State Partners

Connecticut

Connecticut joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1988

103 recipients since program began in Connecticut

$2,575,000 awarded in Connecticut since program began

Charlene Russell-Tucker
Commissioner of Education
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Ashley Wright
Associate Education Consultant - Talent Office
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Connecticut Department of Education website

(Updated 10/29/25)

Connecticut Milken Educators

• Jane (Hammer) Baldwin
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1995
• Robin (Hickerson) River
  North Haven High School
  North Haven, CT
  1999
• Dr. Cherry (Jones) McLaughlin
  Flanders Elementary School
  East Lyme, CT
  1991
• Carol (Samsel) Ravagnani
  Smalley Academy
  New Britain, CT
  1990
• Anne Alpert
  Columbus Magnet School
  Norwalk, CT
  1992
• Margaret Andrews
  Annie Fisher Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1994
• Margaret Andrews
  Helene W. Grant Elementary School
  New Haven, CT
  2000
• Peter Arseneault
  Bacon Academy
  Colchester, CT
  2015
• Dr. James Aseltine
  Irving A. Robbins Middle School
  Farmington, CT
  1989
• Diana Proto Avino
  Abraham Pierson School
  Clinton, CT
  1998
• Laura Baker-Coronis
  Ansonia High School
  Ansonia, CT
  2021
• Sangeeta Bella
  Newfield Primary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  2004
• Dr. Delia I. Bello-Davila
  Maria Sanchez Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  2002
• Deveria Berry
  Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1991
• Thomas Brodnitzki
  Metropolitan Learning Center
  Bloomfield, CT
  2007
• Jean Burkus
  Amity Regional Junior High School
  Orange, CT
  1989
• Janie Butts Pressley
  Flanders Elementary School
  East Lyme, CT
  1990
• Anna Capobianco
  Hall High School
  West Hartford, CT
  2017
• Jessica Chapman
  Norwich Free Academy
  Norwich, CT
  2024
• Wilhemenia Christon
  Ansonia High School
  Ansonia, CT
  1993
• Margaret Clinkscales
  High Horizons School
  Bridgeport, CT
  1988
• Dr. William Coan
  Weston High School
  Weston, CT
  1997
• Robert Coleman
  Pomperaug Regional High School
  Southbury, CT
  1993
• Karen M. Cook
  Norwich Free Academy
  Norwich, CT
  2005
• Mary Curtiss
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1990
• Dr. Suzi D'Annolfo
  Litchfield High School
  Litchfield, CT
  1995
• Gail Dahling-Hench
  Cherry Brook Primary School
  Canton Center, CT
  2000
• Patricia Davidson
  South Windsor High School
  South Windsor, CT
  1997
• Dr. Eddie Davis
  Weaver High School
  Hartford, CT
  1990
• G. Gale Dickau
  Bristol Central High School
  Bristol, CT
  1993
• Ashley Dunne
  Gainfield Elementary School
  Southbury, CT
  2023
• Cynthia Field
  Timothy Edwards Middle School
  South Windsor, CT
  1993
• Donna Fitzgerald
  Martin Elementary School
  Manchester, CT
  1991
• James Flynn
  O.H. Platt High School
  Meriden, CT
  2009
• Jeffie Frazier
  Helene W. Grant Elementary School
  New Haven, CT
  1996
• Thomas Galvin
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1995
• Elizabeth Garand
  Northeast Middle School
  Bristol, CT
  1988
• Pamela Gardner
  Guilford High School
  Guilford, CT
  2001
• Frank Gawle
  Enfield High School
  Enfield, CT
  1990
• Shirley Gillis
  Harbor Elementary School
  New London, CT
  1989
• Barbara Gordon-Cobb
  Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1998
• Alyssa Granata-Basso
  John S. Martinez Sea and Sky STEM Magnet School
  New Haven, CT
  2023
• Dr. Pamela Granucci
  Highland Elementary School
  Cheshire, CT
  1989
• Grace Catherine Griffin
  Church Street School
  Hamden, CT
  2008
• Yvonne J. Dean Griffin
  Hartford Public High School
  Hartford, CT
  1999
• Jessica Lee Haxhi
  Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School
  Waterbury, CT
  2002
• Dr. LeRoy Hay
  Manchester High School
  Manchester, CT
  1988
• Elaine Hill
