State Partners

Maine

Maine joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1990

76 recipients since program began in Maine

$1,900,000 awarded in Maine since program began

Mrs. Pender Makin
Commissioner of Education
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023

Ms. Rachel Paling
Communications Outreach Manager
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023

Maine Department of Education website

Maine Department of Education Milken Educators Awards website

(Updated 12/30/24)

Maine Milken Educators

• Ann (Billings) Adjutant
  Deering High School
  Portland, ME
  1992
• Anne Loughlin
  King Middle School
  Portland, ME
  2003
• Pamela (Inman) Chernesky
  Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
  Portland, ME
  1996
• Deanna Lambert
  Montello Elementary School
  Lewiston, ME
  2004
• Dorothy (Neal) Maxwell
  Sacopee Valley High School
  Hiram, ME
  1995
• Melissa Sylvester
  Yarmouth High School
  Yarmouth, ME
  2005
• Cindy L. Albert
  Hilltop Elementary School
  Caribou, ME
  2000
• Dr. Janet Allen
  Presque Isle High School
  Presque Isle, ME
  1991
• Katherine Bauer
  Camden Rockport Elementary School
  Rockport, ME
  1996
• Trina Beaulier
  Drowne Road School
  Cumberland, ME
  1998
• Donald Berthiaume
  Biddeford High School
  Biddeford, ME
  1997
• Alex Briasco-Brin
  Freeport Middle School
  Freeport, ME
  2005
• M. Stanley Buchanan
  Nokomis Regional High School
  Newport, ME
  1993
• Nancy S. Chesley
  Mabel I. Wilson School
  Cumberland, ME
  2002
• Kristie Clark
  Montello Elementary School
  Lewiston, ME
  2010
• Sarah Collins
  Patricia A. Duran School
  Hermon, ME
  2022
• Jeannette Condon
  Fort Fairfield Elementary School
  Fort Fairfield, ME
  1990
• Joni Cooke
  Turner Elementary School
  Turner, ME
  1998
• Earl Coombs, Jr.
  Winslow High School
  Winslow, ME
  1995
• Roy Crawford
  Monmouth Academy
  Monmouth, ME
  1997
• Morgan Cuthbert
  Frank Harrison Middle School
  Yarmouth, ME
  2011
• Dr. Joan D'Agostino
  Mt. Desert Island High School
  Mt Desert, ME
  1990
• Bonnie Dill
  Wells Junior High School
  Wells, ME
  1999
• Philip Downes
  James H. Bean Elementary School
  Sidney, ME
  1994
• Dick Durost
  Presque Isle High School
  Presque Isle, ME
  1995
• Robert Dyer
  Sea Road School
  Kennebunk, ME
  1990
• Dr. Stephen Ellwood
  St. Francis Elementary School
  St Francis, ME
  1991
• Roger Fuller
  Oak Hill High School
  Sabattus, ME
  1993
• Michelle C. Gagne
  Sherwood Heights Elementary School
  Auburn, ME
  2008
• Mary Giard
  Abraham Lincoln School
  Bangor, ME
  1992
• Gail Gibson
  Mapleton Elementary School
  Mapleton, ME
  1998
• Idella Harter
  Western Avenue School
  Auburn, ME
  1994
• David Heckman
  Monmouth Academy
  Monmouth, ME
  1991
• Marvin Higgins
  Camden Rockport Elementary School
  Rockport, ME
  1994
• Hillary Hoyt Bellefleur
  Leroy H Smith School
  Winterport, ME
  2021
• Brian E. Jandreau
  South Portland High School
  South Portland, ME
  2007
• Karen Johnson
  New Suncook School
  Lovell, ME
  1994
• Jamie Karaffa
  Bruce M. Whittier Middle School
  Poland, ME
  2021
• S. Page Keeley
  Whitefield Elementary School
  Whitefield, ME
  1993
• Barbara Kelley
  Vine Street School
  Bangor, ME
  1998
• Jacqueline Kelly
  Turner Primary School
  Turner, ME
  1996
• Dr. Richard Kent
  Mountain Valley High School
  Rumford, ME
  1993
• Naoto Kobayashi
  Hall-Dale High School
  Farmingdale, ME
  2001
• Michaela Lamarre
  Saco Middle School
  Saco, ME
  2015
• Pender (Kimball) Makin
  Wescott Junior High School
  Westbrook, ME
  2001
• Elizabeth Manchester
  Mount Ararat Middle School
  Brunswick, ME
  1999
• Vaughn A. Martin
  Easton Elementary School
  Easton, ME
  2002
• Joseph Mattos
  James H. Bean Elementary School
  Sidney, ME
  1990
• Franklin McElwain
  Limestone Community School
  Limestone, ME
  1992
• Richard Meserve
  The REAL School
  Falmouth, ME
  2009
• Marjorie Miller
  Longfellow Elementary School
  Portland, ME
  1991
• Bill Nave
  River Valley Alternative School
  Turner, ME
  1990
• Cynthia O'Shea
  Narragansett Elementary School
  Gorham, ME
  1992
• Valjeane Olenn
  Wells High School
  Wells, ME
  1993
• Suzanne Olson
  Hall-Dale Middle School
  Farmingdale, ME
  1997
• Lois I. Pangburn
  Mapleton Elementary School
  Mapleton, ME
  2000
• Adam Parvanta
  Gorham High School
  Gorham, ME
  2019
• Lee Pedersen
  Lincoln Elementary School/Vinalhaven High School
  Vinalhaven, ME
  1999
• Rhonda Poliquin
  New Suncook School
  Lovell, ME
  2000
• Sharon Prosser
  Coastal Ridge Elementary School
  York, ME
  1996
• Irving Richardson
  Mast Landing School
  Freeport, ME
  1992
• Philip Richardson
  Winthrop High School
  Winthrop, ME
  1995
• Pamela Rolfe
  Limestone Community School
  Limestone, ME
  1990
• Thomas J. Sferes, Ed.D.
  Kennebunk High School
  Kennebunk, ME
  1991
• Yoosuf Siddiqui
  Maine School for Science and Mathematics
  Limestone, ME
  2003
• Duane Small
  Waterville Public Schools
  Waterville, ME
  1992
• Allan Snell
  Washington Street School
  Brewer, ME
  1991
• Meghan Stubbs
  Hancock County Technical Center
  Ellsworth, ME
  2023
• Nancy Sullivan
  Harrison C. Lyseth Elementary School
  Portland, ME
  1994
• Richard Sykes
  Lewiston High School
  Lewiston, ME
  1993
• Ted Tibbetts
  Portland High School
  Portland, ME
  2001
• Joyce Tugel
  Marshwood High School
  Eliot, ME
  1999
• Linda Tukey
  Jay High School
  Jay, ME
  1997
• Heather Wilson
  James H. Bean Elementary School
  Sidney, ME
  2006