AMEA Outstanding Music Educator Award AMEA Outstanding Administrator Award Barbara Odom Distinguished Service Award 1983 Dr. John M. Long, Troy University 1983 John Allen Pickard, Selma City Schools 2003 Greta Champlin, Huntsville City Schools 1985 Dr. Wilbur "Bodie" Hinton, Auburn University 1985 R. A. Ginn, Pinson Elementary School 2004 Lacey Powell, AMEA President & Executive Director 1987 Robert Chapman, Simmons Middle School 1987 Jerry Bobo, Fayette County High School 2005 Dr. John M. Long, Troy University 1988 Kenneth Abbott, Hewitt-Trussville High School 1988 Hugh Thomas, Birmingham Southern College 2006 Darry Pilkington, Hoover High School 1989 Terry Wilkerson, Monroeville Jr. High 1989 Bill Brunner, Austin High School 2007 Steve McLendon, Dothan High School 1992 Michael Gross, Vestavia Hills High School 1990 Dianne Johnson, Jefferson County Schools 2008 Rhonda Tucker, Shades Cahaba Elementary School 1995 James Lambert, Monroeville Jr. High 2010 Tony Pike, Davidson High School 1991 Dr. Ted Galloway, Vestavia Hills High School 1997 Lewis Copeland, Davidson High School 2011 Gene Gooch, ABA Executive Director 1992 Bobby McCullar, Minor High School 1998 David Earl Carter, Enterprise High School 2012 Joe Hull, Tuscaloosa Music Shop 1993 Lacey Powell, AMEA President & Executive Director 2002 Geoffrey Spann, Principal, Troy Elementary School 2015 Garry Taylor, AMEA Executive Director & Editor 1996 Frances Moss, Calhoun Community College 2003 Earl Franks, Principal, Luverne High School 2007 Johnnie Vinson, Auburn University 2004 David Miles, Principal, Pizitz Middle School 2005 Ray Winegar, Elementary Coordinator, 2009 Leslie Welker, Hillcrest Middle School AMEA Outstanding Young Music Educator Award Opelika City Schools 2010 Paul Michael Nix, Lauderdale County Schools 2014 Jim Schaeffer, Hueytown High School 2007 Jane Baker, Principal, Shades Valley High School 2011 Paul Edmondson, Gadsden City High School 2008 Dr. Charles Mason, Superintendent, 2015 Gene Butler, Trinity Presbyterian School 2012 Regina Noland, Tuscaloosa City Schools Mountain Brook City Schools 2013 Gene Inglis, Saks High School 2009 Dr. Phillip Hammonds, Superintendent, 2015 Lea Hoppe, Randolph School Jefferson County Schools 2010 Michael Reed, Superintendent, Hartselle City Schools 2011 Rita Thomas, Principal, Hillcrest High School 2012 Jim Jeffers, Superintendent, Tallassee City Schools 2013 Reba Caldwell, Tuscaloosa County High School 2013 Dr. Vic Wilson, Mountain Brook High School 2014 Dr. Bill Cleveland, Superintendent Homewood City Schools 2015 Dianne Johnson, Director of Arts Education Jefferson County Schools.