  Academic Academy at Michael F. Wallace Middle School
  Waterbury, CT
  2022
• Julie (White) Hodgson
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  2005
• Douglas Hutton
  Glastonbury High School
  Glastonbury, CT
  2011
• Buckley Johnson
  Highcrest School
  Wethersfield, CT
  1996
• Raymond Johnson
  Hockanum School
  East Hartford, CT
  1996
• Billie Kapp
  Coventry Grammar School
  Coventry, CT
  1996
• Dr. Plato Karafelis
  Henry A. Wolcott Elementary School
  West Hartford, CT
  1998
• Tamika Knight
  Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
  Hartford, CT
  2012
• Dr. Gladys Labas
  Francis T. Maloney High School
  Meriden, CT
  1992
• Dr. Richard Lindgren
  Illing Middle School
  Manchester, CT
  1988
• Irene Llewellyn
  Laurel Elementary School
  Bloomfield, CT
  1991
• Andrienne Longobucco
  Center School
  Litchfield, CT
  2000
• David Mason
  Bacon Academy
  Colchester, CT
  2025
• Robert Mellette
  Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School
  New Haven, CT
  1988
• Marcella Miller
  Batcheller Elementary School
  Winsted, CT
  1994
• Roger Morrissette
  Sedgwick Middle School
  West Hartford, CT
  1989
• Fred Myers
  Farmington High School
  Farmington, CT
  1995
• Richard Nabel
  Naugatuck High School
  Naugatuck, CT
  1991
• Nena Nanfeldt
  Nathan Hale Elementary School
  Meriden, CT
  1988
• Desi Nesmith
  Metacomet School
  Bloomfield, CT
  2014
• Bert Neumaier
  Farmington High School
  Farmington, CT
  1991
• John B. Nguyen
  James Hillhouse High School
  New Haven, CT
  2007
• Mark Nolan
  Pine Grove Elementary School
  Avon, CT
  1994
• Paul Osypuk
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  1999
• Laurie Pallin
  Montville High School
  Oakdale, CT
  2003
• Susan Pelchat
  Forbes School
  Torrington, CT
  1998
• Dr. Louise Pempek
  Putnam Public Schools
  Putnam, CT
  1989
• Roger Previs
  Stratfield School
  Fairfield, CT
  1994
• Patricia Proctor
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  1993
• Nelson Quinby III
  Joel Barlow High School
  West Redding, CT
  1989
• Michael Rafferty
  Old Saybrook Middle School
  Old Saybrook, CT
  1999
• Virginia Rebar
  Haddam-Killingworth Middle School
  Higganum, CT
  1990
• Daniel Record
  Portland High School
  Portland, CT
  1990
• Dr. Darlisa P. Ritter
  Long Hill School
  Shelton, CT
  1994
• Stephen Rocketto
  Ella T. Grasso Regional Vocational School
  Groton, CT
  1992
• Rona Rothhouse
  Bethel High School
  Bethel, CT
  1993
• Dr. Kenneth Roy
  Glastonbury Public Schools
  Glastonbury, CT
  1989
• Lauren Sepulveda
  Clinton Avenue School
  New Haven, CT
  2019
• Mary E. Sersanti
  Coginchaug Regional High School
  Durham, CT
  2001
• Dr. William Silva
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1997
• Ina Smernoff
  East Hartford Middle School
  East Hartford, CT
  1992
• Ana P. Sousa-Martins
  Columbus Elementary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  2006
• Thomas Sullivan
  John Winthrop Junior High School
  Deep River, CT
  1988
• Ross Sward
  Putnam High School
  Putnam, CT
  2003
• Shelly Thompson
  Totoket Valley Elementary School
  Northford, CT
  2010
• William Tinkler
  Roosevelt Elementary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  1992
• Diane Van Ausdall
  Windsor High School
  Windsor, CT
  1995
• Dr. Carol Virostek
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1991
• Carol Wheeler
  Jack Jackter Elementary School
  Colchester, CT
  1990
• Deborah Willard
  Glastonbury High School
  Glastonbury, CT
  1988
• Gordon Williams
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1991
• Mark Winzler
  Edwin O. Smith High School
  Storrs, CT
  1997
• Anitra D. Woodard
  Annie Fisher Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  2004
• Michael Zaba
  Louis Toffolon School
  Plainville, CT
  2018
• Manuel Zaldivar
  Smalley Academy
  New Britain, CT
  2016
• Charles Zezulka
  Carl C. Cutler Middle School
  Mystic, CT
  1992