The Board Chair’s Award (previously the President’s award) is given at the discretion of the sitting NAAEE Board Chair to recognize exemplary achievements in the field of environmental education.
Board Chair Award Winners
2015 Winner
Judy Braus, Executive Director, NAAEE
2014 Winner
Sue McGuire, McGuire Consulting
2013 Winner
Gus Medina, EECapacity Project Manager
2011 Winner
Strategic Plan Transition: Jose "Pepe" Marcos-Iga, Governance Task Force
2011 Winner
Strategic Plan Transition: Donny Roush, Communications Task Force
2011 Winner
Strategic Plan Transition: Joe Heimlich, Special Interest Groups Task Force
2011 Winner
Strategic Plan Transition: Dave Chase, Nominations and Elections Task Force
2011 Winner
Strategic Plan Transition: Gus Medina, Diversity and Inclusivity Task Force
2010 Winner
Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP)
2009 Winner
Affiliate Network Steering Committee Chairs
2008 Winner
2008 NAAEE Board
2007 Winner
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Linda Rhoads, chair of NAAEE's EE Advocacy Committee Don Baugh
2006 Winner
Isabel Castillo
2005 Winner
Representative Charles Taylor, North Carolina
2004 Winner
Mary Rice, Shaumburg Park District's Spring Valley Nature Center, and Nancy Buckardt, Lake County Forest Preserves, Illinois
2003 Winner
Maria Isabel Castillo, Solmanik, Inc.
2002 Winner
Elaine Andrews, Director, University of Wisconsin Extension -- Environmental Resources Center
2001 Winner
The NAAEE Staff
2000 Winner
Tiahoga Ruge, CICEANA, Mexico
1999 Winner
Emilio Williams, The Koi Group
1998 Winner
Barbara Pyle, Turner Broadcasting System
1997 Winner
The Canadian Conference Committee
1996 Winner
Ed McCrea, NAAEE Executive Director Edward McCrea
1995 Winner
Brenton S. Halsey, James River Corporation
1994 Winner
David Wicks, Center for Environmental Education at the University of Louisville David Wicks
1993 Winner
Andriy Demydenko, Environmental Education and Information Center of the Ukraine
1992 Winner
Janet Thoreen, Pleasant Hill
1991 Winner
Harold Hungerford, Southern Illinois University
1990 Winner
Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day
1989 Winner
Joan C. Heidelberg, Executive Vice-President, NAAEE
1988 Winner
Bonnie McCabe, Dade Community College
1988 Winner
Bob McCabe, Dade Community College