develop community leadership in other young people is evident in her work as a Rotary Youth Leader facilitator, as a telephone counsellor and counsellor-trainer for Lifeline, and as a camp leader for Carers NSW.  She will represent the City of Ryde at a Rotary International Youth Conference in Birmingham England in June this year. 

For more information go to Citizens of the Year media release.

Previous Winners

Year	Citizen of the Year	Young Citizen of the Year
2008	Mr Craig Stephens	Ms Kate Hanley
2007	Mr Andrew Hill	Mr Mitchell Leggo
2006	Mrs Roseanne Gallo	Ms Kathryn Dadd
2005	Mrs Neita Matthews	Mr Nathan Henderson
2004	Ms Lorraine Blackwood	Ms Kristine Churchill
2003	Mr Martin Yu	Mr Ben Taylor
2002	Mrs Ruby Kargarian / Mr Steve Perrin	Mr Peter Dadd
2001	Mrs Faye Hartfield	Ms Meaghan Nixon
2000	Ms De’ann Hespe	Mr Thomas Callachor
1999	Mrs Gwen Slinn	Ms Michelle Smith
1998	Mr Lindsay Hill	Ms Susan Craig
1997	Mr John Booth	Mr Graeme Craig / Ms Patricia Swinkels
1996	Mr Col McKinnon	Ms Jenny Lan
1995	Mr Ernie Kidd	Not Presented
1994	Mr Ross Russell	Not Presented