Southern Region
Past Regional Awards Recipients
TRUSTEE AWARD
2010 Wendell "Winkie" Williams, South Florida Community College District, FL
2009 Deanne "Dede" Schaffner, Seminole State College of Florida, FL
2008 Stanley M. Edwards, Halifax Community College, NC
2007 Arthur E. Brown, Jr., Technical College of the Lowcountry, SC
2006 Carolyn Price Trident Technical College, SC
2005 William C. Cramer, Jr., Gulf Coast Community College, FL
2004 Thomas D. Keenum, Sr., Northeast Mississippi Community College, MS
2003 W. Richard Johnston, St. Petersburg College, FL
2002 Angus Cotton, Technical College of the Lowcountry, SC
2001 Thomas W. Moore, Jr., Polk Community College, FL
2000 Montez Martin, Trident Technical College, SC
1999 Talmadge Penland, Asheville-Buncombe Tech. Community College, NC
1998 Elsie Childres, Western Piedmont Community College, NC
1997 George Little, Sandhills Community College, NC
1996 Robert C. Wrenn, Virginia State Board for Community Colleges, VA
1995 C. Louis Shields, Coastal Carolina Community College, NC
1994 Joseph H. Lang, Board Chairman, St. Petersburg Junior College, FL
1993 James E. Kirk, Jr., Central Florida Community College, FL
1992 Martin Fine, Miami-Dade Community College, FL
1991 Walter R. Bivins, Hinds Community College, MS
1990 Charles A. Whitehead, Gulf Coast Community College, FL
1989 Frances R. “Dolly” Hand, Palm Beach Community College, FL
1988 Robert W. Harrell, Jr., Former Member, Virginia State Board for CC; Director, Economic and Technology, VA Development, Center- for Innovative Technology, Virginia Community College System, VA
1987 Faye J. Twisdale, Board Chairman, Halifax Community College, NC
1986 Edward “Sandy” Sanders, ACCT Second Vice President: Trustee, Westark Community College, AR
1985 John A. Forline Jr., Member, North Carolina State Board for CC, NC
1984 George G. Tapper, Board Chairman, Gulf Coast Community College District, FL
CEO AWARD
2010 Gwendolyn Stephenson, Hillsborough Community College, FL
2009 Mary Thornley, Trident Technical College, SC
2008 Patricia A. Skinner, Gaston College, NC
2007 Willis H. Lott, Jr., Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS
2006 E. Ann McGee Seminole Community College, FL
2005 Walter G. Bumphus, Louisiana Community & Technical College System, LA
2004 Tony Zeiss, Central Piedmont Community College, NC
2003 Charles R. Dassance, President, Central Florida Community College, FL
2002 Eduardo Padron, District President, Miami-Dade Community College, FL
2001 Clyde Muse, President, Hinds Community College, MS
2000 John Cavin, President, Southside Virginia Community College, VA
1999 Paul Gianini, Jr., President, Valencia Community College, FL
1998 Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., President, St. Petersburg Junior College, FL
1997 Donald Reichard, President, James Sprunt Community College, NC
1996 Ronald K. Lingle, President, Coastal Carolina Community College, NC
1995 Eduardo Padron, President, Miami-Dade Community College-Wolfson, FL
1994 Barry L. Mellinger, President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS
1993 Joseph W. Grimsley, President, Richmond Community College, NC
1992 W. O. Benjamin, President, Itawamba Community College, MS
1991 Robert Craig Allen, President, Fayetteville Technical Community College, NC
1990 James L. Hudgins, President, Midlands Technical College, SC
1989 Bruce I. Howell, President, Wake Technical Community College, NC
1987 James L. Henderson, Jr., President, Coastal Carolina Community College, NC
1986 Jeff Hockaday, Chancellor, Virginia Community College System, VA
1985 Robert W. Scott, State President, State Department of Community Colleges, NC
FACULTY MEMBER AWARD
2010 Erik Christensen, South Florida Community College District, FL
2009 Gayle Greene-Aguirre, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS
2008 Mary Ann Kohli, Trident Technical College, SC
2007 Karla S. Smith, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS
2006 Gilda Rubio-Festa Central Piedmont Community College, NC
2005 William Keith Goree, St. Petersburg College, FL
2004 Bobby Cooper, Hinds Community College District, MS
2003 Lucille Roth, Technical College of the Lowcountry, SC
2002 Pamila J. Silvers, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, NC
2001 Terry Whisnat, Southside Virginia Community College, VA
2000 Carol Holley, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College District, MS
1999 Bill Jordan, Seminole Community College, FL
1998 Robert Tyndall, Forsyth Technical College, NC
1997 Janice Stoudemire, Midlands Technical College, SC
1996 Richard D. Semmler, Northern Virginia Community College, VA
1995 Vashti Muse, Hinds Community College, MS
1994 John R. Long, Midlands Technical College, SC
1993 Susan A. Smith, Midlands Technical College, SC
1992 Sandra Y. Etheridge, Gulf Coast Community College, FL
1991 Lou Cleveland, Chipola Junior College, FL
1990 Peggy McClure, Midlands Technical College, SC
1989 Allen C. Hamlin (ACCT Past-Chair), Palm Beach Community College, FL
1987 Laura Buffaloe, Halifax Community College, NC
1984 Kenneth Alfers, Mountain View College, TX
PROFESSIONAL BOARD STAFF MEMBER AWARD
2010 Natalie Gamble, Trident Technical College, SC
2009 Bridget Megronigle, Midlands Technical College, SC
2008 Wanda C. Brown, Randolph Community College, NC
2007 Ann M. Kiser, Stanly Community College, NC
2006 Gloria Breland, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS
2005 N/A
EQUITY AWARD
2010 St. Petersburg College, FL
2009 Midlands Technical College, SC
2008 Miami Dade College, FL
2007 N/A
2006 Hillsborough Community College, FL
2005 N/A
2002 Halifax Community College, NC