The Pat B. Moore Outstanding Auxiliary Educator of the Year Finalists Brandy H. Powell, PLC Coach, Bethel Grove Elementary School Kimberly S. Wooten, Administrative Assistant, A. Maceo Walker Middle School James F. Hughes, Professional Asbestos Technician, Shelby County Schools Rev. Dr. Eddie Marcel Jones, Human Resources/Recruitment and Staffing, Shelby County Schools The John W. White Outstanding Principal and the Sara L. Lewis Outstanding School of the Year Finalists James Bacchus, Principal, Hamilton High School Dr. Bradley K. Breeden, Principal, White Station Elementary School Dr. Anniece Gentry, Principal, Dunbar Elementary School Debra D. Martin, Principal, Downtown Elementary Optional School The Ophelia Watson Flowers Outstanding Program of the Year Finalists Walking in Authority Ministries, Delcy West Jones, CEO School Security Special Response Unit, Marvin M. Stepter, Mobile Patrol Officer Yale Road Learning Center of Memphis, Veronica Finnie, CEO and Founder Project Altitude: STEM Transportation Career Education Program, Shirley Blache, Founder The Willie W. Herenton Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year Finalists Dr. Elizabeth P. Martin, Retired Administrator, Legacy Memphis City Schools Clarence Jones, Retired Middle School Educator, Legacy Memphis City Schools Shirley Batts, Retired Educator, Legacy Memphis City Schools Lois Sargent, Retired High School Educator, Legacy Memphis City Schools The Jimmy Delnoah Williams Friend to Education Award of the Year Finalists David M. Payne, CEO, David M. Payne Producations Early Drane and Hamilton Class of 1969 Flo Roach, Songwriter, Director, Producer, Educator Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson, Senior Publicist, NEWSCENE, the new online publication where NEWS is SEEN The Kiwayna and Trennie Lanier Williams Outstanding Parent of the Year Award Finalists Albert and Natasha Patterson, Whitehaven High School Dr. Ron and Joyce Davis, Houston High School and West Collierville Middle School Dr. Gwendolyn Cowan Flowers, Family Matriarch, LeMoyne-Owen College Solomon and Sipia Hatley, Ridgeway High School The Ruby J. Payne Outstanding Author of the Year Award Finalists Dr. Rachell N. Anderson, Licensed Clinical Psychologist/Professor Emeritus “American Made: The Heart of a Healer” Charlie Crenshaw IV, Children’s Author, Poet, Speaker “Charlie the Time Traveler: A Future Memphis” Ella Rose Oji, Adult Author, Health Consultant, Entrepreneur “Caring for Your Skin - Naturally” Mabra Holeyfield, Adult Author, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur “Use What You Got” 13
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