State Partners

Georgia

Georgia joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1990

87 recipients since program began in Georgia

$2,175,000 awarded in Georgia since program began

Mr. Richard Woods
State Superintendent of Schools
Georgia Department of Education
2066 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, GA 30334

Mrs. Amy Denty
Instructional Specialist
Office of Rural Education and Innovation, Georgia Department of Education  
570 Martin Luther King Jr. Road
Camilla, GA 31730

Georgia Department of Education website

(Updated 3/4/25)

Georgia Milken Educators

• Lisa (Bell) Sitz
  Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy
  Columbus, GA
  2012
• Sue (Cain) Snow
  Carrollton Junior High School
  Carrollton, GA
  1992
• Teresa (Gallman) Sawyer
  Woodbine Elementary School
  Woodbine, GA
  1990
• Susan (Grigg) Graves
  Sawyer Road Elementary School
  Marietta, GA
  2008
• Dr. Shekema (Silveri) Dunlap
  Mount Zion High School
  Jonesboro, GA
  2011
• Canary (Whitfield) Melvin
  Metter Elementary School
  Metter, GA
  1992
• Janet Adams
  Regional Evening Alternative School
  Jefferson, GA
  1995
• Joan Akin
  Creekland Middle School
  Lawrenceville, GA
  1993
• Ken Almon
  Norcross Elementary School
  Norcross, GA
  1998
• Andy Baumgartner
  A. Brian Merry Elementary School
  Augusta, GA
  1998
• Kimberly Stewart Bearden
  Dodgen Middle School
  Marietta, GA
  1999
• Vallye Blanton
  Lake Park Elementary School
  Lake Park, GA
  1994
• Rosemarye Boykins
  J.K. Harper Elementary School
  Thomasville, GA
  1991
• Sharon Brock
  Boynton Elementary School
  Ringgold, GA
  1990
• Colt Brockington
  Wayne County High School
  Jesup, GA
  2023
• Betsy Bunte
  Campbell High School
  Smyrna, GA
  2001
• Jennifer Couch
  Kedron Elementary School
  Peachtree City, GA
  2004
• Rose Cousar
  Screven County High School
  Sylvania, GA
  1990
• Suttiwan Cox
  Richards Middle School
  Columbus, GA
  1999
• Eric Crouch
  Double Churches Elementary School
  Columbus, GA
  2016
• Desse Davis
  Swainsboro High School
  Swainsboro, GA
  1993
• Dr. Tom Delaney
  Lorenzo Benn Youth Development Campus
  Atlanta, GA
  1995
• Amy Denty
  Arthur Williams Middle School
  Jesup, GA
  1999
• Kristen L. Drake
  Vanderlyn Elementary School
  Dunwoody, GA
  2006
• William L. Duncan, Jr.
  Kingsley Elementary Charter School
  Dunwoody, GA
  2000
• Diane Kirby Dunn
  Hooper Alexander Elementary School
  Decatur, GA
  2000
• Lavetta Ellis
  Kennedy Middle School
  Atlanta, GA
  1993
• Gary D. Field
  College Park Elementary School
  College Park, GA
  1992
• Barbara Ford
  East Clayton Elementary School
  Ellenwood, GA
  1996
• Larry Frost
  George Walton Comprehensive High School
  Marietta, GA
  1995
• Dr. Kathleen Garber
  Rockdale County High School
  Conyers, GA
  1997
• Marta Goodson
  Jefferson County High School
  Louisville, GA
  2003
• Susan Hillary Buckson Greene
  Booker T. Washington High School
  Atlanta, GA
  2005
• Thomas Hall
  Colquitt County High School
  Moultrie, GA
  1990
• Deborah Hargroves
  Herman W. Hesse Elementary School
  Savannah, GA
  1998
• Kay M. Hollifield
  County Line Elementary School
  Winder, GA
  2000
• Carol Hough
  Lewis Frasier Middle School
  Hinesville, GA
