State Partners

Rhode Island

Rhode Island joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1990

85 recipients since program began in Rhode Island

$2,125,000 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 10/30/25)

Rhode Island Milken Educators

• Kyle Spaltholz
  Portsmouth Middle School
  Portsmouth
  2025
• Maria Santonastaso
  Glen Hills Elementary School
  Cranston
  2024
• Paige Leddy
  Richmond Elementary School
  Richmond
  2023
• Malaree Shields
  North Kingstown High School
  North Kingstown
  2023
• Emily Glynn
  Agnes B. Hennessey Elementary School
  East Providence
  2022
• Nancie Lawrence
  Steere Farm Elementary School
  Pascoag
  2021
• John Rosenbaum
  Segue Institute for Learning
  Central Falls
  2021
• Jennifer Paolantonio
  Ponaganset High School
  North Scituate
  2019
• Michelle Johnson
  Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School
  Providence
  2018
• Lauren Hopkins
  Coventry High School
  Coventry
  2017
• Emily Caldarelli
  Paul Cuffee Lower School
  Providence
  2016
• Kendra Borden
  Samuel Slater Junior High
  Pawtucket
  2015
• Dr. Erin Quinlan
  Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School
  Foster
  2014
• Marielle Emet
  Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy
  Lincoln
  2013
• Yanaiza Gallant
  Lillian Feinstein Elementary School
  Providence
  2012
• Michael Lobdell
  Pilgrim High School
  Warwick
  2011
• Dale Blaess
  William J. Underwood School
  Newport
  2010
• Jaime Crowley
  Mount Hope High School
  Bristol
  2009
• Jennifer (Theroux) Hines
  Hampden Meadows School
  Barrington
  2008
• Janine Napolitano
  North Providence High School
  North Providence
  2007
• Cathy Moffitt, Ed.D.
  Hope Valley Elementary School
  Hope Valley
  2006
• Amy Dufault-Thompson
  Francis J. Varieur School
  Pawtucket
  2006
• Diana Petrosinelli
  Cranston High School East
  Cranston
  2005
• Andrew S. Wallace
  Exeter-West Greenwich Junior High School
  West Greenwich
  2005
• Susan Toohey Kaye
  Washington Oak Elementary School
  Coventry
  2004
• Catherine T. Sharkey
  Cottrell F. Hoxsie School
  Warwick
  2004
• Charles Myers, Jr.
  Woonsocket Career and Technical Center
  Woonsocket
  2003
• Mary Ann Guerin
  McCourt Middle School
  Cumberland
  2003
• Stephanie Blackburn
  Bradford Elementary School
  Bradford
  2002
• Susan L. Caputo
  William Winsor Elementary School
  Greenville
  2002
• Ulysses S. Gallman III
  Narragansett Pier Middle School
  Narragansett
  2001
• Peter J. McLaren
  Archie R. Cole Junior High School
  East Greenwich
  2001
• Mariann C. Hayward
  Peace Dale Elementary School
  Peace Dale
  2000
• Judy Rowe
  Reynolds Arts Magnet School
  Bristol
  2000
• Barbara A. Ashby
  George J. West Elementary School
  Providence
  2000
• Crandall Dimock
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield
  1999
• Denise Frederick
  Wickford Middle School
  North Kingstown
  1999
• Dr. Rickard Gannon
  Gorton Junior High School
  Warwick
  1999
• Geri McCarthy
  Barrington High School
  Barrington
  1999
• Linda Bello
  Oak Lawn School
  Cranston
  1998
• Barry Ricci
  Western Coventry Elementary School
  Coventry
  1998
• Mary Louise Walter
  North Scituate Elementary School
  North Scituate
  1998
• Kathleen Ward-Bowen
  Narragansett Elementary
  Narragansett
  1998
• Dr. Michael Barnes
  Ponaganset High School
  North Scituate
  1997
• Dr. Mary Canole
  Newport Public Schools
  Newport
  1997
• Robert Miller
  Scituate Middle School
  North Scituate
  1997
• MaryKay Schnare
  Nathan Bishop Middle School
  Providence
  1997
• Carol (Avila) Glanville
  Main Street School
  Warren
  1996
• Dr. James C. Brown
  Washington Oak Elementary School
  Coventry
  1996
• Virginia Kircanski
  Flora S. Curtis School
  Pawtucket
  1996
• Ralph Perry
  John F. Kennedy Elementary School
  Middletown
  1996
• Donna Della Porta
  Coventry High School
  Coventry
  1995
• Hubert Hersey
  St. George's School
  Middletown
  1995
• Edmund Lemoi
  Cranston High School West
  Cranston
  1995
• Joseph Militello
  Archie R. Cole Junior High School
  East Greenwich
  1995
• Dr. Ann O'Grady
  Nelson W. Aldrich Junior High School
  Warwick
  1995
• Henry DeVona
  George C. Calef Elementary School
  Johnston
  1994
• Linda Jean Filomeno
  William D'abate Memorial Elementary School
  Providence
  1994
• Rosemarie Kraeger
  Linden School
  Middletown
  1994
• Joseph Pasonelli
  Edgewood Highland Elementary School
  Cranston
  1994
• Margaret Swann
  Greenbush Elementary School
  West Warwick
  1994
• Dr. Howard Boyaj
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln
  1993
• Leland Brown
  Newport Public Schools
  Newport
  1993
• Carole Harman
  Central High School
  Providence
  1993
• Anne-Marie Kachanis
  Scituate Middle/High School
  North Scituate
  1993
• Dr. Frederick Pasquariello
  Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School
  Johnston
  1993
• Kristine Whitford-Bell
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield
  1993
• David Capaldi
  Toll Gate High School
  Warwick
  1992
• Patricia Jarvis
  Bernon Heights Elementary School
  Woonsocket
  1992
• Sandra Lamb
  Bradford Elementary School
  Bradford
  1992
• Joyce Stevos
  Providence School Department
  Providence
  1992
• Dr. Judith Sweeney Lederman
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln
  1992
• Eric Wertheimer
  South Kingstown High School
  Wakefield
  1992
• Dr. Jorge Alvarez
  Central High School
  Providence
  1991
• Leslie Bettencourt
  Lincoln Junior/Senior High School
  Lincoln
  1991
• Judith Leonard
  Southern Rhode Island Regional Collaborative
  Narragansett
  1991
• Dr. David Neves
  Scituate Middle/High School
  North Scituate
  1991
• Robert Wallace
  Joseph L. McCourt Middle School
  Cumberland
  1991
• Darlene Walsh
  Greenbush Elementary School
  West Warwick
  1991
• Alfred Balasco
  Smithfield High School
  Esmond
  1990
• Jeanne Dawson
  Edward S. Rhodes Elementary School
  Cranston
  1990
• Cheryl Fisher-Allen
  International Studies Magnet Program
  Providence
  1990
• Dr. Norma Garnett
  Toll Gate High School
  Warwick
  1990
• Paul Mello
  Middletown High School
  Middletown
  1990
• Robert Smith
  South Kingstown Junior High School
  Wakefield
  1990