State Partners

West Virginia

West Virginia joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1990

72 recipients since program began in West Virginia

$1,850,000 awarded in West Virginia since program began

Dr. Steven Paine
State Superintendent of Schools
West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Building 6, Room 358
Charleston, WV 25305-0330

Ms. Jessica Hall
Deputy Director of Communications
West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
Building 6, Room 262
Charleston, WV 25305-0330

West Virginia Department of Education website

(Updated 12/11/18)

West Virginia Milken Educators

• Dr. Ernie Adkins
  Princeton Primary School
  Princeton, WV
  2014
• Ede Ashworth
  Brooke High School
  Wellsburg, WV
  1990
• Pamela Atha
  Van Elementary School
  Van, WV
  1994
• Dr. George L. Aulenbacher
  Stonewall Jackson Middle School
  Charleston, WV
  2007
• Kenna Barger
  Randolph County Vocational Technical Center
  Elkins, WV
  2001
• Susan Barrett
  Cherry River Elementary School
  Richwood, WV
  1998
• Rosemary Basham
  Midland Trail Elementary School
  Diamond, WV
  2000
• Barbara LaVon Black
  West Teays Elementary School
  Hurricane, WV
  2008
• Deb Brown
  Lakewood Elementary School
  Saint Albans, WV
  1991
• Dr. Sarah Brown
  Summers Middle School
  Hinton, WV
  1997
• Susan Burt
  Marlinton Middle School
  Buckeye, WV
  1990
• Leroy Courts
  War Elementary School
  War, WV
  1994
• Paulette Cowley
  Kasson Elementary-Middle School
  Moatsville, WV
  1998
• Dan Daniel
  Parkersburg High School
  Parkersburg, WV
  1991
• Erskine Davis
  Logan High School
  Logan, WV
  1995
• Jerry DeLuca
  Tucker County High School
  Hambleton, WV
  1992
• Barbara Dofka
  Weirton Height Elementary School
  Weirton, WV
  1996
• Lissa Dulick
  Weir High School
  Wierton, WV
  2011
• Larry Fernandez
  Weir Middle School
  Weirton, WV
  1999
• Dr. William Fox
  Lewisburg Elementary School
  Lewisburg, WV
  1996
• Cynthia Frazier
  Scott Teays Elementary School
  Scott Depot, WV
  1994
• David Goodwin
  John Marshall High School
  Glen Dale, WV
  1993
• Robert Harris
  Lincoln Elementary School
  Parkersburg, WV
  1994
• Peggy Hawse
  Moorefield Elementary School
  Moorefield, WV
  1994
• Charles Heinlein
  Tyler Consolidated High School
  Sistersville, WV
  1995
• April Dawn Hobson
  James Monroe High School
  Lindside, WV
  2009
• Beverly Hoffmaster
  Berkeley Heights Elementary School
  Martinsburg, WV
  1992
• Rachel J. Hull
  Buffalo Elementary School
  Buffalo, WV
  2004
• Edward Keller III
  Second Ward Elementary School
  Morgantown, WV
  1990
• Karen Kersey
  Alban Elementary School
  St. Albans, WV
  2004
• Eric Kincaid
  Morgantown High School
  Morgantown, WV
  2003
• Erika Klose
  Winfield Middle School
  Winfield, WV
  2017
• George Krelis
  Wheeling Park High School
  Wheeling, WV
  1992
• Jerry Linkinoggor
  Clay County High School
  Clay, WV
  1990
• Quincy Madison
  Park Junior High School
  Beckley, WV
  1993
• Darlene Martin
  Grafton High School
  Grafton, WV
  1999
• Amanda Mays
  J.E. Robins Elementary School
  Charleston, WV
  2010
• Rae Ellen McKee
  Slanesville Elementary School
  Slanesville, WV
  1991
• Charlotte Meade
  Monongah Middle School
  Monongah, WV
  1991
• Dr. Kimberly S. Miller
  Elm Grove Elementary School
  Wheeling, WV
  2002
• Norma Miller
  Carver Vocational Center
  Charleston, WV
  1997
• Nancy Moore
  Walton Elementary and Middle School
  Walton, WV
  1999
• Samuel R. Moore
  Cammack Middle School
  Huntington, WV
  2001
• Dr. Karen Hudkins Morgan
  Lincoln High School
  Shinnston, WV
  1993
• Irene Murphy
  Mason Elementary School
  Mason, WV
  1991
• Cheryl Nelson
  Hillsboro Elementary School
  Hillsboro, WV
  2000
• Rebecca O'Dell
  Cherry River Elementary School
  Richwood, WV
  1992
• Dr. Steven Paine
  Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School
  Buckhannon, WV
  1995
• Paulette Phillips
  Cass Elementary School
  Osage, WV
  2000
• Sonya Picklesimer
  Williamson High School
  Williamson, WV
  1995
• Linda Poff
  Straley Elementary School
  Princeton, WV
  1990
• Danny Prado
  Moundsville Junior High School
  Moundsville, WV
  1997
• Jennifer Reaves
  Mylan Park Elementary School
  , WV
  2018
• Dr. Vaughn G. Rhudy
  Shady Spring High School
  Shady Spring, WV
  2003
• David Roach
  Beverly Hills Middle School
  Huntington, WV
  1993
• Debra (Battle) Roper-Corbett
  Ranson Elementary School
  Ranson, WV
  1992
• Drexel Sammons
  Crescent Elementary School
  Beckley, WV
  1991
• Deborah Seldomridge
  Keyser High School
  Keyser, WV
  1993
• Martha Eileen Shaver
  Wirt County High School
  Elizabeth, WV
  1995
• Carolyn Shuman
  Petersburg Elementary School
  Petersburg, WV
  1996
• Victoria Smith
  Spring Hill Elementary School
  Huntington, WV
  1996
• Kelli B. Stanley
  Oakvale Elementary School
  Oakvale, WV
  2006
• Whitney Stead
  Village of Barboursville Elementary School
  Barboursville, WV
  2012
• Joe Stephens
  Parkersburg High School
  Parkersburg, WV
  2005
• Dr. Larry Stinn
  Pleasant Hill Elementary School
  Grantsville, WV
  1998
• Jerry Stover
  Clay County High School
  Clay, WV
  1997
• Tammy Holbert Wells
  Valley High School
  Pine Grove, WV
  2005
• Kathleen A. White
  Harrisville Elementary School
  Harrisville, WV
  1998
• Virgil Wilkins
  Hundred High School
  Hundred, WV
  1990
• Jack Wiseman
  Ripley High School
  Ripley, WV
  1993
• Cindy Woods
  Potomack Intermediate School
  Falling Waters, WV
  2002
• Wayne Yonkelowitz
  Fayetteville Middle School
  Fayetteville, WV
  1999