Robert Pacheco and Joella Cudney (California Assembly Member and his legislative aide): For outstanding legislative efforts to achieve routine prenatal HIV testing.

Federico Cruz-Uribe, MD: For leadership in Washington State to achieve HIV reporting and partner notification

Tom Coburn, MD: For leadership on HIV issues in the U.S. House of Representatives, including co-authorship of provisions in Ryan White CARE Act Reauthorization of 2000

Neena Ananda: Special award for performing at a Beyond AIDS benefit dance concert

Nettie Mayersohn (New York Assembly Member and inspiration for Nettie awards): Special award for leadership in N.Y. State Assembly on HIV/AIDS issues

Roland Foster: For outstanding Congresional staff work for HIV prevention, creation of the HIV Updates, and service to Beyond AIDS

William Lehrfeld: Awarded posthumously for donation of legal services to create the Beyond AIDS Foundation for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS

Herbert Gurian: For generous philanthropic support for reform of HIV/AIDS legislation

Roderick Wright and Stan DiOrio (California Assembly Member and his legislative aide): For authoring and achieving passage by the California Legislature of three HIV/AIDS bills sponsored by Beyond AIDS (two were vetoed and one was signed into law)

John Dutra and Lisa Gardiner (California Assembly Member and his legislative aide): For authoring and achieving passage by the California Legislature of a prenatal HIV testing (signed into law)

Tom Burch (Kentucky Legislator, House of Representatives): For outstanding service for public health in the Kentucky Legislature in the reporting and control of HIV (authoring and achieving passage of a bill to change Kentucky's coded HIV reporting system to names, signed into law)

Peter Kerndt, MD, MPH: For courageous and dedicated service in HIV research and prevention

Frank N. Judson, MD, MPH: For lifetime achievement in HIV/AIDS research and prevention, and for leadership on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH: For courageous longterm advocacy of effective HIV prevention and control

Nell Soto (California legislator): For authoring and achieving passage by the California Legislature of a bill for confidential name-based HIV reporting (signed into law)

AIDS Healthcare Foundation: In recognition of outstanding public policy and legislative work (including lead sponsorship of legislation for HIV reporting in California), and clinical care for HIV/AIDS in Africa

Patty Berg (California legislator): For outstanding legislative leadership to achieve routine HIV testing in California (for authoring and achieving passage of a bill for opt-out testing with oral consent, signed into law)

Mervyn Dymally (California legislator): For outstanding legislative efforts for routine HIV screening of incarcerated persons

San Francisco Department of Public Health: For bold leadership in HIV testing and prevention services

Fred Payne, MD, MPH: Awarded posthumously, for two decades of outstanding humanitarian research for the control of HIV/AIDS

Sister Stephen Purcell: Awarded posthumously, for courageous leadership including support for HIV control

Yvonne Pover, RDH, for continued devotion of graphics, communications, and fiscal services to the cause of HIV prevention

Denise Bleak, MSN, PHN, for tireless advocacy of improved public policies for the control of HIV infections

Nettie Mayersohn (the inspiration for our "Nettie" awards), a second-time award (see also 2002 above), in honor of her retirement from the New York State Assembly, for lifetime legislative achievements in HIV control

Stan DiOrio (first second-time "Nettie" awardee other than Nettie herself, see also 2003 above), for outstanding legislative staff work to prevent HIV transmission

Senator Roderick Wright (see also 2003 above) also received a plaque for legislative leadership in HIV control and prevention