Celebrate the legacy of a friend, colleague, or mentor by making a gift to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
The individuals listed on the Tribute Wall below have been honored through legacy campaigns that raised at least $500.
To organize a legacy campaign for someone special, contact us at [email protected].
Harry Dahl is honored with the 2026 CEC Legacy Proclamation, presented posthumously, in recognition of his extraordinary leadership, lifelong service, and lasting contributions to the field of special...
Read more >In 2025, donors honored and remembered educators, mentors, and loved ones whose impact continues to inspire the field of special education.
Updated January 26, 2026
| Tim Asip, honored by Michael Asip |
| Tanya Biami, honored by Jenna Backinger |
| David Binko, honored by Lori Binko |
| Julie Bost, honored by Laura Williams |
| Greg Boyce, honored by M.E. Mildenberg |
| Michael P. Brady, honored by Jessica Bucholz |
| Ellen Brantlinger, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Brian R. Bryant, honored by Diane Pedrotty Bryant |
| Janith Marie Bullard, honored by Patricia Udovich |
| Margaret "Meg" Kelly Carroll, honored by Wendy Gonzales |
| Lisa Case, honored by Elizabeth A. Hager |
| James A. Carver, honored by Shelley Cook |
| Dannielle Craft, honored by Claire Chambers |
| Caleb Chiariello, honored by Cynthia E. Chiariello |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Andrea D. Jasper |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Kathleen Puckett |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Lorrane McPherson |
| Mildred Cole, honored by Sharon Denise Cole-Braxton |
| Naomi Neal Conover, honored by Gwendecka Conover |
| Lynne Cook, honored by Wendy Murawski |
| Cheryl Elise Crain, honored by Celeste D.C. Sodergren |
| Gregg Corr, honored by Cynthia O. Vail |
| Chris Craig, honored by Vicki Craig |
| Kamron Daliri, honored by Robyn Daliri |
| Nancy Damrow, honored by Tina Taylor |
| Nicholas H. Davis, honored by Rachel Davis |
| Stan Deno, honored by Mitchell Yell |
| Dominic, honored by Jamie Currie |
| Josh Duncan, honored by Sheila Wilkinson |
| Donna Edwards, honored by Ruby Owiny |
| Lisa Fitzpatrick, honored by Julie Bost |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Leemor Katz |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Mark and Peggy Swerdlick |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Debra Fazzolari |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Linda Friedman |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Jennifer Swerdlik |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Barry Duke |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Marcy OBrien |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Sari Kovitz |
| Adrienne Sue Fuchs, honored by Barbara Schwartz |
| Lis Gets, honored by Cathy L. Costello |
| Paul Gorsky, honored by Sarah Gorsky King |
| E. Patricia Herbin, honored by Fonda L. Robinson |
| Raymond F. Heyd, honored by Alison Brown |
| Linda Hickson, honored by Anne Spillane |
| Mildred Higgins, honored by Aeneid H. Mason |
| Billy Hoebler, honored by Karen M. Diegelmann |
| Vivian Theresa Jenna, honored by Marie & Russell Genna |
| Vivian Theresa Jenna, honored by Allisen Asercion |
| Vivian Theresa Jenna, honored by Anne Marie Francesco |
| Will, my favorite kid, honored by Lindsey Benet Crowe Griffin |
| Giselle Martin Kniep, honored by Lisa Boerum |
| Mark Eric Kruger, honored by Donald Ferenci |
| Mark Eric Kruger, honored by Patricia Guerin Frascati |
| Mark Eric Kruger, honored by Karen F. Buyofsky |
| Jennifer Lesh, honored by My Allie's Place |
| Jennifer Lesh, honored by Rosalind Hall |
| Concetta Lewis, honored by Abby Cypher |
| Concetta Lewis, honored by Wanda Miller |
| Concetta Lewis, honored by Lisa Haney |
| Concetta Lewis, honored by Raleigh Sadlier |
| John Wills Lloyd, honored by Elizabeth Talbott |
| Susan Long, honored by Terry Long |
| Leslie Longpre, honored by Claire Chambers |
| Kerri Manning, honored by Leigh Abromavage |
| Virginia Matish, honored by Danitsa Finch |
| Dottie Mazullo, honored by Jennifer Cordivari |
| Natalie McMillian, honored by Emily Harber Williams |
| Mary E. McLemore, honored by D. Dawn Kinard |
| James McLeskey, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Kimberly Mitchell, honored by Vittoria Jimerson |
| Aneta Mitroi, honored by Camelia Rosca |
| Jermaine Newsome, Jr., honored by Vitza Brown |
| Cindi Nixon, honored by Elizabeth Magee |
| Cindi Nixon, honored by Susan S. Thomas |
| A and O, honored by Britta Saltonstall |
| Kate Pacitto, honored by Daniel Wiser |
| Kelly Perras, honored by Cindy Perras |
| Addie Ann Strickland Phillips, honored by Robanne Stading |
| James M. Povio, honored by Patricia Povio |
| Kennedy Children's Center GYO Program, honored by Jeanne Alter |
| Linda Ridall, honored by Monica Reaves |
| Kristen Ritchey, honored by Elizabeth A. Hager |
| Brianna Romano, honored by Angela Romano |
| Wendy Rosenthal, honored by Alison Rosenthal Paniagua |
| Lori Russell, honored by Leigh Abromavage |
| Joanne Shenberger, honored by Tamara Guo |
| Kenneth Sherrill, honored by James Jerry Amodeo |
| Rebecca Silverman, honored by Elizabeth A. Hager |
| Deborah Speece, honored by Elizabeth A. Hager |
| Sally Spencer, honored by Wendy Murawski |
| Sally Spencer, honored by Sue P. Sears |
| Sophena Silver, honored by Erin C. Reilly Stroka |
| Marilyn Joan Siewert-Panagiotou, honored by Pauline Schneider |
| Addison Tams, honored by Shannon Manigault |
| Jennifer Tong, honored by Barbara J. Melnychuk |
| Barbara Tymitz-Wolf, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Ankitha Valdez, honored by Elizabeth Meraz-Valdez |
| Daniel P. Hallahan, honored by E. Paula Crowley |
| Regina Veronica Ziemski Walsh, honored by Cheryl Boyd |
| Regina Veronica Ziemski Walsh, honored by Patrick Blanton |
| Sharon Walsh, honored by Roxane Romanick |
| Lindann Ward, honored by Jane H. Humphrey |
| Walter Whitney, honored by Theresa Taylor |
| Janet Wineland, honored by Dana Long-Mathews |
| Janet Wineland, honored by Patricia McFarland |
| Frank Wood, honored by Mitchell Yell |
| Linda Wood, honored by Nathanial Wood |
| Don Lorenzo Zapata, honored by Karen Jean Zapata |
| Chesaina, honored by Susan C. Choge |
| Educators, honored by Jennifer Diliberto |
| Federal Workers, honored by Kareem Thompson |
| Special Educators Everywhere, honored by E. Paula Crowley |
These individuals were honored or remembered through gifts of all levels in 2024.
