Historical Award Winners

Past Award Recipients

Distinguished Service Award

  • 2001 Dr. Linda Bigby & David Willard

  • 2002 Dr. Mary Dell Black

  • 2003 George Wilson

  • 2006 Dr. John Heskett, Dr. Sarah Spence, & Dr. Jasper Harris

  • 2008 Dr. Terry Allee & Dr. Diane Golden

  • 2009 Dr. Kim Ratcliffe

  • 2011 Heidi Adkins Leiberman

  • 2013 Dr. Thurma DeLoach

  • 2014 Dr. Patty Templeton Smith

  • 2015 Dr. Tim Lewis

  • 2017 Phyllis Wolfram

  • 2018 Steven Beldin

  • 2019 Carrie Turner

  • 2022 Dr. Vicki McNamara

Outstanding New Special Education Administrator Award

  • 2001 Dr. Sandy Clutter

  • 2002 Jacque Banks and Cheri Purpura

  • 2003 Jean Snider

  • 2004 Ann Borgmeyer

  • 2005 Kristi Hinton

  • 2006 Roxie Lanier

  • 2008 Kim Bielawski

  • 2009 Debbie From

  • 2010 Jennifer Cantrell

  • 2011 Stacey Reed

  • 2012 William Vanderpool

  • 2013 Aaron Knipmeyer

  • 2014 Dr. Lou Ann Tanner-Jones

  • 2015 Kris Martin

  • 2016 Dr. Jennifer Beutel

  • 2017 Dr. Angie Currey

  • 2018 Kari Karchailey

  • 2019 Christina Harbour

  • 2020 Megan Klosterman

  • 2023 Elizabeth Fagre

Recognition Award

  • 2001 Rodney Karns

  • 2002 Bill Daly

  • 2003 Dr. Terry Allee

  • 2004 Melissa Randol & James Thomeczek

  • 2005 Teri Goldman & Steven McDannold

  • 2006 Jeffi Jesse

  • 2007 Dr. Kim Ratcliffe

  • 2008 Ben Franklin

  • 2010 Dr. Arthur Allen

  • 2011 Dr. Patty Smith

  • 2012 Martha Disbennett & Linda Giger

  • 2013 Debbie Stenner

  • 2014 Pam Williams

  • 2015 Ann Borgmeyer

  • 2016 Dr. Erica Lembke

  • 2017 Dr. Emily Miller

  • 2018 Janet Earl

  • 2019 Dr. Beth Emmendorfer

  • 2020 Dr. Matt Burns

  • 2021 Teresa Tanner

  • 2022 Dr. Amy Ross

  • 2023 Dr. Reesha Adamson

2022 New Award-Friend of MO-CASE Award

  • 2022 Ginger Henry, Retired DESE

  • 2023  Mark Penny, Troy School District

Outstanding LASE Award

  • 2018 Kansas City, Mid-Missouri, Northwest

  • 2019 St. Charles County

  • 2020 Northeast

  • 2021 Southeast

  • 2022 Springfield Area

MTSS District Implementation Award

  • 2016 Lee's Summit, Platte County, Kansas City Public Schools, Fredericktown, Fair Play, and McDonald County

  • 2017 Mountain Grove RIII

  • 2018 Grain Valley R5

Charles W. Cummings Scholarship Winners

  • 2001 Amy Edwards

  • 2002 Christal Cowen & Tracy Lammert

  • 2003 Shelbie Dalton, Tracy Maloy, & Meredith Morris

  • 2004 Kelly Speaker

  • 2005 Deann Jones, Mindy Fox-Stewart, Haley Villines, Peg Siskey, & Lisa Hansen

  • 2006 Lana Atkins, Nancy Engle, Elizabeth Scholfield-Smith, & David James Wilson

  • 2007 Stacy Lawson, Jill Brown, Sherry Potter & Melynda Van Note

  • 2008 Suzie Plackemeier, Vicki Gorsuch, Angela Rolofson, Lee Ann Laune, Jamie Smith, Sarah Marriott, Stacy Mathes & Addie Gaines

  • 2009 Michael Barla, Leigh Wittmeyer, Amy Cusumano & Cynthia Hall

  • 2010 Narsha Racquel Hickey, Brady Quirk, Jim Sublett, Shelly Thompson, Ann Stiens & Teresa Green

  • 2011 Tina Essick, Kelly Wilson, Kathleen Russ & Michelle Smith-Strong

  • 2012 Shelly Gatton & Bobbie McDougle

  • 2013 Tracy Mitchell, Deborah Gill, Kelly Reichert, Jennifer Pearl & Shannon Jenkins

  • 2014 Emily Jones, Kari Kraichely, Jenny Greer, Elizabeth Washington & Michelle Phelan

  • 2015 Alyse Monsees, Polly Koch & Christi Howerton

  • 2016 Ashley Copely & Lindsey Hunt-Overfeldt

  • 2017 Kristin Clemons, Kristin Jones, Annie Knox, Michelle Richardson, Jessica Rutherford & Sara Smith

  • 2018 Erica Long, Sarah Mattson & Karen McKnight

  • 2019 Kimberly Huelsing, Michelle Miller, Greta Vierzba, Melissa Arreguin

  • 2020 Amber Horn, Anna Heriford, Kelly Finley-Miller

  • 2021 Kevin Pluss, Kristina Smith

  • 2022 Kristi Langendoerfer, Anna Heriford & Stephanie Militello

  • 2023 Emily Holman, Kendra Burke, Casey Winckler, Lillian Muller