Awards Award Winners Learning and Liberty Legacy Leader Recognition Honorees

Through the Learning and Liberty Legacy Leaders recognition, NSPRA members and chapters can recognize individuals for their positive impact on colleagues’ careers and tireless work behind the scenes on behalf of education and improved communication. Below, please find a list of NSPRA members who have been honored as NSPRA Learning Liberty Legacy Leaders over the years.

• Karen Heath
  Supervisor of the Communications
  Berrien RESA
  Berrien, Mich.

• Gerri Allen 
  Executive Director
  Michigan School Public Relations Association
  Milford, Mich.

• Larry Ascough
  Communications Consultant
  (Retired) Region 10 Education Service Center, Garland, Texas

• Rich Bagin, APR
  Executive Director Emeritus
  National School Public Relations Association, Rockville, Md.

• Bill Banach, Ed.D, APR
  Banach, Banach & Cassidy
  Ray Township, Mich.

• Diane Bauman, APR
  Director of School/Community Relations
  Farmington (Mich.) Public Schools

• Tim Carroll, APR
  Public Relations Instructor
  Texas A&M University-Commerce, Allen, Texas

• Marsha Chappelow, Ph.D.
  (Retired) Superintendent
  Ladue School District, St. Louis, Mo.

• Marge Crawford
  (Retired) PR and HR/Business
  CESA 1, Wauwatosa, Wis.

• Patricia Crawford
  (Deceased) Director, Communications & Marketing
  Pittsburgh (Pa.) Public Schools

• Judy Davis, APR
  (Retired) Assistant Director, Community Relations
  Chesterfield (Va.) County Public Schools

• Dorreen Dembski
  Consultant
  DD Communication Services, LLC, Fond du Lac, Wis
  (Retired) Director of Communications and Public Relations
  CESA 6, Oshkosh, Wis.

• Jim Dunn, APR
  Jim Dunn & Assoc., Liberty, Mo.
  (Retired) Communications/PR director, Liberty Public Schools

• Dick Egli, APR
  President
  Egli & Associates, Tecumseh, Mich.

• Bonnie Ellison
  (Retired) Director of School-Business-Community Partnerships
  Northside ISD Education Foundation; and formerly Northside ISD Public Information Officer, San Antonio, Texas

• Don Ferguson, APR
  (Retired) Corporate/Consulting PR and NSBA Communications Director
  Palm Springs, Calif.

• Howard Gage
  (Deceased) Public Relations Manager
  Janesville (Wis.) School District

• Barry Gaskins, APR
  (Deceased) Public Information Director
  Pitt County Schools, Greenville, N.C.

• Rick Kaufman, APR
  Executive Director, Community Relations & Emergency Management
  Bloomington (Minn.) Public Schools

• Karen H. Kleinz, APR
  (Retired) Associate Director
  National School Public Relations Association, Rockville, Md.

• Nicole Kirby, APR
  Director of Communication Services
  Park Hill School District, Kansas City, Mo.

• Steve Knagg
  Pinetop Presentations, Garland, Texas
  (Retired) Director of Communications, Garland  ISD, Texas

• Ron Koehler, APR
  Assistant Superintendent, Organizational/Community Relations,
  Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Mich.

• Don Ladd
  (Deceased) Public Relations Director
  Waukesha (Wis.) Public Schools

• Larry Litwin, APR
  (Retired) Associate Professor
  Rowan University, Berlin, N.J

• Mary Ellen Marnholtz
  (Retired) Community Relations Coordinator
  Wausau School District, Wis.

• Ken Muir, Ed.D, APR
  (Retired) Director of Information
  Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Md.

• Micki O’Neil
  Director of Public Relations and Communications
  Ingham Intermediate School District, Mason, Mich.

• Andy Olsen
  (Deceased) Public Relations
  DeKalb County Schools, Stone Mountain, Ga.

• Mary Pat Pfeil
  (Retired) Director, Community Relations
  Wauwatosa (Wis.) School District; and
  Senior Director, Office of Marketing & Communication
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.

• Anne Raymond
  (Deceased) Communications
  Georgia Dept. of Education, Atlanta, Ga

• Harry Roberts, APR
  NSPRA Consultant
  (Retired) Public Relations Manager, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit, Lewisburg, Pa.

• Joseph P. Rowson, APR
  (Deceased) Assistant to Superintendent for Publications & Information
  Lincoln (Neb.) Public Schools; and
  Assistant Vice President for External Affairs/Director of Communications
  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.

• Tom Scheidel
  Public Information Coordinator
  Allegan Area Educational Service Agency 
  Rockford, Mich.

• Mabel Schumacher
  (Retired) Director of Instruction
  Fort Atkinson (Wis.) School District

• Julie Thannum, APR
  Senior Strategic Consultant 
  CESO Communications 
  Southlake, Texas

• Annell Todd, APR
  (Retired) Executive Director
  Texas School Public Relations Association, Austin, Texas