Past Awardees
Check out past award recipients
View complete profiles of all past recipients by selecting the award year links below.
2021 Recipients
Peter Harris — Lifetime Achievement Award
Jen Nibbe — Early Childhood Environmental Educator Award
Andrea Lorek Strauss — Non-formal Educator of the Year
Dave Johnson — Formal Environmental Educator of the Year
Teach Outdoors! — Environmental Education Partner of the Year
2020 Recipients
Larry A. Weber — Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Lundquist— Student Environmental Stewardship Award
Sarah Gainey — Non-formal Educator of the Year
Jean Schneeweis — Formal Environmental Educator of the Year
John Kohlstedt — Lifetime Achievement Award
Jahir Aquino — Student Environmental Stewardship Award
Jessie Loftus — Non-formal Educator of the Year
Jen Heyer — Formal Environmental Educator of the Year
Deb Schlueter — Formal Environmental Educator of the Year
Sarah Kate Erickson — Non-formal Educator Award
Heidi Faris — Formal Educator Award
Chris Holmes — Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 Recipients
Owen Bachhuber - Student Environmental Stewardship Award
Devon Vojtech - Formal Environmental Educator of the Year
Ed and Seliesa Pembleton - Lifetime Achievement in Environmental Education
2016 Recipients
Larry Dolphin - Lifetime Achievement Award
Anna Dutke - Formal Educator of the Year
Josh Leonard - Non-formal Educator of the Year
2015 Recipients
Art Widerstrom - Lifetime Achievement Award
Elizabeth Bartel - Formal Educator of the Year
Jeff Ledermann - Non-formal Educator of the Year
2014 Recipients
Jim Rue - Lifetime Achievement Award
Timothy Chase - Formal Educator of the Year
Bryan Wood - Non-formal Educator of the Year
2013 Recipients
Doug Wood - Lifetime Achievement Award
Karl Kaufmann - Formal Educator of the Year
Joe Walewski - Non-formal Educator of the Year
2012 Recipients
Mike Link - Lifetime Achievement Award
Rob Marohn - Formal Educator of the Year
Molly Stoddard - Non-formal Educator of the Year
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