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

Margaret-Adjoga-Otu

Newark Public Schools

2020 Awards and Scholarship Winners

Wil Mara

ISTE "Making IT Happen"

Samantha Bremekamp

Shrewsbury Borough School; Shrewsbury

Lifetime Membership

Fran King

Standing Conference Committee

Outstanding Administrator

Roger León, Superintendent

Newark Public Schools

President’s Award

Angela Crockett Coxen

Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist

Iveth Mollinedo

Cliffside Park School District

Beth Willoughby

Dunellen Public Schools

2019

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

LaDawna Harrington

Millburn High School, Millburn

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

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