2018 Dawbarn Education Award Recipients
Dunlop “Buz” Dawbarn established a permanent fund at the Community Foundation in 1992 to support the Dawbarn Education Awards. Since that time, the Foundation has distributed over $1.7 million, through 247 Dawbarn Education Awards, to recognize extraordinary commitment to inspiring education and learning among the young people of our public schools.
“It was Mr. Dawbarn’s wish to reward individuals for their efforts to inspire youth in our public schools,” noted Dan Layman, the Foundation’s CEO. “In doing so, he also hoped that others would follow in their footsteps for the good of our community.”
*Multiple Winner
2017
Vincent Banks
Carol Bright
Debbie Conner
Jo Fields
Matthew Grandpre
Angela Humphrey
Larry Landes
Amber Loyacano
Wendi Shorkey
Julie Stevens
2016
Deborah Burke
Victoria Conyers
Alison Cornish
Jennifer Goss
Robert Ham
Paula Jesalva
Derek McDaniel (Coach Mac)
Roxie Megginson
Donna Morris
Lori Swortzel
2015
Iris Carter
Gary Church
John Fregosi
Emily Lassiter
Shannon Love
Courtney Markham
Margaret Miller
Carole Shriver
Jennifer Strother
Kristopher Teaford
2014
Heather Durham
Brian Edwards
Mike Harmon
Stephanie Lee
Becky Reeser
Jeffrey Ryman
Allison Sprouse
Teri Sumey
Shannon Terry
Gene Wassick
2013
Annette Bess
Amy Bussey
Jill Clark
Heather Davis
William Deardorff
Carroll “CJ” Hill, Jr.
Susan Jenny
Mary Mawyer
Susie Shreckhise
Ruth Thompson
2012
Elaine Almarode
Renee Campbell
Sarah Davis*
Ramona DeWitt
Janet Hamilton
Tammy Hipes
Dana Jackson
Jessica Layman-Herr
Catherine Olson
Stephanie Sandridge
2011
Steven Brown
Michelle DeMarmels
Boo Elkins
Sharon Falls
Susan Miller
Martha Mikell
Jean Rexrode
Jessica Skeens
Erik Walker
Rosanne Wykes
2010
Rod Bowers
Vermell Grant
Debbie Hawkins
Doug Lane
Russ Laub*
Brian Lundstrom
Beverly Miller
Elizabeth Williams
Deborah Winters
Julie Turner
2009
Joey Mason
Thea Jordan
Sandra Bocock Powell
Jeff Griffith
Angela Young Larner
Shirley Cason
Linda Bowen
Richard Clark Adams
Jennifer L. Rexrode
Alexander D. Kirtley
2008
Janitha Bellamy
Stephanie Haskins
Alycia Knicely
Bobbie Lawson
Dee Anne Lucas
Kimbra Norman
Katharine L. Presbury
Beverly Roach
Makeba Robinson
Patti Strickler
2007
Dr. Jeanmarie Bantz
Betty Gatewood
Sara Kaktins
Mark Kearney
Sarah Shuey King
Barbara Lawson
Sharon Leech
Linda Mahler
Jen Morris
Kathryn Rodzinka
2006
Robert Bateman
Dan Bledsoe
Charmane Cleveland
Val Gochenour
Paul Hatcher
Anne Purdue
Martha Jo Robinson*
Susan Vass
Mike Wagner
Donna Wells
2005
Eugene Blackmer
William Blough
Kathleen Buchanan
Cindy Didawick
Edward Driskill
Darlene League
Melissa Maynard
Mary McDow Smith
Ann Swink
Karen Weaver
2004
Andrew Baker
Linda Cauley
Lynn Conyers
Christy Davis
Tom Goforth
Rebecca Karaffa
Jo Anne Kelley
Kelly Thrower
Larry Vickers
Christine L. Weller *
2003
Christopher Bryant
Pam Coleman
Charles W. Corwin
Charles Huffman
Stacy T. Long
Sadie Peters
Linda S. Petzke
Bobbie J. Sprouse
Dorothy “Dori” Walk
Lee Ann Whitesell
2002
Jennifer M. Bolt
Courtney Chapman
Wanda Cook
Stephen R. Geiman
Scarlett A. Kiser
Linda L. Lunsford
H. Lynn Moore *
Thomas O’Neill
Dr. J. Henry Scott, Jr.
Denise E. Southwick
2001
Linda Cash
Keith Folsom
Anna Rose Geary
Shirley Gordon- Kaufman
Tammy Johnston
James Kivlighan
Doug Larsen
Russ Laub*
Zane Pierce
George Savage
2000
Carol Blair
Beverly Coffman
Martha Degen
Ken Downey
Karen Fairchilds
Tamar Grier
Sarah Davis*
W. Stuart Moffett, III
Caroline Phillips *
Christine L. Weller *
1999
Gina Cox
Kim Crocker *
Kathy Doyle
Jeff Fife
Kathryn Garber
Pam Huggins
Doug Riley
Martha Jo Robinson
Orlin Shank
Helen Wright *
1998
Buddy Bosserman
Brenda Dennison
Paul Hildebrand
Jerome Jones
Kenneth Patterson
Caroline Phillips *
John Pierce *
Cindy Sadonis
Alan Shull
Lola Widener
1997
Frances Cline
Kim Crocker *
Nancy Deitz
Maureen Kelley
Bill Robson
Yvonne “Granny” Spencer
Rabbit Veney*
Rita Wilson
1996
Kim Gaunce
John Pierce *
Anna Webster
Helen Wright *
1995
Joan Harris
Beverly Robinson
Sandi Scannelli
1994
Ron Lassiter
Dr. Lynn Moore *
Pat Smith