Meet our heroes
Tuesday, April 28, was Hometown Heroes night! We dedicated our April meeting to recognizing teachers, psychologists, speech pathologists, advocates, family members, volunteers, mentors, friends, and even young people on the autism spectrum, who have made a difference in our community.
We congratulate all of our honorees, and thank them for the gifts they have shared with the autism community.
Angela Bernholz, school psychologist, Old Mill High School
Autism profile classroom staff, Old Mill Middle School South
Autism primary classroom staff, Point Pleasant Elementary
Autism secondary classroom staff, Point Pleasant Elementary
Brenda Insalaco, speech-language pathologist
Carolyn Fiume, co-founder, Friends of ECI
Celeste Crowder, special educator, Marley Elementary
Christine Winstanley, special educator, Marley Elementary
Cindy Gallagher, parent and volunteer
Connie and Ralph Rimel, grandparents
Dawn Dixon, co-founder, Friends of ECI
Denise Shafer, special educator, Nantucket Elementary
Diane Velozo, teacher, Cape St. Claire Elementary
Ed Feinberg, coordinator, birth to five, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Eugenia Guardia, co-founder, Friends of ECI
Francoise Nelson, teaching assistant
Frank Wise, parent
Frankie D’Erasmo, young adult with Asperger’s
Jacqueilynnie Shade, parent and volunteer
Jennie Hannebohn, Sarah & Geoffrey Conkle, family members
Jessica Lifson, ECI teacher, Four Seasons Elementary
Joanne Durell, teacher, Crofton Children’s Centre
Katie Baehl, teacher and therapist
Kerry McAndrew, special educator, Marley Elementary
Laura Phipps, social skills specialist and social worker, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Lynne Gardner, grandparent
Maggie Rapp, special educator, Pasadena Elementary
Marecus Reed and Chiquita Jones-Reed, friends and mentors
Mary Tillar, Director of Special Education, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Millersville ES ‘Dream Team’: Jennifer Szalankiewicz, Emily Minnigerode, Dawn McWilliams, Amy Shifflett
Nancy Neff and Jeannette Tansey, bus drivers
Rachel Dudzic, special educator, Manor View Elementary
Rita Patterson and staff, occupational therapists
Robyn Healey, speech pathologist, Marley Elementary
Sarah Eichhorn, school psychologist, Marley Elementary
Shelly Banachoski, teaching assistant, Cape St. Claire Elementary
Sonja Bradley, co-founder, Friends of ECI
Steve Spence, special educator, Old Mill High School
Susan McLean, special educator, Marley Elementary
Teresa Rimel, parent
Teresa Rimel and Lara Hannebohn, family members
Wendy Scarborough, Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks
