phil pickens leadership award
All Years
Year / Award Winners / Nominees /
2005 / Mr Phil Pickens
Georgia Department of Education
Division for Special Education
Retired State Director
2006 / Ms Clemene Ramsey
Fayette County Schools
Special Education Director
2007 / Dr. Julie Moilanen
Grady County Schools
Special Education Director
2008 / Dr Mike Blake
Clarke County Schools
Assist Superintendent of
Student Services
Mr. Scott Crain
Hall County Schools
Parent Mentor
2009 / Dr. Mikki Garcia
Savannah – Chatham Schools
Special Education Director
Ms Ginger Henderson
Meriwether County Schools
Parent Mentor
Ms Patti Solomon
Ga Department of Education
Parent Mentor Partnership
Phil Pickens Leadership Visionary Award / Administrators
Dr Mikki Garcia
Mentors
Ginger Henderson
Teresa Johnson
Nalini Isaac
Renee Feldman
2010 / Dr Sue Carter
Walton County Schools
Special Education Director
Ms Tracy Barber
Seminole County Schools
Parent Mentor
2011 / Ms. JoEllen Harden
Dodge County Schools
Special Education Director
Ms. Kim Chester
Bartow County Schools
Parent Mentor
Ms Kathy Rigsby
Phil Pickens Leadership Visionary Award / Administrators
Becky Kelley
Linda Curry
Randall Jarrard
Joan Baird
Jo Ellen Harden
Mentors
Felisha Draggs
Allison Stevenson
Teresa Johnson
Kim Chester
2012 / Ms. Joan Baird
Madison County Schools
Special Education Director
Ms. Pam Moore
Madison County Schools
Parent Mentor
Ms Laura Brown
Pioneer RESA GLRS Director
Phil Pickens Leadership Visionary Award / Administrators
Zabrinia Cannady
Joan Baird
Mentors
Carol Smith
Jane Newman
Heloise Salter
Pam Moore
2013
2014
2015 / Ms. Jennifer Mellor
Jones County Schools
Special Education Director
Ms. Teresa Johnson
Walton County Schools
Parent Mentor
Ms. Ann Cross
Gordon County
Director
Ms. Carol Smith
Candler County
Parent Mentor
Ms. Andrea Pender
Barrow County
Director
Ms. April Lee
Wayne County
Parent Mentor
Visionary Award
Ms. Dottie Adams / Administrators
Lisa Hill – Columbia
Deborah Moore – Elbert
Jennifer Mellor – Jones
Rhonda Black – Pulaski
Jana Marks – Thomaston/Upson
Mentors
Pat Hailey – Appling
Rosezetta Calloway – APS
Vicki Williams – Dougherty
Cheryl Benefield – Haralson
Teresa Johnson – Walton
Administrators
Kristy Chapman - Union Adrienne Harris - Hancock Katrina King - Clayton Latosha Peters - Terrell
Mentors
April Lee - Wayne
Becky Tracy – Union
Lisa Vaughn - Liberty
Administrators
Sandra Adams -Hart
Andrea Pender - Barrow Mentors
Cheryl Benefield - Haralson County
Terri Goodridge- Bibb County
JoEllen Hancock- Cherokee County
April Lee-Wayne County
Becky Tracy-Union County
2016 / Ms. Sandy Malone
Seminole County
Director
Edith Abakare
Atlanta Public Schools
Parent Mentor
Lisa Vaughn
Liberty County
Parent Mentor / Administrators
Buddy Edwards – Baker County
Mentors
James Butler – Lamar County
Amanda Locke – Evans County
Shirley Moore – Glynn County
Cassandra Stone – Richmond County