Award Winners

COEEA Award Winners
2021
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Environmental Educator of the Year Wendy Miller
Outstanding Organization of the Year The Connecticut Land Conservation Council
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Herb Virgo
2020
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Environmental Educator of the Year Emily Picard
Outstanding Organization of the Year The Rockfall Foundation
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Doris Johnson
2019
Environmental Educator of the Year Melissa Gibbons
Outstanding Organization of the Year Winding Trails
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Jennifer Bradshaw
2018
Environmental Educator of the Year Rebecca Holcomb
Outstanding Organization of the Year Larry Marsicano
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Natural Resources Conservation Academy
2017
(no awards given this year in lieu of Fall 2016 NEEEA Awards)
2016
NEEEA awards:
Nonformal Educator of the Year Laurel Kohl
Formal Educator of the Year Cicy Po
Maria Pirie Environmental
Education Program of the Year Natural Resources Conservation Academy
2015
Excellence in Environmental Education Edwin Matthews
Excellence in Environmental Education Francesca Cristofaro Williams
Outstanding Organization of the Year New Canaan Nature Center Preschool
2014
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Kennan Poulakos
Outstanding Organization of the Year Student Garden Resource Center