Congrats to our 2023 Arizona Champion of the Year
Our Champions truly epitomize the word “Champion” itself. This select group of leaders raises millions of dollars for Best Buddies annually, and they impact their local programs in an extraordinary and unprecedented way. While they compete for weeks, we revere their commitment to inclusion forever and lean on their wisdom to guide future Champions.
Champions
Million Raised
Alabama
Lillian Hill
$11,000.00+
Arizona
Kailey Sullivan
California: Bay Area
BJ White
$31,795
California: Los Angeles
Kristen Van Handel
$66,000
California: San Diego
AJ Arciniega
$15,231
Connecticut
Matt Davies & Val Sobol
$16,000.00
Delaware
Brianna Wolfle & Ben Moulder
$10,900.00
Florida: North Florida
Kayla Sharp
$98,490.00
Florida: Orlando
Fabio Zacco & Marvin Fung
$46,613.00
Florida: Palm Beach
Marc Pintel & Stephen Shore
$23,273.02
Florida: South Florida
Michelle Kligman and Carolina Rousell
$55,094
Florida: Southwest Florida
David Elkins with Mission Partner Julie Lyle
$7,585
Florida: Tampa Bay
Laura Greary
$33,410.00
Georgia
Andrew Dixon
$58,000
Hawaii
Brian Yano and Ho’opi’ookalani Balaz
$24,000
Illinois: Central Illinois
Beth Hayes
$23,520
Illinois: Chicago
Victoria Hill
$50,000.00
Indiana
Reid Brenton, Champion & Pete Steinkamp, Mission Partner
$69.950.07
Iowa
Kimberly Krantz
$50,900.00
Kentucky
Ami Cain and Cam Brian
$17,415.00
Maine
Fiona MacArthur and Mission Partner, Payton Brown
$52,000.00
Maryland
Julia Goldsmith
$11,400.00
Michigan
Nick Paruch and John Wyskiel
$69,500.00
Minnesota
Sara Messerli and mission partner, Maggie Erickson
$44,216.00
Mountain (CO & UT)
Lloyd Lewis & Kennedy Lewis
$31,248.93
Nevada
Camille Herd & Gabi
$35,000.00
New Hampshire
Jennifer Corriveau and her Mission Partner James Masterson
$49,371.19
New Jersey
Angela Andrews
$99,207.00
New Mexico
Terry Casey
$10,258.00
Western New York
Caroline Hewitt
$6,725.00
New York: Albany
Trinity Hogben & Meg Phelps
$10,000.00
North Carolina
Stephen and Avery Day
$15,000.00
Ohio: Cleveland
Katie Kilmek
$65,000.00
Ohio: Columbus
Alex Rogers & Sharla Thomas
$20,000.00
Oklahoma
Asher Ward
$123,000.00
Oregon
Kendall Campbell
$44,000.00
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
Ashley Long
$9,159.00
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh
Megan Defebo
South Carolina
Knox Hudson
$94,158.00
Tennessee
JohnThomas Atema
$98,513.00
Texas: Houston
Jordyn Ensell and her Mission Partner Juliette Molloy
$83,974.72
Texas: North Texas
Chris Boult & Annemarie Carrigan
$80,850.00
Washington
Courtney Block
$45,000
Washington, DC
Champions of the Year Rose, Dave and Reilly Donovan
$64,850.00
Wisconsin
Madison Dettmann & Amelia Jennings
$36,000