Past Honorees

The Angel Award Database is an archive of all those who have received the award since its inception in 1995. Click a year below to learn about our Angels.

Michelle Crouch

Lafayette, 2007
In memory of her only child, Crouch established the Jacob Crouch Foundation, with a mission of suicide education, awaren...
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O’Neil Curtis

Baton Rouge, 2019
O'Neil Curtis was born and raised in North Baton Rouge. He experienced firsthand the complications that disrupt the live...
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Jan B. Daniels

Monroe, 2022
After a family friend lost a son to suicide 17 years ago, Jan Daniels decided to take action. She founded a program call...
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Erin Davison

Lake Charles, 2024
Erin is the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana, the region’s largest donor- and volunteer-supporte...
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Stacey Debevec

Alexandria, 2010
Co-founder of Pediatric Therapy Center, Stacey Debevec of Alexandria established the region's first center-based facilit...
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Deidra Decay

New Orleans, 2011
Deidra Decay founded the Awesome Ladies of Distinction Mentoring Program for girls ages 2-17. Decay mentors young girls ...
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Lloyd Dennis

New Orleans, 2017
One day in 2007, over coffee, Lloyd Dennis and his friend Arthur Wardsworth were hashing out a familiar conversation—t...
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Anthony DeRouen

Lafayette, 1997
As founder of Gateway Church in 1989 in St. Martinville, Anthony DeRouen made it a full-time job of helping needy childr...
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Tara Detiveaux

Houma, 2026
Tara Detiveaux is the executive director and founder of Hope Extreme, a nonprofit that brings hope and opportunity t...
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Kimberly Dilosa

New Orleans, 2005
Dilosa organized the YOUTHanasia Foundation in 1997 to provide prevention and intervention programs to children aged 13-...
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Laura Domingue

Baton Rouge, 2014
Domingue founded Trafficking Hope, which since 2007 has raised awareness in Baton Rouge and throughout the state of the ...
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Ellen Doskey

Houma, 2023
“Ellen is a founding board member of Girls on the Run – Bayou Region (GOTR), an...
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