Board Member Awards Program

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The Board Member Awards Program, with basic certification as its cornerstone, was developed in 1990 with input from both veteran Michigan school board members and representatives from higher education and state administrator organizations. Its goal is to enhance the ability of school boards to improve Michigan public schools and the achievement of 1.4 million Michigan students.

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2021 Recipients List

Certified Boardmember Award

Algonac Community Schools, Jennifer Baker

Algonac Community Schools, Nicole Emery

Allendale Public Schools, Kim Cannata

Avondale School District, Kelly Brault

Avondale School District, Lucille Washington

Beecher Community Schools, Kelli Ford

Bellevue Community Schools, Ed Bartha

Benton Harbor Area Schools, Matthew Bradley

Berkley School District, Sarah Mountain

Bloomfield Hills Schools, Lisa Efros

Burr Oak Community Schools, Britta Baxter

Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, La Cracha Handy

Chelsea School District, Eric Wilkinson

Clare Public Schools, Susan Atwood

Clinton Community Schools, Michael Houghton

Clintondale Community Schools, Beverly Lewis-Moss

Clio Area Schools, Carrie Ammons

Clio Area Schools, Rachel Florence-Spaetzel

Clio Area Schools, Robert Love

Comstock Public Schools, Dorinda Scholly

Dearborn Public Schools, Irene Watts

Dexter Community Schools, Elise Bruderly

Eastpointe Community Schools, Mary Hall-Rayford

Eaton Rapids Public Schools, Val VanSandt

Farmington Public Schools, Cheryl Blau

Farmington Public Schools, Mable Fox

Farmington Public Schools, Claudia Heinrich

Farmington Public Schools, Donald Walker

Flushing Community Schools, Steve Sheldon

Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools, Jessica Eberstein

Garden City Public Schools, Margaret Sanders

Gibraltar School District, Christie Conroy-Heinz

Goodrich Area Schools, Kurt Schulte

Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Marc Eickholt

Grosse Pointe Public Schools, David Brumbaugh

Hamilton Community Schools, Morgan Maul

Hamilton Community Schools, Ben Randle

Hanover-Horton School District, Kristin Flick

Harper Woods School District, Ramona Simmons

Hartford Public Schools, Virginia Rice

Hemlock Public Schools, Jamie Rivette

Hemlock Public Schools, Matt Wesener

Howell Public Schools, Courtney Tarara

Jackson County ISD, Erin Slater

Kalkaska Public Schools, Mary Scobey

Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Erin Labotz

Kingsley Area Schools, Max Anderson

Lake Orion Community Schools, Danielle Bresett

Lakeshore Public Schools, Bill Scaletta

Lakeshore Public Schools, Rachel Wade

Lansing School District, Guillermo Lopez

Lawrence Public Schools, Ruth Cowles

Lawton Community Schools, Juliann Bradish

Lawton Community Schools, Larissa Hunt

Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Jennifer Czachorski

Lincoln Park Public Schools, Nadalie Sciantarelli

Mason Public Schools, Patrick O'Connor

Memphis Community Schools, Leslie Rosenow

Michigan Center Schools, Cindy Lusk

Milan Area Schools, Tom Faro

Mona Shores Public Schools, Christine Burnaw

Monroe County ISD, Russell Bless

Monroe County ISD, Renee Larzelere

Monroe Public Schools, Susan Marlin-Zeisler

Montague Area Public Schools, Brent Raeth

Montague Area Public Schools, Amanda Unger

Napoleon Community Schools, Heather Swaenepoel

Northview Public Schools, Matthew Nibbelink

Northview Public Schools, Teresa Ramirez

Oak Park School District, Dawn Corporan

Otsego Public Schools, Shelly Jirgens

Parchment School District, Jennifer Miller

Plainwell Community Schools, Michael Hopson

Pontiac School District, Kenyada Bowman

Pontiac School District, ShaQuana Davis-Smith

Pontiac School District, Mike McGuinness

Port Huron Area School District, Denise Brooks

