School Board Member Recognition
Outstanding School Board of the Year
Every year, AASB awards one Alaskan School Board the Outstanding School Board of the Year award. The Outstanding School Board Award is designed to reflect and honor a school board’s involvement in Board Standards. School Boards should self-nominate for this award. Selection is made by the AASB Awards Committee. This award is presented at the Annual Conference awards luncheon.
Outstanding School Board of the Year Winners
2023 – Delta/Greely School District
2022 – Southwest Region School District
2021 – Yukon-Koyukuk School District
2020 – Lower Kuskokwim School District
2019 – Anchorage School District
2018 – North Slope Borough School District
2017 – Cordova City School District
2016 – Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
2015 – Kodiak Island Borough School District
2014 – Delta Greely School District
2013 – Kodiak Island Borough School District
2012 – Unalaska School District
2011 – Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
2010 – Northwest Arctic Borough School District
2009 – North Slope Borough School District
2008 – Aleutians East Borough School District
2007 – Copper River School District
2006 – Unalaska City School District
2005 – Denali Borough School District
2004 – Anchorage School District
2001 – Sitka School District
2000 – Delta Greely School District
Carl Rose Governance Award
The AASB Board of Directors honored Carl Rose in 2013 by naming the organization’s leadership training program for school members for him after his retirement. Rose was the Executive Director of AASB from 1987 until 2013. During those 26 years, he participated in every major education debate and reform in K-12 education and reshaped AASB into a full-service, statewide, non-profit organization whose motto is “Advocates for Alaska’s Youth.”
The Carl Rose Governance Award (previously the Outstanding Board Member Of The Year, renamed in 2013) is presented to an outstanding school board member each year at the AASB Annual Conference. The individual receiving the Carl Rose Governance Award is recognized for their commitment, dedication, and accomplishments as a locally elected school board member. Board members can be nominated by their school board and superintendent for consideration of this award. Selection is made by the AASB Awards Committee. This award is presented at the Annual Conference awards banquet.
Carl Rose Governance Award Winners
2023 – Barb Jewell, Cordova School District
2022 – David Totemoff, Chugach School District
2021 – No Nominees
2020 – Margaret Hansen, Northwest Arctic SD
2019 – Frankie Graham, Chugach SD
2018 – Clarence Daniel, Lower Kuskokwim SD
2017 – Vernon Carison, Denali Borough SD
2016 – Peter Hopfner, Cordova SD
2015 – Roy Nageak, North Slope Borough SD
2014 – Lon Garrison, Sitka SD
2013 – Ignatius Chayalkun, Kashunamiut SD
2012 – Brad Reich, Northwest Arctic Borough SD
2011 – Tammy Pound, Unalaska City SD
2010 – Charlene Arneson, Chugach SD
2009 – Arnold Brower, North Slope Borough SD
2008 – Richard Mauer, Delta Greely SD
2007 – Wayne Morgan, Kuspuk SD
2006 – Beth Betts, Copper River SD
2005 – Helena Jones 2004 Ray Collins
2003 – Rick Kniaziowski
2002 – Debra Mullins
2001 – Peggy Robinson
2000 – Mary-Ann Gross
1999 – Debbie Osslander
1998 – Marilyn Leahy
1997 – Norman Wooten
1996 – Archie Brower
1995 – Paul Brendible, Jr.
1994 – Betty Obendorf
1993 – Shirly Jackson
1992 – Percy Frisby
1991 – Richard J Anderson
1990 – Jean Buchanan
1989 – Alice Knowles
1988 – Sally Smith
1987 (Urban) – Gene Redden
1987 (Rural) – Leo Morgan
1986 – Carole Huntington
1985 – Marlene Johnson
1984 – Carolyn Cannava