EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

YEAR	​NAME	LEA
1987	Gary Moore	Union County
1988	Frank Bowen	Yadkin County
1989	John Mitchell	Bertie County
1990	Neil Brown	Cumberland County
1991	Roger Burkett	Kinston City
1992	Richard Reid	Rowan-Salisbury
1993	George Askew	Bertie County
1994	Robert Bullock	Beaufort County
1995	Jeff Estridge	Richmond County
1996	William Whitaker	Martin County
1997	Carson Smiling	Scotland County
1998	Rebecca Hughes	Randolph County
1999	Nancy Taylor	Mooresville Graded School District
2000	Robin Pearson	Scotland County
2001	Susan Broggi	Craven County
2002	Roger Troutman	Rowan-Salisbury
2003	Tom Ireland	Craven County
2004	Randy Roller	Scotland County
2005	Tina Curry	Northampton County
2006	Lawrence Beacham	Beaufort County
2007	Reggie Long	Moore County
2008	Kristie Keener-Payne	Haywood County
2009	No Submission	No Submission
2010	Johnny Lane	Elizabeth City / Pasquotank
2011	Michael Austin	Rowan- Salisbury
2012	No Submission	No Submission
2013	Wes Lee	Haywood County
2014	Carl Jobe	Guilford County
2015	No Submission	No Submission
2016	Donna Fields	Cumberland County
2017	Elbert Purvis	Nash Rocky Mount
2018	Sue Farmer	Wilson County
2019	Raymond Bowles	Davie County
2020	No Submission	No Submission
2021	Sherry McGowan	Caswell County
2022	Doug Dixon	Surry County
2023	No Submission	No Submission
2024	No Submission	No Submission
2025	Kent Barker	Wilkes County
2026
2027

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

​YEAR	​NAME	​LEA
1987	Howard Jennings	Orange County
1988	Jimmie Williams	Kinston City
1989	Tom Perry	Bertie County
1990	Henry Shore	Yadkin County
1991	Jerry Kirkman	Union County
1992	Jim Barber	Richmond County
1993	Clyde Roberson	Beaufort County
1994	Earl Purkerson	Nash Rocky Mount
1995	Kerry McLawhorn	Scotland County
1996	Zach Gurkin	Martin County
1997	Larry Edwards	Mooresville Graded School District
1998	Tommy Haymore	Surry County
1999	Ron Mack	Elkin City
2000	Julius "Butch" Bivens	Rowan-Salisbury
2001	Walter Powers	Moore County
2002	Mike Florence	Craven County
2003	Ted Norman	Haywood County
2004	Kermit Holland	Duplin County
2005	Tom Evans	Davie County
2006	Jerry Hatchett	Caswell County
2007	David Coker	Edgecombe County
2008	Jim Reuter	Nash Rocky Mount
2009	Chip Irby	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
2010	No Submission	No Submission
2011	Willie Hofler	Gates County
2012	No Submission	No Submission
2013	No Submission	No Submission
2014	Kevin Sandlin	Clinton City
2015	Mark Letchworth	Wilson County
2016	Kenneth Richardson	Ashe County
2017	No Submission	No Submission
2018	Kevin Perdue	Vance County
2019	Joe Buchanan	Haywood County
2020	No Submission	No Submission
2021	Michael Spillman	Davie County
2022	Ronald Moore	Duplin County
2023	Greg Woodard	Wilson County
2024	Jerome Williams	Craven County
2025	Jeff Adams	Yadkin County
2026
2027