Outstanding Service to EE Award - Individuals

2024 Winner Individual
Heidi McAllister, U.S. Forest Service

2022 Winner Individual
Donna Rogler, Project Learning Tree

2019 Winner Individual-Local
Jennifer Hubbard-Sánchez, Recreation Manager at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary

2019 Winner Individual-Global
Jill Korach, Assistant Director of Field Programs for Miami University's Project Dragonfly

2018 Winner Individual-Local
Jamie Nakama, Curriculum Specialist, Hawai’i Nature Center

2018 Winner Individual-National
Yash Bhagwanji, Executive Editor for International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE)

2018 Winner Individual-Regional
Katie Navin, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education

2018 Winner Individual-Global
Gayatri Raghwa, Senior Specialist at the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi

2017 Winner Individual-National
Josetta Hawthorne, Executive Director, Council for Environmental Education

2017 Winner Individual-Global
Ginger Potter, Senior Education Specialist for US EPA

2016 Winner Individual-Local
Polly Knowlton Cockett, Environmental and Geoscience Education Specialist

2016 Winner Individual-Regional
Adrian Ayson, Executive Director, NEEEA

2015 Winner Individual-Local
Joshua York, Education Supervisor for the Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio

2015 Winner Individual-Regional
Lisa Bardwell, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Force

2014 Winner Individual-Local
Ashley Hoffman, Executive Director of Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) and Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) 

2014 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Educator; Founder and Director of the No Child Left Inside Coalition

2014 Winner Individual-Global
Shin-Cheng Yeh, Deputy Minister of the EPA-Taiwan

2013 Winner Individual-Local
Maureen Stine, Conservation Educator, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

2013 Winner Individual-Regional
Thom Benedict, Director, Utah Society for Environmental Education 

2013 Winner Individual-Global
Edward McCrea, President and CEO, Environmental Education and Conservation Global 

2012 Winner Individual-Local
Leslie Pieters, Interim Director of Health, Physical Education & Athletics at the Roosevelt Union Free School District

2012 Winner Individual-Global
Safiya Samman, US Forest Service 

2011 Winner Individual-Local
Sean Miller, Washington, DC 

2011 Winner Individual-Regional
Elizabeth Burke, Virginia 

2010 Winner Individual-Local
Tracy Hollis, Texas 

2010 Winner Individual-Regional
James Elder, Council for Environmental Literacy, Washington DC 

2010 Winner Individual-Global
Al Stenstrup, Project Learning Tree, Washington DC 

2009 Winner Individual-Local
Laura Downey, Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) 

2009 Winner Individual-Local
Dr. Duane Keown, Wyoming 

2009 Winner Individual-Regional
Kim Bailey, Georgia 

2009 Winner Individual-Global
Bora Simmons, National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education 

2008 Winner Individual-Local
Kay Antunez de Mayolo, California Project Learning Tree 

2008 Winner Individual-Regional
Bunyan Bryant, University of Michigan 

2007 Winner Individual-Local
Chris Adam, Quebec 

2007 Winner Individual-Regional
Fran McTamaney, San Francisco Bay Area

2007 Winner Individual-Global
Rosalyn McKeown, Portland, Oregon 

2006 Winner Individual-Local
Lanny Smith, Earthman

2006 Winner Individual-Regional
William F Hammond, Florida Coast University 

2005 Winner Individual-Local
Tanya Oznowich, New Jersey Dept. of Env. Protection 

2005 Winner Individual-Regional
Ken Strom, Director of Bird Conservation & Public Policy, Audubon Colorado

2005 Winner Individual-Global
Tiahoga Ruge, Mexico City, Mexico

2004 Winner Individual-Local
Art Shomo, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Section

2004 Winner Individual-Regional
Gene Eidson, Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy

2003 Winner Individual-Local
Bernie Samm, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

2003 Winner Individual-Regional
Mike Way, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for EE

2002 Winner Individual-Local
Greg Stumbo, Kentucky

2002 Winner Individual-Regional
Tim Brown, Utah Society for Environmental Education

2002 Winner Individual-Global
Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida 

2001 Winner Individual-Local
Kurt Mason, District Conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Jefferson County Conservation District

2001 Winner Individual-Global
Bob Jickling, Canada 

2000 Winner Individual-Local
Claudia Fowler, Louisiana Environmental Education Association 

2000 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation 

2000 Winner Individual-Global
Brian Day, GreenCOM, the Environmental Education and Communication Project of USAID 

1999 Winner Individual-Local
Diane Davies, Georgia

1999 Winner Individual-Regional
Max Peterson

1998 Winner Individual-Local
Mayor David L. Armstrong, Louisville KY

1997 Winner Individual-Local
Tom Bennett, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources

1997 Winner Individual-Regional
Robert Haas, River of Words Project

1996 Winner Individual-Local
Pamela Landers, GreenPrint Council

1996 Winner Individual-Regional
George R. Francis, University of Waterloo, Canada

1995 Winner Individual-Local
Vern Fridley, Utah Society for Environmental Education

1995 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Wheeler, The Great Auk Project

1994 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Frankfort, KY

1993 Winner Individual-Regional
Lynne Cherry, Washington, DC 

1992 Winner Individual-Regional
Judy Braus, World Wildlife Fund 

1991 Winner Individual-Regional
David C. Engleson, Supervisor of Environmental Education, WI

1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Edward Radatz, Biology Teacher, Oak Park, IL

1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Hollweg, Denver Audubon Society 

1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Kathy O'Hara, Center for Marine Conservation

1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Barry Fox, Virginia State University 

1988 Winner Individual-Regional
James Murray, Television producer, Canada

1987 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Roth, Massachusetts Audubon Society

1985 Winner Individual-Regional
Paul F. Brandwein, Unionville, NY

1984 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Hopkins, Boyne River Natural Science School, Canada 

1983 Winner Individual-Regional
Steven E. Landfried, Stoughton (WI) High School

1982 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Dunn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1982 Winner Individual-Regional
John A. Weeks, Centers for Nature Education, Baldwinsville, NY

1981 Winner Individual-Regional
Thomas F. Williams, Consultant, Environmental Affairs

1980 Winner Individual-Regional
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

1979 Winner Individual-Regional
Glenn Linnert, New Albany

1979 Winner Individual-Regional
John Moody, New Albany 

1978 Winner Individual-Regional
William B. Stapp, The University of Michigan

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Odom Fanning, Washington, DC

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Kay Blackwelder, Atlanta Schools

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Lewis Shelton, Fernbank Science Center

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Philip Greear, Shorter College

1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Governor Tom McCall, Oregon

1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Mayor Pete Wilson, San Diego,CA