State Partners

Kansas

Kansas joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1992

74 recipients since program began in Kansas

$1,850,000 awarded in Kansas since program began

Dr. Jake Steel
Commissioner of Education
Kansas State Department of Education
900 SW Jackson Street
Suite 102
Topeka, KS 66612-1212

Ms. Tamla Miller
Administrative Specialist, Communications & Recognition Programs
Kansas State Department of Education
900 SW Jackson Street
Suite 102
Topeka, KS 66612-1212

Kansas Department of Education website

(Updated 4/14/26)

Kansas Milken Educators

• Lexcee Oddo
  Turner Elementary School
  Kansas City
  2025
• Meredith Reid
  Girard High School
  Girard
  2024
• Alex Lahasky
  Blue Valley West High School
  Overland Park
  2023
• Matthew Mayeske
  Gardner Edgerton High School
  Gardner
  2023
• Kristi Becker Yulich
  Logan Elementary
  Topeka
  2022
• Megan Morgan
  Oliver Brown Elementary School
  Manhattan
  2021
• Ryan Pfeifer
  Washburn Rural High School
  Topeka
  2021
• Carly Bowden
  Andover Central Middle School
  Andover
  2019
• Linda Dishman
  Berryton Elementary School
  Berryton
  2018
• Heidi Albin
  Complete High School Maize
  Maize
  2017
• Stephanie Conklin
  Brougham Elementary School
  Olathe
  2016
• William Smithyman
  Blue Valley Northwest High School
  Overland Park
  2015
• Amy Stanislowski
  Dodge Literacy Magnet Elementary School
  Wichita
  2014
• Brad LeDuc
  Washburn Rural High School
  Topeka
  2013
• Michael Berndt
  Prairie Center Elementary School
  Olathe
  2012
• Dr. Lisa Gruman
  Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
  Shawnee Mission
  2011
• Jeanie Weve
  Maize Central Elementary School
  Maize
  2010
• Brad Nicks
  Shawnee Heights High School
  Tecumseh
  2009
• Vanessa L. Martinez
  Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet School
  Wichita
  2008
• Eric Kessler
  Blue Valley North High School
  Overland Park
  2007
• Jamelle McConnell-Brown
  Sumner Academy of Arts and Science
  Kansas City
  2007
• Karla Reed
  Moonlight Elementary School
  Gardner
  2006
• Matt Copeland
  Washburn Rural High School
  Topeka
  2005
• Stanley Bergkamp
  Maize High School
  Maize
  2005
• Jim Armendariz
  Ogden Elementary School
  Ogden
  2004
• Dr. Victoria Seeger
  Pleasant Hill Elementary School
  Topeka
  2004
• Charles Jenney
  Robinson Middle School
  Wichita
  2003
• Jesus Bernal
  Garden City High School
  Garden City
  2003
• Cheris Bass
  Edwardsville Elementary School
  Edwardsville
  2002
• Jim Medina
  Havencroft Elementary School
  Olathe
  2002
• Jada Kohlmeier
  Mill Valley High School
  Shawnee
  2001
• Michiel Ford
  Holton High School
  Holton
  2001
• Amy M. Murphy, Ed.D.
  Blue Valley North High School
  Overland Park
  2001
• Nancy J. Harman
  O'Loughlin Elementary School
  Hays
  2000
• Jeff McAdoo
  Quail Run Elementary School
  Lawrence
  2000
• Alice S. Bertels
  State Street Elementary School
  Topeka
  2000
• Kevin Burr
  Garden City High School
  Garden City
  1999
• Bruce Courtney
  Basehor-Linwood High School
  Basehor
  1999
• Marshall Cruce
  Louisburg High School
  Louisburg
  1999
• Bruce Graham
  Bennington High School
  Bennington
  1999
• Laura Caillouet
  Jefferson Elementary School
  Iola
  1998
• Kathi Flexman
  Mission Trail Elementary School
  Leawood
  1998
• Janet Hards
  Auburn Elementary School
  Auburn
  1998
• Janet Jump
  Lincoln Elementary School
  Wichita
  1998
• Janice Crowley
  Independent High School
  Wichita
  1997
• Keith Hall
  Stockton High School
  Stockton
  1997
• Nancy McRoberts
  Olathe North High School
  Olathe
  1997
• Allen Poplin
  Baldwin High School
  Baldwin City
  1997
• Dr. Cyndi Harrison
  Trailwood Elementary School
  Shawnee Mission
  1996
• Linda Herbel
  Quail Run Elementary School
  Lawrence
  1996
• Christy McNally
  St. Mary's Elementary School
  Pittsburg
  1996
• Mary Deliece (Mullen) Hofen
  O'Loughlin Elementary School
  Hays
  1996
• Joanne Emerick
  Hoxie High School
  Hoxie
  1995
• Becky Goodwin
  Kansas State School for the Deaf
  Olathe
  1995
• Jo Ann Schuette
  Curtis Middle School
  Wichita
  1995
• George Tignor
  Parsons High School
  Parsons
  1995
• Dr. Steve Woolf
  Ottawa Middle School
  Ottawa
  1995
• Cynthia Anderson
  Somerset Elementary School
  Shawnee Mission
  1994
• Cynda Carr
  Anthony Elementary School
  Anthony
  1994
• Melisa Hancock
  Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
  Manhattan
  1994
• Ralph Vogel
  Inman Elementary School
  Inman
  1994
• Phyllis Zielke
  West Elementary School
  Goodland
  1994
• Rex Babcock
  Chanute High School
  Chanute
  1993
• Mickey Bogart
  Manhattan High School
  Manhattan
  1993
• Dr. Jim Haas
  Pierson Junior High School
  Kansas City
  1993
• Ada Ligia Paquette
  Junction City Middle School
  Junction City
  1993
• Nancy Talbott
  Kennedy Middle School
  Hays
  1993
• Dr. Glenn Walker
  Clifton-Clyde High School
  Clyde
  1993
• Dr. Thomas Christie
  Cordley Elementary School
  Lawrence
  1992
• Jacquelyn Combs
  Stafford Elementary School
  Stafford
  1992
• Norman Conard
  Uniontown High School
  Uniontown
  1992
• Mary Lee Edwards
  Yates Center High School
  Yates Center
  1992
• Carol Swinney
  Hugoton High School
  Hugoton
  1992
• Dr. Connie (Welsh) Neale
  Antioch Middle School
  Shawnee Mission
  1992

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