State Partners

North Carolina

North Carolina joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1994

57 recipients since program began in North Carolina

$1,425,000 awarded in North Carolina since program began

Mr. Maurice “Mo” Green
Superintendent of Public Instruction
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

Elizabeth Santamour
Educator Recognition Coordinator  
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825

North Carolina Department of Education website

North Carolina Department of Education Milken Educators Awards website

(Updated 5/15/25)

North Carolina Milken Educators

• Tiffany (Lachenmayr) Palmer
  Timber Drive Elementary School
  Garner, NC
  2012
• Aimee (Niebauer) Bryant
  West Millbrook Middle School
  Raleigh, NC
  2005
• Amanda Berry
  Jones Intermediate School
  Mount Airy, NC
  2016
• Stuart Alan Albright
  C E Jordan High School
  Durham, NC
  2007
• Julie A. Barbee Svenson
  Locust Elementary School
  Locust, NC
  2002
• Jessica Barnette
  Rocky Point Elementary School
  Rocky Point, NC
  2022
• Deborah Blizard
  Jacksonville Commons Elementary School
  Jacksonville, NC
  1998
• Susan Bradburn
  West Marion Elementary School
  Marion, NC
  1998
• Jennifer Brodeur
  Hunters Creek Elementary School
  Jacksonville, NC
  2004
• Lara Bryant Cabaniss
  Fred L. Wilson Elementary School
  Kannapolis, NC
  2002
• Laura Candler
  E. E. Miller Elementary School
  Fayetteville, NC
  2000
• James Carson
  Northwest Guilford Middle
  Greensboro, NC
  1999
• Dr. Asia Cunningham
  Pearsontown Elementary
  Durham, NC
  2023
• Ann Davis
  Baskerville Elementary School
  Rocky Mount, NC
  1996
• Alan Felker
  Hardin Park Elementary School
  Boone, NC
  1997
• Dr. Robert Freeman
  L. Gilbert Carroll Middle School
  Lumberton, NC
  2001
• Faye Frye
  Stoneville Elementary School
  Stoneville, NC
  1996
• Joan Frye
  West Pine Middle School
  West End, NC
  1997
• Joseph Gaskin, III
  Richmond Senior High School
  Rockingham, NC
  1997
• Gordon Grant
  Asheville Middle School
  Asheville, NC
  1995
• Beverly Gregory
  Saluda Elementary School
  Saluda, NC
  1999
• Tracy Gregory
  Perquimans Middle School
  Winfall, NC
  1994
• Larry Hewett
  Chadbourn Elementary School
  Chadbourn, NC
  1996
• Patsy Higdon
  Weaverville Primary School
  Weaverville, NC
  2000
• Dr. Bryan Holley
  Corinth-Holders Elementary
  Wendell, NC
  2008
• Dan Honeycutt
  Triton High School
  Erwin, NC
  1995
• Kimberly James
  Triangle Lake Montessori Elementary School
  High Point, NC
  2010
• Mary Kidwell
  Woods Advanced Technology and Arts Center
  Mooresville, NC
  1995
• Meghan LeFevers
  Bessemer City High School
  Bessemer City, NC
  2017
• Dr. Patricia Legrand
  Dudley High School
  Greensboro, NC
  2001
• Stephanie Pearson Lemon
  Murphey Traditional Academy
  Greensboro, NC
  2004
• Victoria Lightfoot
  Millbrook Magnet Elementary School
  Raleigh, NC
  2021
• Melissa McKeown
  Elon College Elementary
  Elon College, NC
  1998
• Michael McLeod
  Wadesboro Elementary School
  Wadesboro, NC
  1998
• Christopher Monte
  J.F. Webb High School
  Oxford, NC
  2003
• Dr. Cindy Moss
  Independence High School
  Charlotte, NC
  2001
• Henrietta Murray
  Williston Middle School
  Wilmington, NC
  1995
• Rachel O'Kelley
  John A. Holmes High School
  Edenton, NC
  2019
• Eric Patin
  Chatham Central High School
  Bear Creek, NC
  2015
• Maria B. Petrea
  Collinswood Elementary School
  Charlotte, NC
  2000
• Shirley Ray
  Orange Senior High School
  Hillsborough, NC
  1999
• Mary Rector
  Sparta Elementary School
  Sparta, NC
  1994
• Grace Repass
  Frank Porter Graham Elementary School
  Chapel Hill, NC
  1996
• Brock Ridge
  Richlands High School
  Richlands, NC
  1995
• Dr. Cindy Thompson Rudolph
  Hopewell High School
  Huntersville, NC
  2009
• Justin Scarbro
  Walter Hines Page High School
  Greensboro, NC
  2021
• Angie Sigmon
  Shuford Elementary School
  Conover, NC
  2014
• Donna Simms
  Ralph L. Fike High School
  Wilson, NC
  1997
• Vanessa Smith
  Croft Community School
  Charlotte, NC
  2024
• Kristen M. Stone
  Tanglewood Elementary School
  Lumberton, NC
  2006
• Julia Taylor
  Clyde Erwin Elementary School
  Jacksonville, NC
  1994
• Linda Turlington
  Harnett Primary School
  Dunn, NC
  1994
• Ainsley VanBuskirk
  Pactolus Global School
  Greenville, NC
  2023
• Amy Vaughn
  Freedom High School
  Morganton, NC
  2003
• Cheryl White-Smith
  Elizabethtown Primary School
  Elizabethtown, NC
  2000
• Albert Winston
  Hidden Valley Elementary School
  Charlotte, NC
  1994
• Margaret Wirth
  Junius H Rose High
  Greenville, NC
  1999

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