State Partners

Rhode Island

Rhode Island joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1990

84 recipients since program began in Rhode Island

$2,100,000 awarded in Rhode Island since program began

Angelica Infante-Green
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
255 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903

Ms. Marisa Edwards
Education Specialist, Office of Educator Excellence and Certification Services
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
255 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903

Rhode Island Department of Education website

(Updated 10/22/24)

Rhode Island Milken Educators

• Carol (Avila) Glanville
  Main Street School
  Warren, RI
  1996
• Jennifer (Theroux) Hines
  Hampden Meadows School
  Barrington, RI
  2008
• Dr. Jorge Alvarez
  Central High School
  Providence, RI
  1991
• Barbara A. Ashby
  George J. West Elementary School
  Providence, RI
  2000
• Alfred Balasco
  Smithfield High School
  Esmond, RI
  1990
• Dr. Michael Barnes
  Ponaganset High School
  North Scituate, RI
  1997
• Linda Bello
  Oak Lawn School
  Cranston, RI
  1998
• Leslie Bettencourt
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln, RI
  1991
• Stephanie Blackburn
  Bradford Elementary School
  Bradford, RI
  2002
• Dale Blaess
  William J. Underwood School
  Newport, RI
  2010
• Kendra Borden
  Samuel Slater Junior High
  Pawtucket, RI
  2015
• Dr. Howard Boyaj
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln, RI
  1993
• Dr. James C. Brown
  Washington Oak Elementary School
  Coventry, RI
  1996
• Leland Brown
  Newport Public Schools
  Newport, RI
  1993
• Emily Caldarelli
  Paul Cuffee Lower School
  Providence, RI
  2016
• Dr. Mary Canole
  Newport Public Schools
  Newport, RI
  1997
• David Capaldi
  Toll Gate High School
  Warwick, RI
  1992
• Susan L. Caputo
  William Winsor Elementary School
  Greenville, RI
  2002
• Jaime Crowley
  Mount Hope High School
  Bristol, RI
  2009
• Jeanne Dawson
  Edward S. Rhodes Elementary School
  Cranston, RI
  1990
• Donna Della Porta
  Coventry High School
  Coventry, RI
  1995
• Henry DeVona
  George C. Calef Elementary School
  Johnston, RI
  1994
• Crandall Dimock
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield, RI
  1999
• Amy Dufault-Thompson
  Francis J. Varieur School
  Pawtucket, RI
  2006
• Marielle Emet
  Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy
  Lincoln, RI
  2013
• Linda Jean Filomeno
  William D'abate Memorial Elementary School
  Providence, RI
  1994
• Cheryl Fisher-Allen
  International Studies Magnet Program
  Providence, RI
  1990
• Denise Frederick
  Wickford Middle School
  North Kingstown, RI
  1999
• Yanaiza Gallant
  Lillian Feinstein Elementary School
  Providence, RI
  2012
• Ulysses S. Gallman III
  Narragansett Pier Middle School
  Narragansett, RI
  2001
• Dr. Rickard Gannon
  Gorton Junior High School
  Warwick, RI
  1999
• Dr. Norma Garnett
  Toll Gate High School
  Warwick, RI
  1990
• Mary Ann Guerin
  McCourt Middle School
  Cumberland, RI
  2003
• Carole Harman
  Central High School
  Providence, RI
  1993
• Mariann C. Hayward
  Peace Dale Elementary School
  Peace Dale, RI
  2000
• Hubert Hersey
  St. George's School
  Middletown, RI
  1995
• Lauren Hopkins
  Coventry High School
  Coventry, RI
  2017
• Patricia Jarvis
  Bernon Heights Elementary School
  Woonsocket, RI
  1992
• Michelle Johnson
  Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School
