Education Level

Outstanding Educator
Beatrice Long

Beatrice (Bea) Long teaches eighth grade science at Seabrook Intermediate School, Seabrook, Texas, and is a science teacher mentor at the Environmental Institute of Houston.

Outstanding Educator
Lucy Diggins-Wold

Lucy Diggins-Wold is an information and education specialist with Wyoming Game & Fish in Green River, a mainstay for PLT Wyoming, and dedicated environmental educator.

Outstanding Educator
Jay Schneider

Jay Schneider is a naturalist and interpreter at Lake Fort Smith State Park in Mountainburg, Arkansas, who helped incorporate PLT in all state park programming.

Outstanding Educator
Michael Mansour

Michael Mansour is a naturalist and environmental educator who uses PLT in many programs at Hawk Woods Nature Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Outstanding Educator
Jeannine May

Jeannine May is a 25-year veteran of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service who serves as a public affairs officer in Jackson, Mississippi.

Outstanding Educator
Jonathan Nute

Jonathan Nute is a forest resources extension educator at the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension in Hillsborough County who trains teachers in PLT.

Outstanding Educator
Deborah Todd

Deborah Todd, a fifth grade language arts and science teacher at Slate Hill Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio, also serves on the Ohio PLT Board.

Outstanding Educator
Pam Wilson

Pam Wilson is a K-8 substitute teacher and facilitator with the Oregon Natural Resources Program in Corvallis who introduces PLT to pre-service teachers.

Outstanding Educator
Hilary Hargrove

Hilary Hargrove teaches science and honors ecology to grades 9-12 at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and advises her school’s Envirothon team.