From left to right are the eight recipients of the 2012 Best of Braddock Awards and regional political leaders who attended the event: Gaela Hime, Fairfax County School Board Representative for the Braddock District Megan McLaughlin, Katherine Stramel, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11), State Senator David Marsden, Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock District), Kathy Augustine, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D-At Large), Del. David Bulova, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, Patrick Gloyd, Anita Musser receiving the award on behalf of The Burke Centre Conservancy, Lisa Carroll receiving the award on behalf of the Shepherd Center and Bill Barfield, chairman of the Braddock District Council of Community Associations. Dawson Taylor, who received the Young Person of the Year award, was not present.