Winners’ circle: from left, SAVVY Award winner Mickey Ackerman, First Lady of Foley’s Jan Blankennagel, and award winners Sue Miller and Keith “KC” Matthews.
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From left, Mickey Ackerman fans Jill Firkins; Kira Steinhauer; Matthew Autterson, chairman of the board of Hospice of Metro Denver; and Yoko Imai.
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Friends in high places: Terry Kelly, left, of Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey and Kahn; Jo Farrell of The Farrell Group, and Paul Keebler of Northwestern Mutual. Kelly is a friend of honoree KC Matthews.
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Leo and Linda Goto, left, and John Head of SAFE Colorado. Leo Goto was a SAVVY judge.
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KC’s Kids: From left, top row: Cory Wilson, Rocky Miller, Amin Said, Jamal Hussen, and Michael Stevinson. KC calls Tep Falcon, bottom left, his mentor; Megan Stevinson is bottom right. Most of the group belongs or has belonged to the Rocket Club, which KC runs and the Society of Black Engineers sponsors.
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Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood (Lord Wedgwood to you and me) and SAVVY supporter Aimee Sporer.
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Matthew Autterson and Sue Ellen Goss – familiar faces in the philanthropic world.
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Wanda and Clarence McDavid. Clarence is a deacon at KC’s church, Cure D’Ars Catholic Church.
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Sue Miller, a career fashion model who suddenly found herself facing breast cancer, is flanked by friends Vicki Tosher, left, and Barbara Levine.
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Execs with Day of Caring for Breast Cancer Awareness include Linda Karagas, left, past chairman, and Eileen Pappas, co-chair for this year’s event.
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SAVVY supporters Elaine Torres of News 4, left, and Carol Cline of the Rocky Mountain News
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Joy and Michael Barish.
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Jo Farrell, a SAVVY judge in all respects, left, with Marvin and Bebe Levy.
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Cecil and Elise Spain are friends of Sue Miller, and Elise is director of Day of Caring.
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SAVVY guests Terry Vitale, left, John Head and Claudette Sweet of the Denver Weekly Newspaper.
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From left, Prescilla Thorne, public relations manager for Foley’s, Rocky Mountain News society writer Dahlia Weinstein, and Jan Blankennagel of Foley’s.
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The 2001 SAVVY Award winners: Mickey Ackerman, Sue Miller and Keith Matthews.
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KC and Mary Matthews.
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Lord Wedgwood presents SAVVY basalt bowl to Mickey Ackerman.
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KC Matthews accepts his basalt bowl from Lord Wedgwood.
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Sue Miller gave a short but moving talk about surviving 30 years with breast cancer.
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