Leadership Pasadena to Honor Joy Chen Friday
The Claire and Bill Bogaard Community Leadership Award goes to Joy Chen, with four Impact Awards also presented at a November 6 luncheon.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Civic
Leadership Pasadena will present its Claire and Bill Bogaard Community Leadership Award to Joy Chen and Impact Awards to four local honorees at a luncheon on Friday, November 6. The awards recognize people who supported Pasadena and Altadena after the Eaton Fire.
Why it matters
The awards honor residents who helped the community recover from the Eaton Fire, including work on issues such as homelessness, immigrant rights and disability rights that were overshadowed by the disaster. Honorees were chosen through community nominations.
Tickets for the luncheon cost $125 per person, and the honoree network Every Fire Survivor's Network serves more than 10,000 Eaton and Palisades fire survivors and allies. Nomination totals and selection weighting were not released.
The players
Leadership Pasadena
A community leadership organization founded in 1999 that runs the Claire and Bill Bogaard Community Leadership Award.
Joy Chen
Executive director of Every Fire Survivor's Network and a former deputy mayor of Los Angeles, receiving the Bogaard award.
Judy Chu
U.S. Representative for California's district, scheduled to give special remarks at the luncheon.
The details
The luncheon runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Shakespeare Club, 171 S. Grand Ave., in Pasadena. Congressman Judy Chu is scheduled to give special remarks, and nominations closed September 4.
Timeline
2019: The Pasadena Outreach Response Team was launched by the city's fire and public health departments.
2025: The awards program launched to recognize Eaton Fire community supporters.
September 4, 2026: The nomination period closed.
November 6, 2026: The Leadership Pasadena luncheon and awards presentation takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Civic Context
The awards follow the city's 2019 Pasadena Outreach Response Team, which addressed homelessness before the Eaton Fire reshaped local priorities. They extend that model by honoring the people who carried recovery work after 2025.
Tickets for the public luncheon cost $125 per person and are available through Leadership Pasadena. Attendees can reserve seats at the venue on Grand Avenue for the Friday midday event.
The takeaway
Recognition events like this one give residents a chance to see who carried recovery work after a disaster. Anyone interested in local civic life can attend or follow the honorees' ongoing efforts.
What happens next
The Leadership Pasadena luncheon takes place Friday, November 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Shakespeare Club, with tickets at $125 per person.
Further reading
Explore more Pasadena civic news for context on local recovery efforts.
More information
Reserve seats through Leadership Pasadena reservations.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Pasadena Now.
