State Partners

Kentucky

Kentucky joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1993

63 recipients since program began in Kentucky

$1,575,000 awarded in Kentucky since program began

Dr. Robbie Fletcher
Commissioner of Education
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Boulevard, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

Allie Green
Program Consultant 
Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Educator Recruitment and Development 
300 Sower Boulevard
5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

Kentucky Department of Education website

(Updated 2/4/2025)

Kentucky Milken Educators

• Sarah Meece
  Ryle High School
  Union, KY
  1997
• Sandra Adams
  Grant County High School
  Dry Ridge, KY
  1993
• Jacqueline Austin
  John F. Kennedy Elementary School
  Louisville, KY
  1996
• Shane Baker
  Jennings Creek Elementary
  Bowling Green, KY
  2023
• Jacob Ball
  Carter G. Woodson Academy
  Lexington, KY
  2023
• Robert Barnett
  Metcalfe County Schools
  Edmonton, KY
  1993
• Angie Beavin
  Peaks Mill Elementary
  Frankfort, KY
  2018
• Johnny Belcher
  Pikeville High School
  Pikeville, KY
  2011
• Cathy Bell
  Veterans Park Elementary School
  Lexington, KY
  1998
• Harriet Jo Biehle
  Worthington Elementary School
  Worthington, KY
  1994
• Cyndi Boggs
  Grapevine Elementary School
  Madisonville, KY
  2000
• Karen E. Branham
  Glasgow High School
  Glasgow, KY
  2001
• Donna Bryant-Johnson
  Booker T. Washington Montessori Magnet
  Lexington, KY
  1994
• Charlotte S. Buskill
  Newton Parrish Elementary
  Owensboro, KY
  2022
• Greta Casto
  Russell Primary School
  Russell, KY
  2004
• Dodd L. Caudill, Jr.
  Larue County Middle School
  Hodgenville, KY
  2007
• Bonnie Cecil
  J. Graham Brown Elementary School
  Louisville, KY
  1994
• Laura Cole
  Scott High School
  Taylor Mill, KY
  2019
• Rebecca Coleman
  Whitesburg High School
  Whitesburg, KY
  2003
• Virgil Covington
  Winburn Middle School
  Lexington, KY
  1999
• Cynthia Crocker
  Noe Middle School
  Louisville, KY
  1999
• Jay Crocker
  Ballard High School
  Louisville, KY
  2009
• Kevin Dailey
  Ballyshannon Middle School
  Union, KY
  2021
• Shelia A. Duncan
  Boyd County High School
  Ashland, KY
  2001
• Keith Embry
  Oldham County High School
  Buckner, KY
  2003
• Bonnie Farrar
  Williamsburg High School
  Williamsburg, KY
  1993
• Barbara Fendley
  Dupont Manual High School
  Louisville, KY
  1995
• Gwen Ferguson
  Hattie C. Warner Elementary School
  Nicholasville, KY
  1998
• Jessica Goodman
  James E. Farmer Elementary
  Louisville, KY
  2021
• Jerry Hodges
  Williamsburg High School
  Williamsburg, KY
  1995
• Rosalind Hurley-Richards
  Squires Elementary School
  Lexington, KY
  1996
• Barbara Johnson
  Paris Middle School
  Paris, KY
  1997
• David Jordan
  Henderson County South Jr. High School
  Henderson, KY
  1995
• Juanita King
  Stanton Elementary School
  Stanton, KY
  1996
• William King
  Bowling Green High School
  Bowling Green, KY
  2013
• Kirk B. Lattimore
  Crosby Middle School
  Middleton, KY
  2001
• Dr. Diane MacKenzie
  Atherton High School
  Louisville, KY
  2005
• Roger Marcum
  South Laurel High School
  London, KY
  1997
• Dr. LaMesa D. Marks-Johns
  Shacklette Elementary School
  Louisville, KY
  2006
• Elizabeth McIntosh
  Simon Kenton High School
  Independence, KY
  1999
• Freda McNew
  Salyersville Grade School
  Salyersville, KY
  1998
• Myra Morgan
  Gallatin Elementary School
  Warsaw, KY
  2008
• Ruby Napier
  Willard Elementary School
  Busy, KY
  1994
• Howard Kenneth Osborne
  Campton Elementary School
  Campton, KY
  2002
• Stephen Patterson
  Madisonville North Hopkins High School
  Madisonville, KY
  1997
• Mary Ann Payton
  Central City Elementary School
  Central City, KY
  1998
• Brooke Powers
  Beaumont Middle School
  Lexington, KY
  2017
• Rita Gwen Presley
  Science Hill Elementary School
  Science Hill, KY
  2000
• Mary Robertson
  Whitney Young Elementary School
  Louisville, KY
  2000
• Annette Rouse
  Central Elementary School
  Paintsville, KY
  2004
• Barbara Sloan
  South Marshall Middle School
  Benton, KY
  1993
• Nami Stager
  Northern Elementary School
  Lexington, KY
  2010
• Michael Stanley
  Mason County High School
  Maysville, KY
  1999
• Jenna Stewart
  Longbranch Elementary School
  Union, KY
  2024
• Susan Stucker
  Paul G. Blazer High School
  Ashland, KY
  1995
• Ruth Ann Sweazy
  Spencer County Elementary School
  Taylorsville, KY
  2002
• George Thompson
  Bell County High School
  Pineville, KY
  1993
• William Twyman
  Glasgow Middle School
  Glasgow, KY
  1993
• Paul Upchurch
  Centerfield Elementary School
  Crestwood, KY
  1994
• Allyson Vitato
  Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School
  Louisville, KY
  2014
• Dr. Teresa Wallace
  Woodstock Elementary School
  Somerset, KY
  1996
• Ryan Williams
  Mary Lee Cravens Elementary
  Owensboro, KY
  2012
• Joyce Ann Winburn
  Eminence High School
  Eminence, KY
  1995