SNA Award Winners 2017 National SNA Award Winners Employee of the Year Award Vicky Lafferty, Carroll County Public Schools, Maryland Manager of the Year Treasa Markle, Carroll County Public Schools, Maryland Director of the Year Mark Bordeau, SNS, Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services, New York 2017 Regional and State SNA Award Winners Employee of the Year MIDEAST REGION: Janie Hawkins, West Virginia Vicky Lafferty, Maryland April Tremonti, Michigan MIDWEST REGION: Lisa Hammond, Wisconsin Krystal Schaetz, Minnesota NORTHEAST REGION Theresa Edwards, New Hampshire Christina Hartman, Massachusetts Jamie Rojas, New Jersey SOUTHEAST REGION Linda Alvey, Florida Poilette Colbourne, Georgia Trish Dawson, Kentucky Sherry Gill, Virginia Francis Riggs, North Carolina SOUTHWEST REGION Gayle Hotchkiss, Colorado Atonia Isenhower, Oklahoma Marsha Schultz, Kansas WEST REGION Connie Cummings, Utah *Regional winners are bold italicized. Manager of the Year MIDEAST REGION Lisa Allor, Michigan Ruth Arnold, Delaware Deb Carper, Indiana Treasa Markle, Maryland Ginni Vaccaro, Ohio Karen Warinksy, West Virginia MIDWEST REGION Linda Ammann, Wisconsin Catherine Hoops, Nebraska Stacey Kindred, Missouri Teresa Parlapiano, Illinois Janet Schmidt, Minnesota NORTHEAST REGION Dianne Ferguson, Massachusetts Jennifer Jones, New Hampshire Christine Lauber, New York Lori Markloff, Pennsylvania NORTHWEST REGION Kathy Carpenter, Idaho SOUTHEAST REGION Tamecka Crawford, Georgia Christi Fink, Alabama Kathy Harmon, Tennessee Connie Irby, Florida Vicky Messer, North Carolina Cynthia Tichner, Virginia Melissa Walters, Kentucky SOUTHWEST REGION Anita Feldhausen, Kansas Kevin Huffman, Oklahoma Tracy Steinbrecher, Colorado WEST REGION Michelle Jerome, New Mexico DeLona Wuthrich, Utah *Regional winners are bold italicized. Director of the Year MIDEAST REGION Debbie Derico, SNS Marshall County Schools West Virginia Jill Riggs Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation Indiana MIDWEST REGION Michael Gasper Holmen School District Wisconsin Mary Jo Lange, SNS Red Lake Independent School District #38 Minnesota NORTHEAST REGION Mark Bordeau, SNS Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services New York Doris Demers Oyster River School District New Hampshire Maria Hall, SNS Walpole School District Massachusetts David Roberts Maine School Administrative District #52 Maine NORTHWEST REGION Carmen Griffith Orofino Joint School District 171 Idaho SOUTHEAST REGION Jeremy Berry, SNS Lincoln County School District Mississippi Maria Eunice, SNS Alachua County School District Florida Karen Gibson, SNS Wayne County Schools Kentucky Francine (Elizabeth) Ivery, SNS Washington County Public Schools Virginia Cleta Long, SNS Bibb County School District Georgia Ashley Powell, SNS Auburn City School District Alabama Sherry Williams, SNS Alexander County Schools North Carolina SOUTHWEST REGION Melissa Bryan Copperas Cove Independent School District Texas Jayci Dalton, SNS Spring Hill School District Kansas Verleta Eckels Alva Public Schools Oklahoma Deanna Gilbert Hope School District Arkansas Rick Hughes, SNS Colorado Springs School District 11 Colorado WEST REGION Nancy Cathey Las Cruces Public Schools New Mexico Brenda Robinson Bakersfield City School District California Sebasthian Varas, SNS Canyons School District Utah *Regional winners are bold italicized. Previous National Winners 2016 Employee of the Year Award Patricia Embry, Hurricane Deck Elementary, Missouri 2016 Manager of the Year Award, inhonor of Louise Sublette Bonnie Schmidt, Morris Area High School in Morris Area Schools, Minnesota 2016 Director of the Year Award Lucretia Chancler, MS, LDN, RD, SNS, St. Landry Parish School System, Louisiana 2015 Employee of the Year Award Ann Roberson, Pierce County High School, Georgia 2015 Manager of the Year Award, inhonor of Louise Sublette Liz Randall, SNS, Wayzata Public Schools, Minnesota 2015 Director of the Year Award Leah Schmidt, SNS, Hickman Mills C-1 School District, Missouri 2015 Industry Member of the Year Award Tracey Tinder, ConAgra Foodservice 2014 National Heart of the Program Award Brenda Thompson, Palm Springs Unified School District, California 2014 National Louise Sublette Award of Excellence in School Nutrition Gail Gramling,Torrance USD, California 2014 National Outstanding Director of the Year Award Lauren Teng, SNS, Huntington Beach Union High School District, California 2013 National Heart of the Program Award Dawn Lehmann, Simpson Elementary, Missouri 2013 National Louise Sublette Award of Excellence in School Nutrition Beth Freeman, Harford County Public Schools, Maryland 2013 National Outstanding Director of the Year Award Angela Haney, Los Lunas Schools, New Mexico 2012 National Heart of the Program Award Kathie Sardeson, Lassen View Elementary School, California 2012 National Louise Sublette Award of Excellence in School Nutrition Mitzi Marshall, Southern Elementary School, Kentucky 2012 National Outstanding Director of the Year Award Sherri Knutson, SNS, Rochester Public Schools, Minnesota 2011 National Heart of the Program Award Sheila Garmon, Factory Shoals Elementary, Georgia 2011 National Louise Sublette Award of Excellence in School Nutrition Gara Sanborn, Coastal Ridge Elementary School, Maine 2011 National Outstanding Director of the Year Award Lyman Graham, Roswell Independent School District, Carlsbad Municipal Schools & Dexter Consolidated Schools, New Mexico