MACTA Award Recipients
Spring 2019
Outstanding Partner
John Baxter
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
Outstanding CTE Educator
Mary Berg
Workbased Learning Coordinator
Makator Area Public Schools
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Heather Gleason
South Central Workforce Council
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Jean Rakun
CTE/Perkins Coordinator
Wayzata Public Schools
Fall 2018
Spring 2018
Outstanding Partner
Jinny Riemann
Workforce Development
Outstanding Partner
Robb Lowe
Normandale Community College
Outstanding CTE Educator
Brigid Shea
Support Services Facilitator
Northeast Metro
Fall 2017
Outstanding Partner
Outstanding CTE Educator
Outstanding Postsecondary CTE Educator
Outstanding Administrator
Spring 2017
Outstanding Partner
Alicia Hill
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Tina Jones
Outstanding CTE Educator
Paul Wilson
Fall 2016
Outstanding Partner
Senator Greg Clausen
Outstanding Partner
Jim Russ
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Luann Bartley
Outstanding CTE Educator
Kent Montgomery
Spring 2016
Outstanding Partner
John Stenz
FORCE America
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Rob Lowe
Normandale Community & Technical College
Outstanding CTE Educator
Jeannine Bauman
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
Eveleth-Gilbert School District
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Deanne DeGraff
NE Metro School District
Fall 2015
Outstanding Partner
Keith Johnson
Carver County Jail
Outstanding Partner
Michael Sodomka, Principal
Humboldt High School, St. Paul Schools
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Bekah Kent
St. Paul Schools Advisory Board Member
Outstanding CTE Educator
Scott Tordeur
Teacher at Wayzata High School
Spring 2015
Outstanding Partner
Todd Reimann, CEO
MTU Onsite Energy
Outstanding Partner
Anne Danielson
Minnesota Department of Education
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Valerie Hau and Catharine Shay
3M
Outstanding CTE Educator
Shelly Streich
Business Education
Eden Prairie School District
Outstanding CTE Educator
Allison Zaccardi
Family and Consumer Science
St. Paul School District
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Julie Halverson
Osseo School District
Fall 2014
June 2014
Fall 2013
Outstanding Partner
Bonnie Wendt
Minnesota Dept of Health
Outstanding CTE Educator
Bill Garceau
St. Cloud Area School Dist. 742
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Sandy Fabian
St. Cloud Technical & Community College
ACTE Region III Career Guidance Award
Jayne Greeney-Schill
St. Cloud Area School Dist. 742
Spring 2013
Outstanding Partner/Educator
Erick Lehet
Math Coach
916 Intermediate Distrct
Outstanding CTE Educator
Mary Jorieson
Carver Scott Educational Cooperative
Outstanding CTE Partner
Shirley Beil
Normandale Community & Technical College
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Julie Warner
Wright Technical Center
Great River Consortium
Fall 2012
Outstanding CTE Educator
Greg Foster
Industrial Techology & Pre-Engineering
Virginia Schools ISD 706
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Outstanding CTE Partner
Debra Blahosky
Administrative Support Staff
Minnesota Dept of Education
Fall 2010
Outstanding CTE Educator
David Dettmann
Criminal Justice Instructor
Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Outstanding CTE Partner
Jennifer Polz
Director of Minnesota SkillsUSA
Spring 2010
Outstanding CTE Administrator
Sue Boehland
Freshwater Consortium
Outstanding CTE Educator
Anne Runck
Dist 287
Outstanding CTE Partner
Don Carlson
North Hennepin Community College
MACTA President's Award
Kathy Jo Haugan
MACTA Treasurer
Fall 2009
Outstanding Administrator
Mary Messimer
Outstanding Educator
Wrenetta Dietz
FACS Teacher
Eden Prairie High School
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Paul McIntyre
Gold Cross Ambulance
Outstanding Partner
Lawerence Colaizy
Minnesota Dept of Health
Spring 2009
Outstanding Administrator
Cindy Walters
Carver Scott Educational Cooperative
Outstanding Educator
Debra Shellum
FACS Teacher
Elk River High School
Outstanding Partner
Alyssa Klein
Transtion Specialist, Pathways to Employment
MN Dept of Employment & Economic Development
MACTA President's Award
Inger Wegener
Career & Technical Education Specialist
Lakes Country Service Cooperative
Winter 2009
Outstanding Educator
Candy Lee
Business Education Teacher
Wayzata H.S., Wayzata, MN
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Glen Lacher
Specialty Tool and Engineering
Outstanding Partner
Care Committee
Rochester Community & Technical College
Spring 2008
Outstanding Administrator
Chris Miller
Career and Technical Education Coordinator
Oakland Cooperative Center
Outstanding Educator
Kathy Ellefson
Elk River High School
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
JoEllen Johnson
St. Benedict's Senior Community, St. Cloud
Outstanding Partner
Marty Gergen
Pulte Homes, Eagen
Spring 2007
Outstanding Administrator
Truman Jackson
Outstanding CTE Educator
June Ballow
Outstanding Advisory Board Member
Outstanding Partner
James R. Stone III