| Ann Alston, honored by Andrea Alston |
| Rodney Bell, honored by Taylia Dunbar |
| Bill Bogdan and Susan Fowler, honored by Mary Ruth Coleman |
| Julie Bost, honored by Brenda Laferriere |
| Dr. Ellen Brantlinger, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Myra Burson, honored by Isaac Burson III |
| Walter Edward Cheetham, honored by Louise Spear-Swerling |
| Pamela Chilson, honored by Rachael Wood |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Susan Fowler |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Andrea Jasper |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Lorrane McPherson |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Kevin Miller |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Kathleen Puckett |
| Parthenia Cogdell, honored by Nancy Safer |
| Camille Conrad, honored by Cristin Burke |
| Danille Craft and Leslie Longpre, honored by Claire Chambers |
| Sergio Curkendall, honored by Elizabeth Zagata |
| Kamron Daliri, honored by Robyn Daliri |
| Sharon Denise Dougherty, honored by Janice Dougherty |
| Leonard Frasca, honored by Michelle Stuart |
| Migdalia Garcia, honored by Migdalia Garcia |
| Helena Harshorne, honored by Mark Hartshorn |
| Libby Herzog, honored by Sarah Meagher |
| Dr. Linda Hickson, honored by Anne Spillane |
| Jamie Hopkins, honored by William Bogdan |
| Jamie Hopkins, honored by the CEC Division of Leaders and Legacy |
| Jamie Hopkins, honored by Lorrane McPherson |
| Jamie Hopkins, honored by Kathleen Puckett |
| Jamie Hopkins, honored by Michael Weinroth |
| Dr. Margaret "Meg" Kelly Carroll, honored by Wendy Gonzales |
| Dr. Cynthia Nixon, honored by Susan Thomas |
| Dr. Cynthia Nixon, honored by Elizabeth Magee |
| Dr. Cynthia Nixon, honored by Jennifer Watson |
| Karen Norland Esq, honored by Linda Widomski |
| Mary Anne Odom Tharin, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Marjorie M. Patten, honored by Judith Bowen |
| Adam Powers, co-founder of Key Tech Labs NW, honored by Rohana Swihart |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by Fern Aefsky |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by John Hesselgrave |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by Nancy Rick Hides |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by Bryan Olson |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by Pat Riley |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by Bill Schiemann |
| Cindy Prisching, honored by John Wojszko |
| Emmanuella Rayside, honored by Josette Fleury-Douglas |
| Dr. Richard Ruíz, honored by Cristina Santamaria Graff |
| Julie Saccoccio, honored by Susan Frankel |
| Bodo Schmid, honored by Petra Schmid-Riggins |
| Ernest "Dan" Settle, honored by Nicole Wheeler |
| Doree Shalhoub, honored by Leana Malinowsky |
| Dr. Sally A. Spencer, honored by Wendy Murawski |
| Ann Marie Stephan, honored by Nancy Consol |
| Dr. Harold Tarriff, honored by Toby Karten |
| Matthew Thoma, honored by Colleen Thoma |
| Dr. Jennifer A. Tong, honored by William Bogdan |
| Dr. Jennifer A. Tong, honored by the CEC Division of Leaders and Legacy |
| Dr. Jennifer A. Tong, honored by Lorrane McPherson |
| Dr. Jennifer A. Tong, honored by Barbara Melnychuk |
| Dr. Jennifer A. Tong, honored by Kathleen Puckett |
| Dr. Barbara Tymitz-Wolf, honored by Jennifer Lesh |
| Laurie Vanderploeg, honored by Anna Adl |
| Allan Watson, honored by Jill Plourd |
| Denny Westerman, honored by Brooke Hemmer |
| All my family Angels!, honored by Melinda Martinez-Epperson |
| All Past and Present Michigan Winners, honored by Joe DeMarsh |
| Grandfather, honored by Jade Magiera |
| My autism students and the teachers in my building who I mentor daily, honored by Brittany Stoval |
| My dad Ali Bin Hamound, honored by Maryam Al Rashdi |
| My late Mom for always advocating for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, honored by Brianna Miller |
| My sister Fakhreay, honored by Maryam Al Rashdi |
| My son, Trey Jordan Price, honored by B. Price |
| My sweet nephew David, honored by Rachel Wales |
| LGBT teachers, staff and administration blazing the trail for all to be seen and heard, honored by Steven Cook |
