State Partners

Tennessee

Tennessee joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1992

73 recipients since program began in Tennessee

$1,825,000 awarded in Tennessee since program began

Lizzette Reynolds
Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Education
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243

Sarah Brown
Recognition and Communications Coordinator of Educator Effectiveness
Tennessee Department of Education, Office of Educator Effectiveness
710 James Robertson Parkway
Memphis, TN 38117

Tennessee Department of Education website

(Updated 3/28/24)

Tennessee Milken Educators

• Natalie McClarty
  Hardy Elementary School
  Chattanooga, TN
  2006
• Donna (Parker) Neblett
  Obion County Central High School
  Troy, TN
  1997
• Diane (Wright) Rutherford
  Maryville High School
  Maryville, TN
  1993
• Dr. Yvonne Allen
  Whiteville Elementary School
  Whiteville, TN
  1996
• Misty Ayres-Miranda
  Nashville School of the Arts
  Nashville, TN
  2015
• Kana R. Barker-Mabon
  Cypress Junior High School
  Memphis, TN
  2001
• Ronnelle Blankenship
  Ganns Middle Valley Elementary School
  Hixson, TN
  1992
• Melvin Blevins
  Lincoln Heights Elementary School
  Morristown, TN
  1998
• Reneé Borden
  A.B. Hill Elementary School
  Memphis, TN
  2006
• Raeven Brooks
  Black Fox Elementary
  Murfreesboro, TN
  2021
• Sharon Brown
  Ooltewah Middle School
  Ooltewah, TN
  1997
• Pamela Jean Burish
  Eakin Elementary School
  Nashville, TN
  1994
• Carolyn Carbage
  Germantown Middle School
  Germantown, TN
  1992
• Maria Carter
  McCormick Elementary School
  Elizabethton, TN
  1994
• Nicole Castile
  Norman Smith Elementary School
  Clarksville, TN
  2014
• Dr. Sharon Chaney
  Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School
  Nashville, TN
  1999
• Paula Cox
  Briarwood Middle School
  Camden, TN
  2002
• Dr. Clifford Davis, Jr.
  Cedar Bluff Middle School
  Knoxville, TN
  2001
• Dr. Trey Duke
  Stewarts Creek Elementary School
  Smyrna, TN
  2008
• Lori Bean Flemming
  Una Elementary School
  Nashville, TN
  2000
• Paula Franklin
  West High School
  Knoxville, TN
  2017
• Louis Gallo
  West High School
  Knoxville, TN
  2003
• Lawrence Garrett
  Florida Elementary School
  Memphis, TN
  1994
• Shelly Gaughan
  East End Preparatory School
  Nashville, TN
  2018
• Joel Giffin
  Maryville Middle School
  Maryville, TN
  1999
• Henrietta Grant
  Austin-East High School
  Knoxville, TN
  1995
• Alexa Guynes
  Dogwood Elementary School
  Germantown, TN
  2022
• Tyler Hallstedt
  Mt. Juliet Middle School
  Mt.Juliet, TN
  2021
• Donna Hardy
  Bearden Middle School
  Knoxville, TN
  1993
• Lynda Hathcock
  Martin Primary School
  Martin, TN
  1996
• Geraldine Hawes
  Cleveland High School
  Cleveland, TN
  1995
• Kim Oliver Hawks
  Margaret Newton Elementary School
  Tiptonville, TN
  2000
• Tracy Hoilman
  Unicoi County High School
  Erwin, TN
  2003
• David Hollowell
  Greeneville High School
  Greeneville, TN
  1992
• Dr. Carol Hutson Garland
  Glendale Middle School
  Nashville, TN
  1993
• Dr. Ilene Janson
  Haynesfield Elementary School
  Bristol, TN
  1996
• Kathleen B. Jones
  South Clinton Elementary School
  Clinton, TN
  2000
• Ashley Kear Miller
  Dogwood Elementary School
  Knoxville, TN
  2010
• Bob Kerley
  Happy Valley High School
  Elizabethton, TN
  1997
• Florence Kidd
  Head Middle School
  Nashville, TN
  1992
• Abbey Kidwell
  Clinton Elementary School
  Clinton, TN
  2023
• Bobi King
  Farragut Intermediate School
  Knoxville, TN
  2012
• Meah King
  East High School
  Memphis, TN
  2011
• Nathan Kirsch
  Whitehaven High School
  Memphis, TN
  2019
• Kathleen Lange
  Norman Smith Elementary School
  Clarksville, TN
  1998
• Lisa B. Light
  Lonsdale Elementary School
  Knoxville, TN
  2006
• Dr. John Lowrance
  Dyersburg Primary School
  Dyersburg, TN
  1998
• Joseph Malloy, Jr.
  Lenoir City Elementary School
  Lenoir City, TN
  1996
• Matthew Marlatt
  Siegel High School
  Murfreesboro, TN
  2009
• Rosemary McKnight
  East Chester County Elementary School
  Henderson, TN
  1994
• Edna Miller
  Roan Creek Elementary School
  Mountain City, TN
  2004
• Sandra Miller
  Portland Middle School
  Portland, TN
  1992
• Dr. Nina Morel
  Hendersonville High School
  Hendersonville, TN
  2005
• Terry NeSmith
  Bellevue Junior High School
  Memphis, TN
  1995
• Linda Phelps
  Camden Central High School
  Camden, TN
  1995
• Katie Picciuto
  Battle Academy
  Chattanooga, TN
  2016
• Terri Kay Pike
  Dyersburg Intermediate School
  Dyersburg, TN
  2004
• Patricia Pursley
  Claxton Elementary School
  Powell, TN
  1998
• Sharon Robinson
  Northwest Middle School
  Knoxville, TN
  1999
• Dr. Dan Russell
  Science Hill High School
  Johnson City, TN
  1992
• Dr. Jonathan Rysewyk
  Fulton High School
  Knoxville, TN
  2007
• Michael S. Smith
  Coalfield School
  Coalfield, TN
  2005
• Erica Stephens
  John P. Freeman Optional School
  Memphis, TN
  2018
• Billy Taylor
  Dyersburg High School
  Dyersburg, TN
  1993
• Dr. Alana Delise Teague
  McNairy Central High School
  Selmer, TN
  1999
• Frank Vanzant
  Tullahoma High School
  Tullahoma, TN
  1993
• Eugene Wade
  Brentwood High School
  Brentwood, TN
  1997
• Katherine Watkins
  Millington Central High School
  Millington, TN
  2017
• Karen D. White
  Cherokee Elementary School
  Johnson City, TN
  2002
• Dr. Julie Williams
  Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School
  Nashville, TN
  1995
• Kevin Winters
  Athens City Middle School
  Athens, TN
  2013
• Carolyn Wood
  Brookmeade Elementary School
  Nashville, TN
  1994
• Joseph York
  Adamsville High School
  Adamsville, TN
  1993