State Partners

Missouri

Missouri joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1996

53 recipients since program began in Missouri

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

Dr. Karla Eslinger
Commissioner of Education
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
205 Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102

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 7/3/24)

Missouri Milken Educators

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