Portland Public Schools, Angela Shinaver

Powell Township School District, Richard Baker

Redford Union Schools, Jim Bailey

River Rouge School District, Vicki Dobbins

Rockford Public Schools, Jake Himmelspach

Rockford Public Schools, Andrea Jacobson

Royal Oak Schools, Lisa-Aline Hanes

Saline Area Schools, Brad Gerbe

South Redford School District, Stephen Baker

Southfield Public Schools, Ashanti Bland

Southfield Public Schools, Yvette Ware-DeVaull

Tahquamenon Area Schools, Lawrence Vincent

Tecumseh Public Schools, Lynne Davis

Van Buren Public Schools, Simone Pinter

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, Denise Dunn

Wayne-Westland Community Schools, John Albrecht

Wayne-Westland Community Schools, Kimberly May

West Bloomfield School District, Deborah Evans

West Bloomfield School District, Kenneth Ferguson

West Bloomfield School District, Christy Forhan

Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools, April Mason

Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools, Janet Smith

Wyandotte Public Schools, Kathleen Kane

Ypsilanti Community Schools, Maria Goodrich

Award of Merit

Algonac Community Schools, Jennifer Baker

Algonac Community Schools, Nicole Emery

Allendale Public Schools, Kim Cannata

Allendale Public Schools, Elliot Richards

Almont Community Schools, Jennifer Mitchell

Avondale School District, Kelly Brault

Avondale School District, Lucille Washington

Beecher Community Schools, Kelli Ford

Bellevue Community Schools, Ed Bartha

Benton Harbor Area Schools, Matthew Bradley

Benton Harbor Area Schools, Reinaldo Tripplett

Bloomfield Hills Schools, Lisa Efros

Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, La Cracha Handy

Clintondale Community Schools, Beverly Lewis-Moss

Comstock Public Schools, Dorinda Scholly

Dowagiac Union Schools, Ronda Sullivan

Eastpointe Community Schools, Mary Hall-Rayford

Eaton Rapids Public Schools, Val VanSandt

Farmington Public Schools, Cheryl Blau

Farmington Public Schools, Mable Fox

Farmington Public Schools, Claudia Heinrich

Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools, Jessica Eberstein

Garden City Public Schools, Margaret Sanders

Gibraltar School District, Christie Conroy-Heinz

Goodrich Area Schools, Kurt Schulte

Grosse Pointe Public Schools, David Brumbaugh

Hanover-Horton School District, Kristin Flick

Harper Woods School District, Alicia McKay

Harper Woods School District, Ramona Simmons

Hartford Public Schools, Virginia Rice

Hemlock Public Schools, Jamie Rivette

Hemlock Public Schools, Matt Wesener

Howell Public Schools, Courtney Tarara

Jackson County ISD, Erin Slater

Kalkaska Public Schools, Mary Scobey

Kearsley Community Schools, Chad Langworthy

Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Erin Labotz

Lake Orion Community Schools, Danielle Bresett

Lansing School District, Guillermo Lopez

Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Jennifer Czachorski

Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Thomas Rollins

Livonia Public Schools, Madeline Acosta

Mason Public Schools, Patrick O'Connor

Memphis Community Schools, Leslie Rosenow

Milan Area Schools, Tom Faro

Mona Shores Public Schools, Christine Burnaw

Monroe County ISD, Russell Bless

Monroe County ISD, Renee Larzelere

Monroe Public Schools, Susan Marlin-Zeisler

Montague Area Public Schools, Amanda Unger

Northview Public Schools, Matthew Nibbelink

Northview Public Schools, Teresa Ramirez

Oak Park School District, Dawn Corporan

Otsego Public Schools, Shannon Goodwin

Otsego Public Schools, Shelly Jirgens

Parchment School District, Jennifer Miller

Pontiac School District, Kenyada Bowman

Pontiac School District, ShaQuana Davis-Smith

Pontiac School District, Mike McGuinness

Port Huron Area School District, Denise Brooks

Portland Public Schools, Douglas Logel

Portland Public Schools, Angela Shinaver

