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Bahamian Icon Awards 2014 Nominees
Jun 9, 2014 - 6:50:31 AM

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NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas - The Bahamian Icon Awards organizing committee, sponsors and partners are proud to announce our 2014 Nominees.  The public was asked to submit persons they wished to be considered for nomination. 

Over 300 candidates were received from across the country.  The Bahamian Icon Awards Organizing Committee selected the following nominees from those submissions:



Education

1.       Arlene Nash-Ferguson-EduCulture
2.       Arnold Martin - Jack Hayward High School
3.       Leonard Ferguson - CC Sweeting High School
4.       Rosemary Hanna -“Pictorial History and Memories of Nassau’s Over-The-Hill”
5.       Theresa Moxey - Ingraham-Sojourner Douglass College

Entrepreneurship

1.       Chinarae Pratt - United Colors of Benetton
2.       Eric Russell-Keen I Media, Ltd.
3.       Georgio Knowles - Lu Cari
4.       Mervin Sweeting, Jr.-Switcha Bahamas
5.       Randy Butler - Sky Bahamas
6.       Spence Finlayson - Phoenix Institute

Humanitarianism - Presented by RBC-Royal Bank

1.       Jaydian Miller- Bahamas Primary School Student of The Year Foundation
2.       Lady  Camille Barnett - Bahamas Aids Foundation
3.       Mario Carey-R.E.A.C.H.
4.       Nicholas Dean-IBS Build a Bridge Challenge
5.       Sandra Dean Patterson-Bahamas Crisis Center
 
Commerce

1.       Barry Malcolm - Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce
2.       Chad Sawyer - Price Right and Maxwell Food Stores, Abaco
3.       Felix Stubbs - IBM
4.       Kim Bodie - The Bahamas Institute of Financial Services
5.       Rufus Gray - Exuma Yacht Club and Marina
6.       Trevor Williams - Outback Steakhouse

Entertainment - Presented by BTC

1.       Glenn Sherman - Collage Entertainment
2.       Lavardo Stubbs - Conchboy Films
3.       Pakeisha Edgecombe - The Pakeisha Edgecombe Show
4.       Terez Davis-Nixon - Dynamite Daisy
5.       Traceyann Perpall - TAP

Music

1.       Dillon McKenzie - “Back Dat Bam Bam”
2.       Julien Thompson - Caribbean Slide
3.       Lyrically Blessed - Worship You
4.       Wendy Lewis - I Lost You
5.       Willis and the Illest - Lion in the Jungle

Fine Art

1.       Jamaal Rolle - The Celebrity Artist
2.       Kishan Munroe - Death of The Flamingo
3.       Livingston Pratt - John Bull Christmas Display
4.       Patrice Lockhart - 2013 Miss Earth Bahamas National Costume
5.       Sue Bennett-Williams - ASMAC Studios
6.       Theodore Ellyet - 2013 Mission Catwalk

Sports

1.       Chris Brown - The Chris Brown Invitational
2.       Coach Henry Rolle - Auburn University
3.       Cynthia Rahming - Judo
4.       Pauline Davis - IAAF Council
5.       Waltiea Rolle - Women’s Basketball

Journalism- Presented by Cable Bahamas

1.       Candia Dames -The Nassau Guardian
2.       Gina Rodgers-Sealy - The Trailblazer
3.       Paul Turnquest - The Tribune
4.       Peter Ramsey - Bahamas Information Services
5.       Wendell Jones - Jones Communications

Tourism-Presented by The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism

1.       Charmaine Burrows - Mandara Spa
2.       Chef Cheryl McKenzie - The British Colonial Hilton
3.       Don Williams - Atlantis Paradise  Island Resort and Casino
4.       Errol Thurston - Errol Thurston Bahamas
5.       Jermaine Wright - The British Colonial Hilton
6.       Ronald Duncombe - Distinguished Enterprises

Health

1.       Angie Collie - Abaco Auskell Advanced Medical Clinic
2.       Dr. Kevin Moss - Pulmonary and Critical Care
3.       Dr. N’Tari Darville - Doctor’s Hospital
4.       Dr. Winston Campbell- St. Luke’s Medical Center
5.       Olivia Curry - Grand Bahama Childhood Asthma Management Project

 

The Bahamian Icon Awards Committee will also present our first Lifetime Achievement Award to Sir  Durward Knowles for his trans-generational contributions to national building through sports.

Winners will be announced at the 2014 Bahamian Icon Awards Ceremony held at the Atlantis Theater, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino on July 12, 2014.   Tickets are on sale Friday May 16, 2014 at SIDDA Communications Group, Ltd. in the Shirley Street Plaza or at our website; www.bahamianiconawards.com.

About The Bahamian Icon Awards
The Bahamian Icon Awards acknowledges the exemplary achievements of men and women who have excelled in various industries thus contributing to the overall development of the Bahamian community.  Our Mission is to provide an achievable goal that inspires and encourages consistent efforts to achieve excellence and the fostering of good will.

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