IMSLEC Innovator Awards for Excellence - Recipients
2024 Innovator Awards
Outstanding MSLE Professional Award
Tara Cevallos
Outstanding MSLE Therapist Award
Ivonne Tennent
Outstanding MSLE Teacher Award
Urszula Zolet
Lindsay Calarco
2023
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Dr. Peter Grandjean
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Consuela Teague
Cynthia Allen Fuss
Kim Lowe
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
K. Blythe Wood
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Kristin Allen
Past Award Winners
2022
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Evelyn Madu
Phyllis Myers
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Erin Brown
Melody Herring
Dr. Stephen T. Cook
2021
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Anna Curtis
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Mark Szafnicki
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Peggy Brooks
Meagan Gibson
Mary Lou Slania
2020
Note: no Innovator Awards were presented in 2020.
2019
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Rebecca Rausch
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Candi Sellers
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Alison Webster
2018
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Carin Illig
Christie DeAraujo
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
John Santonastaso
Heidi Flohr
Malika Meidinger
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Dawn Laurenzano
Elizabeth Q. Evans
Jessica Newman
Elizabeth A. Gonzalez
Anna-Leena af Ursin Monza
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Kathleen Wessell, MFA
Outstanding School Administrator
Danielle Sochor
Kara Janasak
Nicole Tuttle
2017
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Barbara McAuliffe
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Marie Dembowski
Outstanding School Administrator
Dr. Linda Freda
Tish Knowles
Laura Steinbach
2016
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Gail LaValle Walsh
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Janice Brenes
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Juancita Petro
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Janna Curry
Outstanding School Administrator
Jeffrey Sweet
Kimberly Wilson
2015
Outstanding School Administrator
James McLaughlin
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Brian Thompson
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Tina Graves
Danyle Duke
Outstanding MSLE Educator in a College or University
Judy Shapiro
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Carol Duke
Dawn Dennis
Patricia K. Sanieski
Laurie Wagner
2014
Outstanding School Administrator
Faye Brady
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Heidi Poulin
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Monica Orr
Jean Colner
Outstanding MSLE Educator in a College or University
Missy L. Schraeder
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Concha Wyatt
Patricia Bardin
Jeanine Phillips
2013
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Mary DiGenova
Cathy Luby
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Marcia Henry, Ph.D.
Outstanding School Administrator
Diane Milner
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Amy Kelton
Chris Bedenbaugh
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Dr. Denny Dowd
Helen Macik, M.Ed.
2012
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
David J. Chard, Ph.D.
Jill S. Allor, Ed.D.
Carolyn Spain
Outstanding School Administrator
Daniel F. Kelley
Ben Shifrin
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Joy Martello
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Marykate Hoffman
Christine Soltesz
Amanda Rollen
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Eric Tridas, M.D.
Lenox Reed
2011
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Daphne S. Cornett
Terri Zerfas, Ph.D.
Outstanding Administrator
Mabrey Whetstone, Ph.D.
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Elizabeth Kenny-Foggin
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Denise Gibbs, Ed.D.
Judith Birsh, Ed.D.
2010
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Richard A. Evans, Ph.D.
Timothy N. Odegard, Ph.D.
Outstanding Educator in a University
Gail Linam, Ph.D.
Mary L. Farrell, Ph.D.
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Meg Carlsen
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Lynn Ottaway
Barbara Murphy
Outstanding School Administrator
Linda Brady
Khristie Goodwin
2009
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Karen Avrit
Margaret Smith
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Kay Peterson
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Jana Jones
Outstanding School Administrator
Maria Kimmins
2008
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Arlene Sonday
Gladys Kolenovsky
David C. Winters
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Karen S. Vickery, Ed.D.
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Carole Wile
Outstanding School Administrator
Earl B. Oremus
2006
Outstanding School Administrator
Gloria Zapalac, All Saints Episcopal School, Tyler, Texas. Jaime Warren accepted the award for Ms. Zapalac.
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Dr. Curt McIntyre, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Jean Osman, The Reading Center, Dyslexia Institute of MN, Rochester, MN.
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Linda Kneese, Shelton School, Dallas, TX. Joyce Pickering accepted the award for Ms. Kneese.
2005
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
Frank B. Wood, Ph.D.
Outstanding School Administrator
Pete Johnson
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Georgette Dickman
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Carolyn Bentley
Libby Evans
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D.
Tincy Miller
2004
Outstanding Educator in a College or University
R. Malatesha Joshi, Ph.D.
Maureen K. Martin, Ph.D.
Outstanding School Administrator
Robert Giles, Ed.D.
M. Bradley Rogers, Jr.
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Melanie Royal
Mary Lou Slania
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Gayle Smith
Linda Felle
Outstanding MSLE Professional
Marilyn Mathis
Jeffrey L. Black, M.D.
2003
Outstanding Educator
Elizabeth Cantrill
Mary E. North
Outstanding School Administrator
Gordon F. Sherman
Gwen Gordon
Kathy Bryan and Ann Richardson
Outstanding MSLE Therapist
Nancy Coffman
Outstanding MSLE Teacher
Bonita G. Colony