Powell Township School District, Richard Baker

Redford Union Schools, Jim Bailey

River Rouge School District, Vicki Dobbins

Rockford Public Schools, Andrea Jacobson

Roseville Community Schools, Michael Anderson

Saline Area Schools, Brad Gerbe

South Redford School District, Stephen Baker

South Redford School District, Misha Early

Southfield Public Schools, Ashanti Bland

Southfield Public Schools, Yvette Ware-DeVaull

Tecumseh Public Schools, Rebecca Brooks

Tecumseh Public Schools, Lynne Davis

Traverse City Area Public Schools, Flournoy Humphreys

Van Buren ISD, Kenneth Kent

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, Denise Dunn

Wayne-Westland Community Schools, Kimberly May

West Bloomfield School District, Deborah Evans

West Bloomfield School District, Kenneth Ferguson

West Bloomfield School District, Christy Forhan

Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools, April Mason

Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools, Janet Smith

Wyandotte Public Schools, Kathleen Kane

Ypsilanti Community Schools, Maria Goodrich

Zeeland Public Schools, Todd Brennan

Award of Distinction

Akron Fairgrove Schools, Galen Smith

Allegan Public Schools, Mary Kasprzyk

Battle Creek Public Schools, Charlie Fulbright

Battle Creek Public Schools, Patricia Poole-Gray

Battle Creek Public Schools, Kyra Wallace

Berkley School District, Michael Tripp

Bloomfield Hills Schools, Lisa Efros

Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, Gary Cousins

Cedar Springs Public Schools, Traci Slager

Dearborn Public Schools, James Thorpe

Eastpointe Community Schools, Robert Roscoe

Eastpointe Community Schools, Edward Williams

Fitzgerald Public Schools, Anne Covert

Flat Rock Community Schools, Norman Haase

Fraser Public Schools, Scott Wallace

Hazel Park Schools, Laura Adkins

Holland Public Schools, Linda Falstad

Houghton Lake Community Schools, Renee Nichols

Huron Valley Schools, Thomas Wiseman

Jackson Public Schools, Cheryl Simonetti

Kalamazoo Public Schools, TiAnna Harrison

Kearsley Community Schools, Charles Wade

Kentwood Public Schools, MaryAnn Madden

Lakewood Public Schools, Jamie Brodbeck-Krenz

Lamphere Schools, Anthony Austin

Lamphere Schools, William Mier

Lansing School District, Guillermo Lopez

Lawton Community Schools, Walter Hitchcock

Livonia Public Schools, Liz Jarvis

Marquette-Alger RESA and Marquette Area Public Schools, James Randall

Milan Area Schools, Kirsten Frait

Mona Shores Public Schools, Christine Burnaw

Monroe County ISD, Renee Larzelere

Montabella Community Schools, Eylie Foster

New Haven Community Schools, Regina Patton

Norway-Vulcan Area Schools, Janice Van Gasse

Novi Community School District, Kathleen Hood

Oak Park School District, Dawn Corporan

Pinconning Area Schools, Mark Coutcher

Reeths Puffer Public Schools, Kim Kelly-Bramer

Romulus Community Schools, Ursula Wester

Saginaw ISD and Hemlock Public Schools, Katherine Ellison

Saline Area Schools, Jennifer Steben

Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Kristen Cove

Troy School District, Nicole Wilson

Western School District, Gale Easton

Westwood Community School District, Angela Hopkins

Whitehall District Schools, Douglas Ogden

Master Boardmember Award

Baldwin Community Schools, Mary Martin

Battle Creek Public Schools, Catherine LaValley

Belding Area Schools, Doug Lamborne

Clawson Public Schools, Michael Frink

Comstock Public Schools, Pamela Dickinson

Eastpointe Community Schools, Chineva Early

Farmington Public Schools, Angie Smith

Farmington Public Schools, Terri Weems

Flushing Community Schools, Janice Winkiel

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Lynn Velthouse

Grand Blanc Community Schools, Susan Kish

Greenville Public Schools, James Anderson

Holton Public Schools, Jack Vanderboegh

Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Stan Truskoski