  2003
• Nancy Housand
  Wynnton Elementary School
  Columbus, GA
  1991
• William Howell
  Winder-Barrow High School
  Winder, GA
  1997
• Karen Johnson
  Homerville Elementary/Middle School
  Homerville, GA
  1996
• Richard Johnson
  Bainbridge High School
  Bainbridge, GA
  1993
• Glenn Jones
  LaFayette High School
  LaFayette, GA
  1993
• M. Marjorie Kellogg
  Marietta Middle School
  Marietta, GA
  1991
• Andrea King
  Rock Chapel Elementary School
  Lithonia, GA
  2008
• Rachel Kinsaul
  Morgan County High School
  Madison, GA
  2024
• Jamie Lipscomb
  Evans Middle School
  Evans, GA
  1997
• Toni Lujan-Greene
  West Side Elementary School
  Marietta, GA
  2002
• Norma Malone
  Cumming Elementary School
  Cumming, GA
  1994
• Dr. Johnnie Marshall
  Valdosta Early College Academy
  Valdosta, GA
  2019
• Wendy McCarron
  Northview High School
  Duluth, GA
  2007
• Ann McDuffie
  Edgewood Elementary School
  Columbus, GA
  1996
• Clyde McGrady
  Staley Middle School
  Americus, GA
  1990
• Nan Melcher
  Stevens Creek Elementary School
  Martinez, GA
  1996
• Dr. K.C. Nainan
  Stone Mountain High School
  Stone Mountain, GA
  1992
• Greg Ott
  Northwestern Middle School
  Alpharetta, GA
  2009
• Catherine Pittman
  Brunswick High School
  Brunswick, GA
  1995
• Susan S. Ralstin (Pass)
  Kanoheda Elementary School
  Lawrenceville, GA
  2004
• Tom Ridgeway
  Georgia Academy for the Blind
  Macon, GA
  1990
• Dr. Doris Robertson
  Crabapple Middle School
  Roswell, GA
  1990
• Ann Rodgers
  Hahira Middle School
  Hahira, GA
  1992
• Barbara Rous
  Innovation Program Center
  Dalton, GA
  1991
• Nancy Royal
  Elm Street Elementary School
  Newnan, GA
  1994
• Jill Ryerson
  North Whitfield Middle School
  Dalton, GA
  2007
• Jean Sanders Mixon
  Pulaski County Elementary School
  Hawkinsville, GA
  1991
• Kelli Schuyler
  Forsyth Central High School
  Cumming, GA
  2005
• Charles Etta Scott
  Waycross High School
  Waycross, GA
  1991
• Dr. Todd Shipp
  Weaver Middle School
  Macon, GA
  1997
• Wardell Sims, Jr.
  Campbell Elementary School
  Atlanta, GA
  1994
• Kristie C. Smart
  Centennial Arts Academy
  Gainesville, GA
  2006
• Joyce C. Spraggs
  Gwinnett County Public Schools
  Norcross, GA
  2000
• Carson Stanton
  Dalton High School
  Dalton, GA
  1999
• Vivian Stephens
  Clairemont Elementary School
  Decatur, GA
  1990
• Kelly Stopp
  Meadowcreek Elementary School
  Norcross, GA
  2010
• R. Micah Story
  East Jackson Middle School
  Commerce, GA
  2001
• Gene Sullivan
  Harlem High School
  Harlem, GA
  1991
• Bertha Sutton
  Monte Sano Elementary School
  Augusta, GA
  1991
• Mona Tucker
  Nickajack Elementary School
  Smyrna, GA
  1998
• Pamela Ware
  Gainesville High School
  Gainesville, GA
  1993
• Jeffrey White
  Berkmar High School
  Lilburn, GA
  1991
• Karen Campbell Wild
  Sharp Creek Elementary School
  Carrollton, GA
  2002
• Jean Williams
  Douglas County Comprehensive High School
  Douglasville, GA
  1990
• Joyce Williams
  Washington-Wilkes Middle School
  Washington, GA
  1995
• Rachel Willis
  Morningside Elementary School
  Atlanta, GA
  2010
• Harriet Woodard
  Stone Mountain Middle School
  Stone Mountain, GA
  1991
• Sandra Worsham
  Baldwin High School
  Milledgeville, GA
  1992