State Partners

Kentucky

Kentucky joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1993

64 recipients since program began in Kentucky

$1,600,000 awarded in Kentucky since program began

Dr. Robbie Fletcher
Commissioner of Education
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Boulevard, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

Allie Green
Program Consultant 
Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Educator Recruitment and Development 
300 Sower Boulevard
5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

Kentucky Department of Education website

(Updated 12/16/25)

Kentucky Milken Educators

• Sydney Newton
  Taylor County High School
  Campbellsville
  2025
• Jenna Stewart
  Longbranch Elementary School
  Union
  2024
• Shane Baker
  Jennings Creek Elementary
  Bowling Green
  2023
• Jacob Ball
  Carter G. Woodson Academy
  Lexington
  2023
• Charlotte S. Buskill
  Newton Parrish Elementary
  Owensboro
  2022
• Kevin Dailey
  Ballyshannon Middle School
  Union
  2021
• Jessica Goodman
  James E. Farmer Elementary
  Louisville
  2021
• Laura Cole
  Scott High School
  Taylor Mill
  2019
• Angie Beavin
  Peaks Mill Elementary
  Frankfort
  2018
• Brooke Powers
  Beaumont Middle School
  Lexington
  2017
• Allyson Vitato
  Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School
  Louisville
  2014
• William King
  Bowling Green High School
  Bowling Green
  2013
• Ryan Williams
  Mary Lee Cravens Elementary
  Owensboro
  2012
• Johnny Belcher
  Pikeville High School
  Pikeville
  2011
• Nami Stager
  Northern Elementary School
  Lexington
  2010
• Jay Crocker
  Ballard High School
  Louisville
  2009
• Myra Morgan
  Gallatin Elementary School
  Warsaw
  2008
• Dodd L. Caudill, Jr.
  Larue County Middle School
  Hodgenville
  2007
• Dr. LaMesa D. Marks-Johns
  Shacklette Elementary School
  Louisville
  2006
• Dr. Diane MacKenzie
  Atherton High School
  Louisville
  2005
• Greta Casto
  Russell Primary School
  Russell
  2004
• Annette Rouse
  Central Elementary School
  Paintsville
  2004
• Keith Embry
  Oldham County High School
  Buckner
  2003
• Rebecca Coleman
  Whitesburg High School
  Whitesburg
  2003
• Howard Kenneth Osborne
  Campton Elementary School
  Campton
  2002
• Ruth Ann Sweazy
  Spencer County Elementary School
  Taylorsville
  2002
• Karen E. Branham
  Glasgow High School
  Glasgow
  2001
• Kirk B. Lattimore
  Crosby Middle School
  Middleton
  2001
• Shelia A. Duncan
  Boyd County High School
  Ashland
  2001
• Rita Gwen Presley
  Science Hill Elementary School
  Science Hill
  2000
• Mary Robertson
  Whitney Young Elementary School
  Louisville
  2000
• Cyndi Boggs
  Grapevine Elementary School
  Madisonville
  2000
• Virgil Covington
  Winburn Middle School
  Lexington
  1999
• Cynthia Crocker
  Noe Middle School
  Louisville
  1999
• Elizabeth McIntosh
  Simon Kenton High School
  Independence
  1999
• Michael Stanley
  Mason County High School
  Maysville
  1999
• Cathy Bell
  Veterans Park Elementary School
  Lexington
  1998
• Gwen Ferguson
  Hattie C. Warner Elementary School
  Nicholasville
  1998
• Freda McNew
  Salyersville Grade School
  Salyersville
  1998
• Mary Ann Payton
  Central City Elementary School
  Central City
  1998
• Sarah Meece
  Ryle High School
  Union
  1997
• Barbara Johnson
  Paris Middle School
  Paris
  1997
• Roger Marcum
  South Laurel High School
  London
  1997
• Stephen Patterson
  Madisonville North Hopkins High School
  Madisonville
  1997
• Jacqueline Austin
  John F. Kennedy Elementary School
  Louisville
  1996
• Rosalind Hurley-Richards
  Squires Elementary School
  Lexington
  1996
• Juanita King
  Stanton Elementary School
  Stanton
  1996
• Dr. Teresa Wallace
  Woodstock Elementary School
  Somerset
  1996
• Barbara Fendley
  Dupont Manual High School
  Louisville
  1995
• Jerry Hodges
  Williamsburg High School
  Williamsburg
  1995
• David Jordan
  Henderson County South Jr. High School
  Henderson
  1995
• Susan Stucker
  Paul G. Blazer High School
  Ashland
  1995
• Joyce Ann Winburn
  Eminence High School
  Eminence
  1995
• Harriet Jo Biehle
  Worthington Elementary School
  Worthington
  1994
• Donna Bryant-Johnson
  Booker T. Washington Montessori Magnet
  Lexington
  1994
• Bonnie Cecil
  J. Graham Brown Elementary School
  Louisville
  1994
• Ruby Napier
  Willard Elementary School
  Busy
  1994
• Paul Upchurch
  Centerfield Elementary School
  Crestwood
  1994
• Sandra Adams
  Grant County High School
  Dry Ridge
  1993
• Robert Barnett
  Metcalfe County Schools
  Edmonton
  1993
• Bonnie Farrar
  Williamsburg High School
  Williamsburg
  1993
• Barbara Sloan
  South Marshall Middle School
  Benton
  1993
• George Thompson
  Bell County High School
  Pineville
  1993
• William Twyman
  Glasgow Middle School
  Glasgow
  1993