Distinguished Leadership Award
Distinguished Leadership
Past Award Recipients
Distinguished Leadership Award
1966
Robert Atlas
Allan Coder
William McDonald
August G. Stoll
Hazel Wacker
1967
Richard Flanagan
Harold Hainfeld
Austin LePine
William Suderland
Abner West
1970 Robert Fleming
1971
Everett Hebel
John Redd
1972
Roscoe Brown
Jessie Owens
Marion Rogers
Senator Al Beadleston
1978 Joe Darden
1976 Sal Abitanta
1978 Maty Rice
1979
Rose Battaglia
Nancy Mitchell
Nancy Mueller
1980 Roger Rada
1981
Ed Brink
Anne Venezia
1982 Neil Dougherty
1983 Carolyn Addison
1984 H. Roger Muse
1985 Robert Christenson
1986 Connie Trifletti
1987 & 1988 A. Tage Wood
1989 Theresa Purcell
1990 Dave Feigley
1992 Pauline Pagoulatos, Linden Public Schools
1993
Pearl Kowalski, Glassboro State
Dr. Lilyan Wright, Trenton State College
Thomas Vodola, Ocean Township School District
1994 Shirley Fisher, Trenton State College
1995
Bill Parsons, Union Public Schools
Congressman Donald Payne
1996 Rosabel Koss, Emeritus Professor. NJ Committee on Aging
1997
Bruce Peragallo, Edison Public Schools
Mary Putman, Rowan College of New Jersey
1998
Dr. Nancy Giardina, Montclair State University
Dr. Virginia Overdorf, William Paterson University
2000 Andrew Krupa, Livingston School District
2001
Dr. James McCall, Rowan University
John L. Grzymko
2002
Ms. Sandra Wilbur, Executive Director NJAHPERD
John Smith, Ho-Ho-Kus Public School
2003 Donna Tartza, Perth Amboy Public Schools
2004 Len Saunders, Montville Public Schools
2005 Sharyn Robbins, Manasquan High School
2007 Joseph Locascio, Executive Director NJAHPERD
2009 Domenica Desiderioscioli, Montclair State University
2011 Pam Fischer, New Jersey Teen Safe Driving Coalition
2012 Linda Guerrini, Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
2015
Dr. Steve Cone, Rowan University
JoAnn Doherty, Tenafly Middle School (retired)
Maureen Nussman, Kinnelon High School (retired)
2018
Christine Baccarella, Horace Mann Elementary School, Bayonne (retired)
Barbara Ann DeCaro, Fair Lawn Public Schools, Fair Lawn
2022 Erik Eder, Nishuane Elementary School, Montclair School District
2023 Judy LoBianco
2024 Valerie Craig Ndiaye, Jersey City Public Schools