Governor’s Awards in Arts Education
Award Recipients
May 2005
| County | Student/Educator | Town of Residence |
School Name |
| Atlantic | Carol Costigan* | Palermo | Atlantic Co Spec Srvcs |
| Bergen | Elena Shapiro | Teaneck | Teaneck HS |
| Emma Rosenthal | Ridgewood | Ridgewood HS | |
| Lawrence Crane-Moscowitz | Ridgewood | Ridgewood HS | |
| Gahl Pratt | Teaneck | Bergen Co Acad for Vis & Perf Arts | |
| Christine Friedlander | River Edge | River Dell Reg HS | |
| Amanda Aberle | Mahwah | Bergen Co Acad for Vis & Perf Arts | |
| Stacy Chu | Towaco | Montville HS | |
| My Kim Dang | Franklin Lakes | Indian Hills HS | |
| David Koenig | Tenafly | Tenafly HS | |
| Olga Rukovets | Tenafly | Tenafly HS | |
| Jun Kurihara | Ridgewood | Ridgewood HS | |
| Kelly Syring | Park Ridge | Park Ridge HS | |
| David Yin | Tenafly | Tenafly HS | |
| Jennifer Lajoie | New Milford | New Milford HS | |
| Samantha Cerami | Mahwah | Mahwah HS | |
| Elizabeth Ortiz | Mahwah | Mahwah HS | |
| Leonore Rosenzweig* | River Vale | ||
| John Kupp* | Bergenfield HS | ||
| Burlington | Kate Miller | Medford | Shawnee HS |
| Camden | Shamyr Johnson | Camden | Creative Arts HS |
| Karen Kiick* | Collingswood | Haddon Twp HS | |
| Angel Shectman* | Cherry Hill | Retired | |
| Anthony Moffa | Cherry Hill | Bishop Eustace Prep School | |
| Essex | Al-Meisha Lee | Newark | Central HS |
| Aqeel Abdus-Salaam | Newark | Arts HS | |
| Zuirrae Mitchell | Newark | Arts HS | |
| Carra Glatt | Livingston | Livingston HS | |
| Nancy Coon* | Bloomfield | Glen Ridge HS | |
| Lina Chung | Short Hills | Millburn HS | |
| Matt Muench | West Orange | West Orange HS | |
| Okieriete Onaodowan | West Orange | West Orange HS | |
| Mona Brody* | Montclair | No Valley Reg at Old Tappan | |
| Dominant Dansby | East Orange | E Orange Campus HS | |
| Marcel Coleman | Newark | Arts HS | |
| Catherine Munson | Glen Ridge | Oak Knoll Sch of the Holy Child | |
| Patricia Flynn* | Glen Ridge | ||
| Samuel Travis III | East Orange | Cicely Tyson Sch of Perf & Fine Arts | |
| Gloucester | Julianna Gutierrez | Deptford | Deptford Twp HS |
| Marcus Henry | Woodbury | Woodbury Jr/Sr HS | |
| Christian Harvey | Glassboro | Glassboro HS | |
| Esther Ward | Thorofare | W Deptford HS | |
| Hudson | Rosalin Morales | Jersey City | HCST-Co Prep HS |
| Ramez Hana | Jersey City | Jersey City Vis & Perf Arts HS | |
| Mercer | Sharon Henneborn* | Hightstown | E Windsor Reg Schools |
| Matthew Maurice | Hopewell | Hun School of Princeton | |
| Suman Allaki | Plainsboro | W Windsor Plainsboro HS North | |
| Janee´ Pitchford | Plainsboro | W Windsor Plainsboro HS South | |
| Nahuel Attar | Lawrenceville | Lawrence HS | |
| Anya Saretzky | Lawrenceville | Lawrence HS | |
| Middlesex | Jerry Chiu | East Brunswick | East Brunswick HS |
| Jeremy Engel | Edison | J.P. Stevens HS | |
| Beverly Robinovitz* | Manalapan | Monroe Twp HS | |
| Sherie Esposito | Colonia | Rugby HS at Woodfield | |
| Aeishah Abdul-Raheem | Piscataway | Piscataway HS | |
| Carol Turner* | Highland Park | ||
| Matthew Ball | Piscataway | Piscataway HS | |
| Monmouth | Sam Bowker-O’Brien | Tinton Falls | Monmouth Reg HS |
| Michael Hilton | Atlantic Highlands | Middletown HS South | |
| Caitlyn Valentino | Union Beach | Red Bank Reg HS | |
| Harry Wilson, Jr.* | Middletown | Summit Public Schools | |
| Lauren Reich | Wayside | Ocean Twp HS | |
| Laura Sisskin | Wayside | Ocean Twp HS | |
| Morris | Caley Bowen | East Hanover | Whippany Park HS |
| Jonathan Roberts | Mendham | Pingry School | |
| Joseph Pizzo* | Bound Brook | Black River MS | |
| Anthony Bordonaro | Morris Plains | Morris Co Acad for Vis & Perf Arts | |
| Lauren Schott | Long Valley | Morris Co Acad for Vix & Perf Arts | |
| Michael Manahan | Morris Plains | Morristown HS | |
| Natasa Kovacevic | Mountain Lakes | Mountain Lakes HS | |
| David Marconi | Cedar Knolls | Morris Co Acad for Vis & Perf Arts | |
| Crystal Barron | Boonton | Morris Co Acad for Vis & Perf Arts | |
| Andrew Edwards | Chatham | Chatham HS | |
| Samantha Song | Wharton | Morris Hills HS | |
| Marjorie Corbman | Randolph | Morristown-Beard School | |
| Ocean | Kim Defibaugh* | Forked River | Toms River Reg Schools |
| Passaic | Lauren Glozzy | Wayne | Wayne Valley HS |
| Emil DiPentima | Wayne | Wayne Valley HS | |
| Veronica Vros | Wayne | Wayne Valley HS | |
| Andrea Gonnella | Wayne | Wayne Valley HS | |
| Philomena Mazza-Hilway | Little Falls | Eastern Christian HS | |
| Marisa Amador | Totowa | Passaic Valley HS | |
| Lateefa Carmichael | Paterson | Rosa Parks Arts HS | |
| Atiya Hailstock | Paterson | Rosa Parks Arts HS | |
| Maureen Butler* | Ringwood | Lake Dr Sch for Deaf & Hard of Hearing | |
| Kevin Kim | Ringwood | Lakeland Reg HS | |
| Somerset | Nancy Knutsen* | Skillman | Triangle Elem School |
| Emily Silk | Basking Ridge | Ridge HS | |
| Thomas Philipose | Basking Ridge | Ridge HS | |
| Adam Dorsky | Basking Ridge | Ridge HS | |
| Sussex | Kelli Shane | Sussex | Vernon Twp HS |
| Barri Weinstein* | Newton | Vernon Twp HS | |
| Jason Roberts | Sparta | Sparta HS | |
| William Donald | Glenwood | ||
| Union | Jobina Rivera* | Cranford | Union HS |
| Jonathan Schwartz | Cranford | Cranford HS | |
| Kate Fallon | Westfield | Westfield HS | |
| Megan Guinan | Garwood | Chatham HS | |
| Nicole Ocasio | Elizabeth | Elizabeth HS | |
| Madeline Fajardo | Elizabeth | Elizabeth HS | |
| Jack Rollins | Scotch Plains | Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS | |
| Warren | Emily Romano | Blairstown | Pope John XXIII Reg HS |
| Mackensie Rush | Washington | Warren Hills Reg HS | |
| Out-of-State | Barbara Van Alstyne* | Staten Island, NY |
*Educator Italics=bios and/or photos available