2024 Annual Meeting Awards Wrap Up

Our 24th Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting by the Numbers:

636 registrants
- 130 in the first hour!
- 382 in the first day!
216 speakers
143 class sessions; 34 field sessions
44 of 49 chapters (~90 %)
29 sponsors
20 vendors
499 Photo, Art & Media Contest entries

Table Of Contents

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards
Chapter Advisor Award
11th Annual TMN Video Contest
Exemplary Project Awards
Photo, Art & Media Contest
2025 Annual Meeting Location
2025 TMN Annual Re-Certification Pin

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards

First Year Certification in 2024

250 Service Hours Milestone Award

Mary Abercrombie, Blackland Prairie	Holly Ahern, South Texas
Connie Anderle, El Camino Real	Cali Bakker, Blackland Prairie
Ali Baucom, Capital Area	Chris Belcher, Alamo Area
Peggy Brennan-Wigton Alamo Area	Craig Bruska, Guadalupe
Karen Carpenter, North Texas	Claire Carter, Alamo Area
Terrie Carter, Sabine Neches	Trish Coons, Lindheimer
Shannon Davies, Capital Area	Jaime Davis, Capital Area
Linda Decker, Capital Area	Radford Decker, Capital Area
Cheryl Lynn Dillon, Blackland Prairie	Nancy Escobar, North Texas
Steve Ferguson, Mid-Coast	Mika Geiger, Balcones Canyonlands
Alyssa Goforth, Galveston Bay Area	Nicole Guentzel, Brazos Valley
Carol Gregg, Lower Trinity Basin	Mary Habib, Guadalupe
Lin Hampton, Elm Fork	Laura Haynes, North Texas
Ginger Heiman, Bluestem	Catherine Houston, Highland Lakes
Ulrike Judkins, Guadalupe	Melissa Katz, Hill Country
Marcia Kelly, Lindheimer	Karen Kimbell, Lindheimer
Laura King, Hill Country	Tannis Lambert, Indian Trail
Carol Lanthrum, East Texas	Gordon Lee, Prairie Oaks
Kim Lindenfeld, Heartwood	Andrea Matthews, Gulf Coast
Brenda McCoy, Elm Fork	Francis Ngoh, Blackland Prairie
Pamela Peck, Alamo Area	Katie Peltier, Hays County
Peter Reynolds, Blackland Prairie	Becky Roe, Good Water
Belinda Rossiter, Guadalupe	Briana Rouse, Alamo Area
Marnie Barnes Sadri, Bluestem	Ashley Sanders, Heartwood
Martha Sanders, Hays County	Russell Sanders, Hays County
Arica Shields, Blackland Prairie	Katie Simoneaux, Hill Country
Bethany Snowden, Alamo Area	Soll Sussman, Hays County
Neal Sutton, Hays County	Liz Tipps, Blackland Prairie
Angela Villegas, Llano Estacado	Rodney Walther, Coastal Prairie
Peter Williams, Blackland Prairie	John Williams, Alamo Area
Carolyn Wolfer, Guadalupe	Jill Zipperer, Hays County

500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Gail Baum, Pineywood Lakes	Anna Marie Blair, Lost Pines
Caroline Broderick, Lindheimer	Samra Bufkins, Elm Fork
Nancy Casillas, Blackland Prairie	Marian Collins, Alamo Area
Trish Coons, Lindheimer	Bobby Cowley, Guadalupe
Tina Critchfield, Pineywood Lakes	Peggy Brennan-Wigton, Alamo Area
Charlene Davis, Rio Brazos	Rochelle DeLozier, Bluestem
Mary Dobberstine, Galveston Bay Area	Thomas Gerik, Central Texas
Haeley Giambalvo, Alamo Area	Carol Gregg, Lower Trinity Basin
Mary Habib, Guadalupe	Susan Hamby, Elm Fork
Mary Jo Hansen, Highland Lakes	John Heintz, Hays County
Jean Higgins, Blackland Prairie	Lisa Houston, Heartwood
Wanda Huffins, Alamo Area	Jessica Jones, Pineywood Lakes
Ulrike Judkins, Guadalupe	Erin McKool, Indian Trail
Barbara Merrill, Alamo Area	Dana Murray, Lindheimer
Mohammed Nasrullah, Galveston Bay Area	Katie Peltier, Hays County
Rebecca Posten, North Texas	Suanne Pyle, Hill Country
Ginny Richards, Elm Fork	Marnie Barnes Sadri, Bluestem Chapter
Roberta Sherfy, Balcones Canyonlands	Lisa Smith, Lindheimer
Bethany Snowden, Alamo Area	Jean Stipelcovich, Coastal Prairie
Kim Tingle, Blackland Prairie	Liz Tipps, Blackland Prairie
Flo Ulrich, Good Water	Flo Ulrich, Good Water
Angela Villegas, Llano Estacado	Jean Watson, Coastal Prairie
Kathy Webster, Hill Country	Jane Weeden, Alamo Area
John Williams, Alamo Area	Carolyn Wolfer, Guadalupe

1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

Robert Adkins, Hays County	Tina Adkins, Hays County
Mikael Behrens, Capital Area	Paul Bertrand, Sabine Neches
Dawn Bissell, South Texas	Marian Collins, Alamo Area
Elaine Cowley, Guadalupe	Kristy Daniel, Hays County
Kristy Daniel, Hays County	Whitner Dieterich, Elm Fork
Steven Ellerbe, Lower Trinity Basin	Karen Gardner, Gideon Lincecum
Ginger Greatens, North Texas	Angela Griffin, Cradle of Texas
Shelia Hargis, Capital Area	Nancy Haubert, Rio Brazos
Jane Jamison, Hill Country	Gene Janulis, Balcones Canyonlands
Leah Justice, Blackland Prairie	Sue Ann Kendall, El Camino
Marla Layne, Blackland Prairie	Meade LeBlanc, Galveston Bay Area
Doray Lendacky, Hays County	Hoiman Low, Coastal Prairie
Lisa Martinez, Cradle of Texas	Mark Maxwell, Lost Pines
Kerry Padilla, Coastal Prairie	Diana Philpot, Heartwood
Bruce Polikoff, Central Texas	Ann Ray, Gideon Lincecum
Susan Reece, Rio Brazos	Janet Rogal, Balcones Canyonlands
Vicki Sanders, Blackland Prairie	Jeanine Sebaugh, Alamo Area
Molly Smith, Capital Area	Shelby Smith, North Texas
Wesley Smith, Lost Pines	Jean Solana, Lost Pines
Rich Sommer, Gulf Coast	Lee Thierry, Lost Pines
Lee Thierry, Lost Pines	Claire Vollmar, Alamo Area
Tracy Walpole, Galveston Bay Area	Ute Welk, Coastal Prairie
Sandi Wheeler, Guadalupe	Gary Lynn Wood, Prairie Oaks

2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award

Nancy Angell, Sabine Neches	Lisa Audiffred, Capital Area
Cindy Chrisler, Good Water	Sheila Endres, Balcones Canyonlands
Melody Holm, Rio Brazos	Bill Johnson, Coastal Prairie
Marilyn McFarland, Lindheimer	Mickey Redus, Brush y Canyons
Melanie Schuchart, Blackland Prairie	Randolph Watson, Coastal Prairie
Shannon Westveer, Coastal Prairie	Sheri Wilcox, Gideon Lincecum
Sue Yost, Elm Fork