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

Dana (Perdue) Manojlovic

Central Elementary School

Edgewater, MD

2006
Bradley Absher

Bodkin Elementary School

Pasadena, MD

2023
Linda Adamson

Mayo Elementary School

Mayo, MD

1994
Maggie Jiang Arnold

Frederick High School

Frederick, MD

2023
Deidre Austen

Lutherville Laboratory for Science, Mathematics and Communications

Lutherville, MD

2004
Camille Basoco

Baltimore School for the Arts

Baltimore, MD

2001
Dr. Gerald Boarman

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Greenbelt, MD

1995
Patricia Brooks

Heather Hills Elementary School

Bowie, MD

1994
McKinley Broome

Woodholme Elementary School

Baltimore, MD

2010
Teri Burdette

Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School

Rockville, MD

1998
Debra Calvert

John Hanson Middle School

Waldorf, MD

1999
Dr. Marsha Carr

South Penn Elementary School

Cumberland, MD

1994
Mabrooka Chaudhry

Atholton High School

Columbia, MD

2007
David Chia

Broad Acres Elementary School

Silver Spring, MD

2000
Thomas Dennison

Havre De Grace Elementary

Havre De Grace, MD

2016
Miriam Dyer

Colonel Richardson High School

Federalsburg, MD

1995
Jeanne Ecton

Boonsboro Elementary School

Boonsboro, MD

1996
Susan Falcone

Loch Raven High School

Baltimore, MD

1997
Allison Felton

Annapolis High School

Annapolis, MD

2017
Robert Foor-Hogue

South Carroll High School

Sykesville, MD

1997
Kenneth Gill

Elkridge Landing Middle School

Elkridge, MD

1995
Chuck E. Greiner

James M. Bennett High School

Salisbury, MD

2001
Deborah Grinnage-Pulley

Calvert Middle School

Prince Frederick, MD

2003
Dr. Margo Morris Handy

Pemberton Elementary School

Salisbury, MD

2000
Madeline Hanington

Gaithersburg Middle School

Gaithersburg, MD

2011
Kiara D. Hargrove

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Baltimore, MD

2007
Maggie Hawk

Yellow Springs Elementary School

Frederick, MD

2014
Denise Hershberger

Bayside Elementary School

Stevensville, MD

1996
Deneen Houghton

Mayo Elementary School

Mayo, MD

2000
Lauren Hunter

William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School

Abingdon, MD

2012
Alexander C. Jaffurs

Patuxent High School

Lusby, MD

2005
Kim Jakovics

Annapolis High School

Annapolis, MD

2009
Dion T. Jones

Fairland Elementary School

Silver Spring, MD

2022
Shannon Landefeld Yowaiski

Tulip Grove Elementary School

Bowie, MD

2008
Roberta Leaverton

Queen Anne’s County Schools

Centreville, MD

1998
Gwendolyn Lehman

Stephen Decatur High School

Berlin, MD

1997
Dr. Peter Litchka

North Carroll High School

Hampstead, MD

1995
Karen Luniewski

Century High School

Sykesville, MD

2003
Angela Malone

Oxon Hill Middle School

Fort Washington, MD

2015
Richard Melzer

Kenilworth Elementary School

Bowie, MD

1998
Mark Miazga

Baltimore City College High School

Baltimore, MD

2013
Duane Miller

Eugene Burroughs Middle School

Accokeek, MD

1999
Pamela Morgan

Winston Middle School

Baltimore, MD

1993
Patricia Neidhardt

Broadneck Senior High School

Annapolis, MD

1993
Trudi Niewiaroski

Richard Montgomery High School

Rockville, MD

1993
Dr. Jennifer Palmer

Forest Lakes Elementary School

Forest Hill, MD

2002
R. Scott Pfeifer

Atholton High School

Columbia, MD

1993
Roger Plunkett

Wilde Lake High School

Columbia, MD

1999
Alberta Porter

Riverside Elementary School

Joppa, MD

2000
Ronald Price

St. Michaels Elementary School

St Michaels, MD

1994
Brian Quinn

East Silver Spring Elementary

Silver Spring, MD

2018
Melissa Salkeld

Prettyboy Elementary

Freeland, MD

2021
W. Cecil Short

Oxon Hill High School

Oxon Hill, MD

1993
Edward Silver, Jr.

Millington Elementary School

Millington, MD

1996
Patricia Skebeck

Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary

Aberdeen, MD

1994
Christian Slattery, Sr.

Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary

Aberdeen, MD

2008
Kelly Smith

Dulaney High School

Timonium, MD

2005
Terry Lee Smith

Buckingham Elementary School

Berlin, MD

2002
Evelyn Sweeney

Leonardtown Elementary School

Leonardtown, MD

2006
Stephanie Terry

Ashburton Elementary-Middle School #58

Baltimore, MD

1998
Charles Trautwein

Garrett County Public Schools

Oakland, MD

1999
Penny Vahsen

Magothy River Middle School

Arnold, MD

1995
Alma Walker-Brown

Dr. Bernard Harris Elementary School

Baltimore, MD

1996
Bonnie Walston

Parkside High School

Salisbury, MD

1993
Dr. Marian White-Hood

Kettering Middle School

Upper Marlboro, MD

1997
Anthony E. Whittington

Longfields Elementary School

Forestville, MD

2004
Erin Wyatt

North Harford Middle School

Pylesville, MD

2019
Rachael Younkers

Plum Point Middle School

Huntingtown, MD

2001

State Partners

Maryland

Maryland Milken Educators

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