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2022 Awards and Scholarship Winners

Author/Illustrator of the Year
Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant
ISTE "Making IT Happen"
Tara Cooper Weiss
Wayne Township Public Schools
Lifetime Membership
Mary Jane McNally
Bernards Township
Outstanding Administrator
Donna E. Calabrese
Cliffside Park School District
President’s Award
Joyce Kasman Valenza
Rutgers University
Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist
Gabrielle M. Casieri
Lawrence Township Public Schools
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Jessica L. Piazza
Harmony Township, Phillipsburg
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Beth Thomas
Summit Public Schools

2021 Awards and Scholarship Winners

Author/Illustrator of the Year
Daniel Kirk
Lifetime Membership
Karen Brill
Awards Committee Chair
Outstanding Administrator
Nina Obryk, Supervisor of Professional Development and Media
Sayreville Public Schools
President’s Award
Angela Crockett Coxen
Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist
Jennifer Latimer
South Orange & Maplewood School District
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Skye Silverstein
Cherry Hill Public Schools
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Margaret-Adjoga-Otu
Newark Public Schools


2021 Awards and Scholarship Winners

Author/Illustrator of the Year

Wil Mara

ISTE "Making IT Happen" 

Samantha Bremenkamp

Shrewsbury Borough School

Lifetime Membership

Fran King, Standing Conference Committee

Outstanding Administrator

Roger Leon, Superintendent

Newark Public Schools

President's Award

Angela Crocket Coxen

Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist

Iveth Mollinedo

Cliffside Park School District

Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship

Beth Willoughby

Dunellen Public Schools

2019 Awards and Scholarship Winners

President’s Award
Jean Stock
Larchmont Elementary School, Mount Laurel
Ruth Toor Outstanding Library Media Specialist of the Year
Elizabeth Willoughby
John P. Faber School, Dunellen
Intellectual Freedom Award
Martha Hickson
North Hunterdon High School
North Hunterdon - Vorhees Regional High School District
Outstanding Administrator of the Year
Dr. Joseph N. Meloche, Superintendent
Cherry Hill Public School District
Author - Illustrator of the Year 
Brian Lies
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Donna Swift
Irwin Elementary School, East Brunswick
“Making IT Happen” ISTE Award
Jennifer Latimer
Clinton Elementary School, Maplewood


2018

President’s Award

LaDawna Harrington
Millburn High School, Millburn
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Casey Jane Schaffer
Francis S, DeMasi Elementary and Middle School 
Evesham Township School District
Library Media Specialist of the Year
Joan Vicari
Ocean City High School, Ocean City
"Making IT Happen"
Stephen Cullis
Randolph High School, Randolph
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Tara Collins
Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn
Author/Illustrator of the Year Award
Wendy Mass
Lifetime Membership
Pat Massey
Library Assistant Award
Kathy Pettit
Whitehall School, Williamstown 


2017
President’s Award
Joanne Roukens
LibraryLinkNJ, Piscataway
Author- Illustrator of the Year 
David Lubar
Library Media Specialist of the Year
Mary Lewis
Kawameeh Middle School, Union
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Monica Dennler
Eastampton Community School, Eastampton Township 
Administrator of the Year
Mary Albanese
Jersey City Public Schools
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Jessica Volk
Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Edison
Exemplary Advocate of School Libraries Award
New Jersey Library Association


2016

President’s Award
Amy Rominiecki
Seneca High School, Tabernacle
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Beth Thomas and Megan Hartley
Lawton C. Johnson  Middle School, Summit
Library Media Specialist of the Year
Stephanie Singer
Readington Middle School, Readington Township
Administrator of the Year
Keith Brook
Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill
Author- Illustrator of the Year Award
Trinka Hakes Noble
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Elizabeth Quinn
Littleton Elementary School, Parsippany-Troy Hills
Library Assistant of the Year
Cindy Petrocelli
T. Baldwin Demarest School, Old Tappan


2015

President’s Award

Karen Brill
Lenox Elementary School, Pompton Lakes
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program
Jennifer Latimer Clinton Elementary School, South Orange Maplewood
Administrator of the Year
Daniel Moran
Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick
Library Assistant of the Year
Maryann Van Lenten
Clara B. Worth School, Bayville
Library Volunteer of the Year
Robert Daub
Middle School of Pleasantville, Pleasantville
“Making IT Happen” ISTE Award
Deborah Goetjen
William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Elizabeth Ullrich
Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River


2014

ISTE Making it Happen Award
Renee Rogers, Hamilton Township High School East
Library Assistant of the Year
Karen Noggle, Newton High School
Nominated by: Wendy Whipple
Library Volunteer of the Year Award
Jackie Smiley Edwards, Maurice Hawk Elementary School
Nominated by: Sue Ferguson
NJ Center for the Book Miss Rumphius Award
Jennifer Jamison, Atlantic City High School
NJASL Outstanding Author or Illustrator Award
Carol Plum-Ucci
Outstanding Administrator of the Year
Mindy Milavsky, Lawrence Middle School
Nominated by: Eileen R. Cramer, School Librarian
Outstanding Media Specialist of the Year
Renee Rogers, Hamilton Township High School East
List of Statement Support: Mr. F.A. Ingargiola, Principal, Steinert High School
President’s Award
Fran King
Villy Ghandi Leadership Training Scholarship
Deborah Schiano, Madison Junior School


2013

Exemplary Advocate of School Libraries Award
Philip Berg, Executive Director of BELS Consortium, nominated by Kathleen Maynes
ISTE Making IT Happen Award
Elissa Malespina, South Orange/Maplewood
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Award
sponsored by Green Valley
Elissa Malespina, South Orange/Maplewood
Library Assistant of the Year Award
Gayle Luderitz, George L. Hess Educational Complex, nominated by Janet Yunghans and
Kristen Mulraney
Library Volunteer of the Year Awards
June Granito, Sicomac School, nominated by Patricia Noble
James Lowden, Horace Mann School Library, nominated by Diane Oeasau
Lifetime Memberships
Connie Hitchcock Madeline Ianni Nina Kemps
Dagmar Finkle Mary Jane Smith Pam Chesky
Leslie Blatt Mildred Younger Susan Heinis
NJASL Future Leader Awards
Sara Reichel
Melody Townley
NJASL Outstanding Author or Illustrator Award
Linda Bozzo
Outstanding Administrator of the Year Award
Dr. Johanna S. Ruberto, Ed.D., Superintendent of The Manville School District, Nominated
by Fifi Germano, Irene Hayden and Cynthia Cohrs-Brandt
Outstanding Media Specialist of the Year
Monica Dennler, Eastampton Community School, nomination by Shayne Russell
President's Award
Pat Massey
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Christina Cucci, Reynolds School


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