Permit Holder of the Year
| YEAR | WINNER | CITY |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | John Rudy | Youngstown |
| 2019 | Mitchell Allen | Columbus |
| 2018 | Philip A. Craig (1953-2017) | Powell |
| 2017 | Max Sorensen | Madison |
| 2016 | Tony Scartz | Columbus |
| 2015 | Ken Rehm | Cincinnati |
| 2014 | Dick Allen | Columbus |
| 2013 | Sandy Bossert | Perry |
| 2012 | Boris Lazoff | Lorain |
| 2011 | Keith Jones | Chillicothe |
| 2010 | Kathy Bean | Erie |
| 2009 | Every county unit that held a fundraiser in 2008 in order to pay off the legal bill that OLBA incurred to prevent private clubs from allowing smoking | |
| 2008 | Tom Klein | Cleveland |
| 2007 | David Grusenmeyer | Huber Heights |
| 2006 | Jerry Gasber | St. Clairsville |
| 2005 | Arnie Elzey | Toledo |
| 2004 | Chris Miller | Columbus |
| 2003 | Jon Self | Columbus |
| 2002 | Max Sorensen | Mentor |
| 2001 | Betty Kinser | Cincinnati |
| 2000 | Dick Pfirrman | Warren |
| 1999 | Dick Allen | Columbus |
| 1998 | Jim Hannan | Mentor |
| 1997 | Ken Rehm | Cincinnati |
| 1996 | Penny Laswell | Cincinnati |
| 1995 | Leo Lucas | Dayton |
| 1994 | Sam Radyk | Lorain |
| 1993 | Hermann Tegenkamp | Deer Creek |
| 1992 | Ray Rupp | Norwood |
| 1991 | Bob Jones | Chillicothe |
| 1990 | Lorain | |
| 1989 | Frank Aszaltos, Jr. | Dayton |
| 1988 | Anne Sutch | Painesville |
| 1987 | Jerry Gasber | St. Clairsville |
| 1986 | Hysen Selman | Mansfield |
| 1985 | Mel Summe | Cincinnati |
| 1984 | Paul Schmidt | Sheffield |
| 1983 | Paul Honsaker | Warren |
| 1982 | ||
| 1981 | Greenie Abruzzi | Warren |
| 1980 | Paul Honsaker | Warren |