2005 Finalists & Recipients of
The Horace Mann–NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence

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| James D. Harris, nominated by the Texas State Teachers Association, is a seventh- through ninth-grade resource/special education English teacher at Atkins Junior High School in Lubbock, Texas. |
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Donna McCreadie, nominated by the California Teachers Association, is a ninth- through twelfth-grade economics teacher at Temple City High School in Temple City, California. |
| Kathleen H. Thomas, nominated by the Delaware State Education Association, is a ninth- through twelfth-grade marketing & distributive education teacher at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware. |
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Stephanie Winkler, nominated by the Kentucky Education Association, is a fourth-grade science and English teacher at White Hall Elementary in Richmond, Kentucky. |
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Johnnetta Evette Baskin
Alabama Education Association
Montgomery County Education Association
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Maridella Carter
Missouri NEA
Blue Springs NEA
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Jim Clark
Nebraska State Education Association
Laurel-Concord Education Association
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Deborah Kay Cornelison
Oklahoma Education Association
Byng Education Association
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Michel Courchesne
Maine Education Association
Lewiston Education Association
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Susan Taylor Fisher
Florida Education Association
United School Employees of Pasco #3600
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Philip Forgit
Virginia Education Association
Williamsburg–James City Education Association
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Deepa Ganschinietz
Ohio Education Association
Columbus Education Association
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Jill Van Glubt
Washington Education Association
Lake Washington Education Association
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James D. Harris
Texas State Teachers Association
Lubbock Educators Association
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Leesa Haugland
South Dakota Education Association
Spearfish Education Association
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Pamela K. Hill
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Massachusetts State College Association
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Louis Lessor
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Sun Prairie Education Association
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Cherie Love
NEA–New Mexico
NEA–Las Cruces
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Ruth Elaine Maenpaa
Colorado Education Association
Mapleton Education Association
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Callie Marksbary
Indiana State Teachers Association
Lafayette Education Association
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Donna McCreadie
California Teachers Association
Temple City Education Association
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Nancy Mueller
Idaho Education Association
Coeur d’Alene Education Association
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Brendan H. O’Connor
Wyoming Education Association
Powell Education Association
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Scott Panik
Nevada State Education Association
Clark County Education Association
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Horace Puglisi, Ph.D.
Vermont–NEA
Essex Educators’ Association
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Suzanne Swenson Reed
Illinois Education Association–NEA
McHenry Classroom Teachers’ Association
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Mary Cathryn D. Ricker
Education Minnesota
St. Paul Federation of Teachers, Local 28
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Peggy Stewart
New Jersey Education Association
Vernon Township Education Association
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Kathleen H. Thomas
Delaware State Education Association
Caesar Rodney Education Association
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David L. Volk
North Dakota Education Association
Fargo Education Association
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Michael Vose
Connecticut Education Association
Killingly Education Association
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Michelle Walter
NEA New Hampshire
Shaker Regional Education Association
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Stephanie Wallace
North Carolina Association of Educators
Forsyth County Association of Educators
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Jane White
Arizona Education Association
Cave Creek Education Association
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Gary Wilkerson
Kansas NEA
Derby NEA
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Stephanie Winkler
Kentucky Education Association
Madison County Education Association
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Mary Eileen Wren
MEA–MFT
Great Falls Education Association |