Former Commissioner Rodney Griffin of Missouri City was presented the 4th Annual President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, December 3, 2023 at City Centre in west Houston. Dr. Sonia White founder and CEO of SMILE Inc. presented on behalf of President Joe Biden. Griffin is a trailblazer and in the announcement of the award, Griffin was cited for being a White House guest at the Fiftieth Civil Rights Summit; an alumnus of the Fort Bend Chamber Leadership Forum; being named a Jesse H. Jones Scholar by the Houston Endowment; his service on the appraisal review board; and for being the first party officer of Texas to endorse Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois, for the U. S. presidency.