Milan Area Schools, Andrew Cislo

Monroe County ISD and Airport Community Schools, Paul Miller

Oxford Community Schools, Mary Hanser

Portland Public Schools, Patrick Duff

Van Buren ISD, John Weiss

Wyandotte Public Schools, Dana Browning

Master Diamond Award

Avondale School District, Terry Lang

Baldwin Community Schools, Shawn Washington

Battle Creek Public Schools, Art McClenney

Covert Public Schools, Valerie Bury

Elk Rapids Public Schools, Holly Spencer

Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Carl Treutler

Greenville Public Schools, Norice Rasmussen

Mecosta-Osceola ISD, Marie Wilkerson

Mona Shores Public Schools, Stan Miller

Pontiac School District, Gilbert Garrett

St. Joseph County ISD, Elizabeth O'Dell

Warren Consolidated Schools, Susan Trombley

Westwood Community School District, Cheryl Bell-Everett

Westwood Community School District, Donald Willis

Master Platinum Award

Berkley School District, Ronald Justice

Center Line Public Schools, Henry Newnan

Center Line Public Schools, Karen Pietrzyk

Holton Public Schools, Amy Brookhouse

Kalkaska Public Schools, John Rogers

Lakeview School District, Kathleen Moore

Mona Shores Public Schools, Kandace Boysen

Monroe County ISD, Dale DeSloover

Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools, Warren Tracey

Romeo Community Schools, Wayne Conner

Saginaw ISD and St Charles Community Schools, Laurasue Holcomb

Southfield Public Schools, Darrell Joyce

West Bloomfield School District, Carol Finkelstein

President’s Award of Recognition

Bloomfield Hills Schools, Howard Baron

Clarkston Community Schools, Cheryl McGinnis

Gratiot-Isabella RESD and Shepherd Public Schools, Matthew Showalter

Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Eric-John Szczepaniak

Romulus Community Schools, Debi Pyles

Advocacy Skills Specialty Award

Battle Creek Public Schools, Jacqueline Slaby

Comstock Public Schools, Pamela Dickinson

Crestwood School District, Eduardo Garcia

Eastpointe Community Schools, Mary Hall-Rayford

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Eric Mockerman

Ionia County ISD and Portland Public Schools, Linda Hoxie-Green

Kearsley Community Schools, Charles Wade

Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools, Warren Tracey

Pontiac School District, Gilbert Garrett

Romeo Community Schools, Wayne Conner

Royal Oak Schools, Louis Cardamone

Saginaw ISD and Hemlock Public Schools, Katherine Ellison

South Redford School District, Misha Early

Troy School District, Nicole Wilson

Van Buren ISD, Mary Ann Middaugh

Van Buren ISD, John Weiss

Data Specialty Award

Baldwin Community Schools, Shawn Washington

Battle Creek Public Schools, Jacqueline Slaby

Comstock Public Schools, Pamela Dickinson

Covert Public Schools, Valerie Bury

Crestwood School District, Eduardo Garcia

Flushing Community Schools, Salvatore Ausiello

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Eric Mockerman

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Lynn Velthouse

Ionia County ISD and Portland Public Schools, Linda Hoxie-Green

Lake Orion Community Schools, Birgit McQuiston

Milan Area Schools, Andrew Cislo

Reese Public Schools, Dawn Kalkman

Romulus Community Schools, Denisa Terrell

South Redford School District, Cheryl Flesher

Van Buren ISD, Mary Ann Middaugh

Westwood Heights Schools, Lester Fykes

Board Award: Honor Board

Algonac Community Schools

Lake Fenton Community Schools

Lamphere Schools

Lawton Community Schools

Van Buren ISD

Wyandotte Public Schools

Board Award: Standard of Excellence

Atherton Community Schools

Center Line Public Schools

Clarkston Community Schools

Godwin Heights Public Schools

Iosco RESA

Livonia Public Schools

Troy School District

Westwood Community School District

Board Award: Distinguished Achievement

Saginaw ISD

Wayne RESA

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