  Providence, RI
  2018
• Anne-Marie Kachanis
  Scituate Middle/High School
  North Scituate, RI
  1993
• Virginia Kircanski
  Flora S. Curtis School
  Pawtucket, RI
  1996
• Rosemarie Kraeger
  Linden School
  Middletown, RI
  1994
• Sandra Lamb
  Bradford Elementary School
  Bradford, RI
  1992
• Nancie Lawrence
  Steere Farm Elementary School
  Pascoag, RI
  2021
• Paige Leddy
  Richmond Elementary School
  Richmond, RI
  2023
• Edmund Lemoi
  Cranston High School West
  Cranston, RI
  1995
• Judith Leonard
  Southern Rhode Island Regional Collaborative
  Narragansett, RI
  1991
• Michael Lobdell
  Pilgrim High School
  Warwick, RI
  2011
• Geri McCarthy
  Barrington High School
  Barrington, RI
  1999
• Peter J. McLaren
  Archie R. Cole Junior High School
  East Greenwich, RI
  2001
• Paul Mello
  Middletown High School
  Middletown, RI
  1990
• Joseph Militello
  Archie R. Cole Junior High School
  East Greenwich, RI
  1995
• Robert Miller
  Scituate Middle School
  North Scituate, RI
  1997
• Cathy Moffitt, Ed.D.
  Hope Valley Elementary School
  Hope Valley, RI
  2006
• Charles Myers, Jr.
  Woonsocket Career and Technical Center
  Woonsocket, RI
  2003
• Janine Napolitano
  North Providence High School
  North Providence, RI
  2007
• Dr. David Neves
  Scituate Middle/High School
  North Scituate, RI
  1991
• Dr. Ann O'Grady
  Nelson W. Aldrich Junior High School
  Warwick, RI
  1995
• Jennifer Paolantonio
  Ponaganset High School
  North Scituate, RI
  2019
• Joseph Pasonelli
  Edgewood Highland Elementary School
  Cranston, RI
  1994
• Dr. Frederick Pasquariello
  Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School
  Johnston, RI
  1993
• Ralph Perry
  John F. Kennedy Elementary School
  Middletown, RI
  1996
• Diana Petrosinelli
  Cranston High School East
  Cranston, RI
  2005
• Dr. Erin Quinlan
  Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School
  Foster, RI
  2014
• Emily Glynn
  Agnes B. Hennessey Elementary School
  East Providence, RI
  2022
• Barry Ricci
  Western Coventry Elementary School
  Coventry, RI
  1998
• John Rosenbaum
  Segue Institute for Learning
  Central Falls, RI
  2021
• Judy Rowe
  Reynolds Arts Magnet School
  Bristol, RI
  2000
• Maria Santonastaso
  Glen Hills Elementary School
  Cranston, RI
  2024
• MaryKay Schnare
  Nathan Bishop Middle School
  Providence, RI
  1997
• Catherine T. Sharkey
  Cottrell F. Hoxsie School
  Warwick, RI
  2004
• Malaree Shields
  North Kingstown High School
  North Kingstown, RI
  2023
• Robert Smith
  South Kingstown Junior High School
  Wakefield, RI
  1990
• Joyce Stevos
  Providence School Department
  Providence, RI
  1992
• Margaret Swann
  Greenbush Elementary School
  West Warwick, RI
  1994
• Dr. Judith Sweeney Lederman
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln, RI
  1992
• Susan Toohey Kaye
  Washington Oak Elementary School
  Coventry, RI
  2004
• Andrew S. Wallace
  Exeter-West Greenwich Junior High School
  West Greenwich, RI
  2005
• Robert Wallace
  Joseph L. McCourt Middle School
  Cumberland, RI
  1991
• Darlene Walsh
  Greenbush Elementary School
  West Warwick, RI
  1991
• Mary Louise Walter
  North Scituate Elementary School
  North Scituate, RI
  1998
• Kathleen Ward-Bowen
  Narragansett Elementary
  Narragansett, RI
  1998
• Eric Wertheimer
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield, RI
  1992
• Kristine Whitford-Bell
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield, RI
  1993