State Partners

Missouri

Missouri joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1996

55 recipients since program began in Missouri

$1,375,000 awarded in Missouri since program began

Mr. Curtis Terry
Director of Educator Development
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Missouri Department of Education website

Missouri Department of Education Milken Educators Awards website

(Updated 10/21/26)

Missouri Milken Educators

• Dr. Dallas DeWeese
  Hollister Middle School
  Hollister
  2024
• Leah Lawrence
  Hardin Middle School
  St. Charles
  2023
• Meghan Menchella
  Crestview Middle School
  Ellisville
  2023
• Vanessa Thomson
  Chapel Hill Elementary School
  Gladstone
  2022
• Mark Garascia
  Hancock Place High School
  St. Louis
  2021
• Ashley Gerald
  Lusher Elementary School
  Florissant
  2021
• Melissa Fike
  Oakland Middle School
  Columbia
  2019
• Therese Shain
  Bayless Elementary School
  St. Louis
  2018
• Dr. Jordan McGaughey
  Seckman High School
  Imperial
  2017
• Deborah Siebern-Dennis
  Bode Middle School
  Saint Joseph
  2015
• Dr. Jessica Karll
  Discovery Ridge Elementary School
  O'Fallon
  2014
• Tobin Schultz
  Joplin High School
  Joplin
  2013
• Eric Cochran
  Lindbergh High School
  St. Louis
  2011
• Anika Williams
  Conn-West Elementary School
  Grandview
  2010
• Eric Dunn
  Webster Groves High School
  Webster Groves
  2009
• Tiffany Morris
  Daniel Young Elementary School
  Blue Springs
  2008
• Curtis James
  Clayton High School
  Clayton
  2007
• Dr. Sara Lyn Crump
  Blue Springs High School
  Blue Springs
  2007
• Susan Carter
  Jackson Park Elementary School
  University City
  2006
• Luella L. Atkins
  Airport Elementary School
  Berkeley
  2006
• Kevin Lowery
  Bolivar Middle School
  Bolivar
  2005
• Andrew Gensler
  Eureka High School
  Eureka
  2005
• Jennifer Stege
  Independence Elementary School
  St. Charles
  2004
• Lori Mathys
  California Elementary School
  California
  2004
• Dr. Karen Kelly
  Parkway Central Middle School
  Chesterfield
  2003
• Linda Sarver
  North Daviess High School
  Jameson
  2003
• DeLois Booker
  Portageville Elementary School
  Portageville
  2002
• Kathryn Nicole Garrett
  Bel-Nor Elementary School
  St. Louis
  2002
• Brian Weaver
  Jennings Junior High School
  Jennings
  2001
• Stephen Kimball
  Hazelwood East High School
  St. Louis
  2001
• Cheryl Brown Jackson
  Zitzman Elementary School
  Pacific
  2000
• Mariann Jones
  Cedar Springs Elementary School
  House Springs
  2000
• Sheila Perry
  Bloomfield Elementary School
  Bloomfield
  2000
• Dr. L. Denise Fredrick
  Kickapoo High School
  Springfield
  1999
• Gail Lilleman
  Lafayette Middle School
  Higginsville
  1999
• Amy Schaefer
  Crestview Middle School
  Ellisville
  1999
• Jeffrey White
  Truman High School
  Independence
  1999
• Kimberly Grempler
  Bayless Elementary School
  St. Louis
  1998
• Pamela Holmes
  Helen Mathews Elementary School
  Nixa
  1998
• Nelson Madden
  Washington Elementary School
  Sedalia
  1998
• Patty Morrow
  Moreau Heights Elementary School
  Jefferson City
  1998
• Kim Bertram
  Fort Zumwalt South High School
  St. Peters
  1997
• Kerry Cantrell
  Marshfield High School
  Marshfield
  1997
• Dr. Martin Jacobs
  Liberty High School
  Liberty
  1997
• Glenda Morrison
  Central Senior High School
  Kansas City
  1997
• Dr. Roger Berkbuegler
  Rolla Senior High School
  1996
• Dr. Angie Besendorfer
  Nevada R-5 Storefront School
  Nevada
  1996
• Dr. Jeffrey Gall
  Lee’s Summit North High School
  Lee’s Summit
  1996
• Henri Goettel
  Procter Elementary School
  Independence
  1996
• Loes Hedge
  Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
  St. Joseph
  1996
• Dixie Grupe
  Columbia-Hickman High School
  Columbia
  1996
• Mark Lueckenhoff
  Ewing Elementary School
  Ewing
  1996
• Dr. Pamela Stanfield
  Westchester Elementary School
  Kirkwood
  1996
• Judith Whitener
  North St. Francis County High School
  Bonne Terre
  1996

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