Outstanding Educator
Kari Abbott

Kari Abbott is a classroom volunteer and the volunteer chairperson for the 4-H Junior Master Gardener Project at Virginia Cooperative Extension, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Outstanding Educator
Jane Thornes

Jane Thornes teaches fourth grade at Heyburn Elementary School in St. Maries, Idaho, and uses her own working forest as an outdoor classroom.

Outstanding Educator
Brenda Smith

Brenda Smith teaches fourth grade at Oil City Elementary Magnet School, Oil City, and helped her school become one of Louisiana’s four PLT-certified schools.