The 2nd Annual Hancock Honors celebration is set for September 7, 2024, at the Fine Arts Complex. Join us to celerate the the leaders who are Changing the Odds in our community. Enjoy unique culinary delights, delicious cocktails, and great live music!
See highlights from last year's inaugural Hancock Honors:
2024 Honorees
Larry Lahr
Larry Lahr served for 27 years as an elected trustee of Allan Hancock College. During
his tenure, he saw three permanent presidents at Hancock (beginning with Ann Foxworthy
Lewellen) and served as president of the board four times until his resignation in
2021. A Hancock alumnus, he also graduated from Cal Poly and has built a successful
agricultural real estate firm serving the Central Coast
Joyce Howerton
Hancock alumna Joyce Howerton served as Lompoc’s mayor for three terms in the 1990s
and helped secure the land where Hancock’s Lompoc Valley Center is located. Her career
in public and community service includes founding the North County Rape Crisis and
Child Protection Center, working as Executive Director of SBCAN, and serving as a
field representative for former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson.
The Luis & Consuelo Chavez Family
The Chavez Family is a multigenerational family of farmers and business leaders with
deep roots in the Santa Maria community. Luis and Consuelo Chavez started farming
strawberries in Santa Maria on a single acre of land in the 1970s. They founded L&G
Farming in 1986, and today the family employs more than 2,000 people and farms of
more than 1,000 acres. Five of their six children work in the strawberry industry
and several are Hancock alumni.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- 14 guests
- Name/logo co-branded with Hancock Honors name/logo
- Sponsorship announcement at kick-off event
- Recognition from podium during the event
- Name/logo on photo backdrop
- Name/logo on all print ads
- Name/logo on social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo building projection
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 12 guests
- Recognition from podium during the event
- Name/logo on photo backdrop
- Name/logo on all print ads
- Name/logo on social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 10 guests
- Recognition from podium during the event
- Name/logo on photo backdrop
- Name/logo on all print ads
- Name/logo on social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 8 guests
- Name/logo on all print ads
- Name/logo in social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 6 Guests
- Name listed on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, use the form or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 4 Guests
- Name listed on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, use the form or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 4 guests
- Prominent name/logo on bars
- Name/logo on print ads
- Name/logo on social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 6 guests
- Prominent name/logo projected above music stage
- Name/logo on print ads
- Name/logo on social media
- Name/logo on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 4 guests
- Lounge areas branded with name/logo
- Name listed on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
- 4 guests
- Name listed on event website
- Name/logo on in-event signage
- Name/logo on morning-after thank-you ad
To secure this sponsorship level, please call (805) 925-2004 or email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
Individual tickets will be on sale starting June 1, 2024.
All proceeds directly benefit students through the work of the Allan Hancock College Foundation. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please email ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu or call (805) 925-2004.