State Partners

Maryland

Maryland joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1993

68 recipients since program began in Maryland

$1,700,000 awarded in Maryland since program began

Dr. Carey Wright
State Superintendent of Schools
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-2595

Ms. Laura Smith
Outreach and Special Projects Coordinator
Office of Communications 
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Maryland Department of Education website

(Updated 6/17/25)

Maryland Milken Educators

• Maggie Jiang Arnold
  Frederick High School
  Frederick
  2023
• Bradley Absher
  Bodkin Elementary School
  Pasadena
  2023
• Dion T. Jones
  Fairland Elementary School
  Silver Spring
  2022
• Melissa Salkeld
  Prettyboy Elementary
  Freeland
  2021
• Erin Wyatt
  North Harford Middle School
  Pylesville
  2019
• Brian Quinn
  East Silver Spring Elementary
  Silver Spring
  2018
• Allison Felton
  Annapolis High School
  Annapolis
  2017
• Thomas Dennison
  Havre De Grace Elementary
  Havre De Grace
  2016
• Angela Malone
  Oxon Hill Middle School
  Fort Washington
  2015
• Maggie Hawk
  Yellow Springs Elementary School
  Frederick
  2014
• Mark Miazga
  Baltimore City College High School
  Baltimore
  2013
• Lauren Hunter
  William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School
  Abingdon
  2012
• Madeline Hanington
  Gaithersburg Middle School
  Gaithersburg
  2011
• McKinley Broome
  Woodholme Elementary School
  Baltimore
  2010
• Kim Jakovics
  Annapolis High School
  Annapolis
  2009
• Shannon Landefeld Yowaiski
  Tulip Grove Elementary School
  Bowie
  2008
• Christian Slattery, Sr.
  Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary
  Aberdeen
  2008
• Kiara D. Hargrove
  Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
  Baltimore
  2007
• Mabrooka Chaudhry
  Atholton High School
  Columbia
  2007
• Evelyn Sweeney
  Leonardtown Elementary School
  Leonardtown
  2006
• Dana (Perdue) Manojlovic
  Central Elementary School
  Edgewater
  2006
• Kelly Smith
  Dulaney High School
  Timonium
  2005
• Alexander C. Jaffurs
  Patuxent High School
  Lusby
  2005
• Anthony E. Whittington
  Longfields Elementary School
  Forestville
  2004
• Deidre Austen
  Lutherville Laboratory for Science, Mathematics and Communications
  Lutherville
  2004
• Deborah Grinnage-Pulley
  Calvert Middle School
  Prince Frederick
  2003
• Karen Luniewski
  Century High School
  Sykesville
  2003
• Terry Lee Smith
  Buckingham Elementary School
  Berlin
  2002
• Dr. Jennifer Palmer
  Forest Lakes Elementary School
  Forest Hill
  2002
• Camille Basoco
  Baltimore School for the Arts
  Baltimore
  2001
• Chuck E. Greiner
  James M. Bennett High School
  Salisbury
  2001
• Rachael Younkers
  Plum Point Middle School
  Huntingtown
  2001
• David Chia
  Broad Acres Elementary School
  Silver Spring
  2000
• Alberta Porter
  Riverside Elementary School
  Joppa
  2000
• Dr. Margo Morris Handy
  Pemberton Elementary School
  Salisbury
  2000
• Deneen Houghton
  Mayo Elementary School
  Mayo
  2000
• Debra Calvert
  John Hanson Middle School
  Waldorf
  1999
• Duane Miller
  Eugene Burroughs Middle School
  Accokeek
  1999
• Roger Plunkett
  Wilde Lake High School
  Columbia
  1999
• Charles Trautwein
  Garrett County Public Schools
  Oakland
  1999
• Teri Burdette
  Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School
  Rockville
  1998
• Roberta Leaverton
  Queen Anne’s County Schools
  Centreville
  1998
• Richard Melzer
  Kenilworth Elementary School
  Bowie
  1998
• Stephanie Terry
  Ashburton Elementary-Middle School #58
  Baltimore
  1998
• Susan Falcone
  Loch Raven High School
  Baltimore
  1997
• Robert Foor-Hogue
  South Carroll High School
  Sykesville
  1997
• Gwendolyn Lehman
  Stephen Decatur High School
  Berlin
  1997
• Dr. Marian White-Hood
  Kettering Middle School
  Upper Marlboro
  1997
• Jeanne Ecton
  Boonsboro Elementary School
  Boonsboro
  1996
• Denise Hershberger
  Bayside Elementary School
  Stevensville
  1996
• Edward Silver, Jr.
  Millington Elementary School
  Millington
  1996
• Alma Walker-Brown
  Dr. Bernard Harris Elementary School
  Baltimore
  1996
• Dr. Gerald Boarman
  Eleanor Roosevelt High School
  Greenbelt
  1995
• Miriam Dyer
  Colonel Richardson High School
  Federalsburg
  1995
• Kenneth Gill
  Elkridge Landing Middle School
  Elkridge
  1995
• Dr. Peter Litchka
  North Carroll High School
  Hampstead
  1995
• Penny Vahsen
  Magothy River Middle School
  Arnold
  1995
• Linda Adamson
  Mayo Elementary School
  Mayo
  1994
• Patricia Brooks
  Heather Hills Elementary School
  Bowie
  1994
• Dr. Marsha Carr
  South Penn Elementary School
  Cumberland
  1994
• Ronald Price
  St. Michaels Elementary School
  St Michaels
  1994
• Patricia Skebeck
  Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary
  Aberdeen
  1994
• Pamela Morgan
  Winston Middle School
  Baltimore
  1993
• Patricia Neidhardt
  Broadneck Senior High School
  Annapolis
  1993
• Trudi Niewiaroski
  Richard Montgomery High School
  Rockville
  1993
• R. Scott Pfeifer
  Atholton High School
  Columbia
  1993
• Bonnie Walston
  Parkside High School
  Salisbury
  1993
• W. Cecil Short
  Oxon Hill High School
  Oxon Hill
  1993