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		<title>Counselors That Change Lives Awards, 2009-2025</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Counselors That Change Lives Award recognizes those whose dedication to the college counseling profession reflects the CTCL ideals. By helping students frame their search beyond the ratings and rankings to find a college that provides the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life, these student-centered professionals powerfully communicate to students and families that what [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><b>The Counselors That Change Lives Award recognizes those whose dedication to the college counseling profession reflects the CTCL ideals. By helping students frame their search beyond the ratings and rankings to find a college that provides the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life, these student-centered professionals powerfully communicate to students and families that </b><b><i>what happens during the stay is what counts. </i></b> Since 2009, the following individuals have been honored as Counselors That Change Lives.</strong></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa2b85e0008e9083e063a9bdc186ce0c wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lade Akande</strong>, University High School, IN, 2019<br><strong>Ana Almeida</strong>, Onward We Learn, RI, 2023<br><strong>Robert Andrews</strong>, Schuler Scholar Program, IL, 2010<br><strong>Angelica Bailon</strong>, Saint Joseph-Notre Dame High School, CA, 2017<br><strong>Beau Baker</strong>, Ivy Plus Academy at Fern Creek High School, KY, 2018<br><strong>Kathryn Baron</strong>, Mount Vernon High School, IA, 2018<br><strong>Laura Baxter,</strong> Key School, MD, 2024<br><strong>Amy Belstra</strong>, Libertyville High School, IL, 2015<br><strong>Helen Berger</strong>, Houston Preparatory Academy, TX, 2012<br><strong>Emily Berty</strong>, Kirkwood High School, MO, 2011<br><strong>John Boshoven</strong>, Community High School, MI, 2010<br><strong>Tobe Bott-Lyons</strong>, Northern New Mexico College TRIO, NM, 2025<br><strong>Jesse Bowen</strong>, Woodward Academy, GA, 2022<br><strong>Frank Branch</strong>, Jim Hill High School, MS, 2022<strong><br>Matt Burns</strong>, Woodrow Wilson High School, WA, 2015<br><strong>Blythe Butler</strong>, Catlin Gabel Academy, OR, 2020<br><strong>Diane Campbell</strong>, Fossil Ridge High School, CO, 2017<br><strong>Mark Chalkley</strong>, United World College Red Cross Nordic, Norway, 2019<br><strong>David Chehey,</strong> Boise High School, ID, 2025<br><strong>Eli Clarke</strong>, Commonwealth Academy, VA, 2020<br><strong>Anne Cochran</strong>, Charter High School of the Arts (Multimedia and Performing), CA, 2012<br><strong>Emily Coffey</strong>, Mount St. Mary Academy, AR, 2021<br><strong>Emily Colman</strong>, Brooklyn Latin School, NY, 2012<br><strong>Cole Conners</strong>, Lakeside High School, GA, 2021<br><strong>Allie Cooper</strong>, Breakthrough Santa Fe, NM, 2021<br><strong>Maria Cortes</strong>, Nicholas Academic Center, CA, 2016<br><strong>Dan Crabtree</strong>, Wheaton Academy, IL, 2016<br><strong>Cody Dailey</strong>, Lyons Township High School, IL, 2024<br><strong>Brendan Diffley</strong>, Pinewood Preparatory School, SC, 2010<br><strong>Josh Ditsky</strong>, Berks Catholic High School, PA, 2017<br><strong>Nora Dowley</strong>, Codman Academy Charter Public School, MA, 2010<br><strong>Melanie Drake</strong>, Whitfield School, MO, 2012<br><strong>Erin Duffy,</strong> Seacrest Country Day School, FL, 2009<br><strong>Gail Durso</strong>, Explore Solutions, CA, 2019<br><strong>Yvonne Espinoza</strong>, Gonzalo Garza Independence High School, TX, 2015<br><strong>Jennifer Ewing</strong>, Cristo Rey Baltimore, MD, 2020<br><strong>Jim Fadely</strong>, University High School of Indiana, IN, 2009<br><strong>John Fanning</strong>, Jones College Prep, IL, 2010<br><strong>David Feiner,</strong> Albany Park Theatre Project, IL, 2015<br><strong>Jennifer FitzPatrick</strong>, Columbus Academy, OH, 2013<br><strong>Michele Flores</strong>, Baltimore City College, MD, 2018<br><strong>Randy Fong</strong>, Sacred Hearts Academy, HI, 2022<strong><br>Adrienne Fluitt</strong>, BASIS Oro Valley, AZ, 2020<br><strong>Kathy Garrett</strong>, Minds Matter Portland, OR, 2024<br><strong>Steffanie Gentile</strong>, Clark Montessori, OH, 2011<br><strong>Sarah Jane Gibbon</strong>s, Millennium Brooklyn High School, NY, 2023<br><strong>Timothy Gibson</strong>, St. George’s Independent School, TN, 2013<br><strong>Aliza Gilbert</strong>, Highland Park High School, IL, 2017<br><strong>Daniel Gin</strong>, Niles West High School, IL, 2011<br><strong>Janet Glovinsky</strong>,  Denver Center for International Studies, CO, 2012<br><strong>Sharmon Goodman</strong>, One Voice, CA, 2025<br><strong>Debbie Greenberg</strong>, College Bound, MO, 2009<br><strong>Keeon Gregory</strong>, Greensboro Day School, NC, 2025<br><strong>Jessica Hardy</strong>, St. George’s Independent School, TN, 2022<br><strong>Jason Harris</strong>, College Now Greater Cleveland, OH, 2024<strong><br>Patty Hart</strong>, HighSight, IL, 2022<strong><br>Mary Hunter Hardison</strong>, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, VA, 2019<br><strong>Bridget Herrera</strong>, Escola American de Campinas, Brazil, 2010<br><strong>Kelly Herrington</strong>, University Prep, WA, 2013<br><strong>Kris Hilton</strong>, Central Academy of Des Moines Public Schools, IA, 2015<br><strong>DeEnna Holohan</strong>, Notre Dame High School, CA, 2021<br><strong>Nicholas Howell</strong>, Pflugerville High School, TX, 2021<br><strong>Lauren Hoyt</strong>, Oakwood Friends School, NY, 2010<br><strong>Emma Huelskoetter</strong>, Davidson College Advising Corps/Hunter Huss High School, NC, 2016<br><strong>Grace Jackson</strong>, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin Cities, MN, 2025<br><strong>Andrew Johnson</strong>, George Westinghouse College Prep, IL, 2025<br><strong>Kent Jones</strong>, Emma Willard School, NY, 2020<br><strong>Rodney Joyner</strong>, Baltimore City College, MD, 2020<br><strong>Beth Kainic</strong>, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, IL, 2019<br><strong>Donald Kamentz</strong>, College Initiatives Prep/YES Prep, TX, 2012<br><strong>Derrick Kang</strong>, Mid-Pacific Institute, HI, 2020<br><strong>Adam Kendis</strong>, North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, NJ, 2011<br><strong>William Kibler</strong>, Cesar Chavez High School, AZ, 2022<br><strong>Mo Kim</strong>, SEO Scholars San Francisco, CA, 2024<br><strong>Lesley Klecan</strong>, St. Mary’s School, OR, 2016<br><strong>Alice Kleeman</strong>, Menlo-Atherton School, CA, 2014<br><strong>Melissa Kotačka,</strong> Carolina Friends School, NC, 2018<br><strong>Raquel Laiz</strong>, Benjamin Franklin HS, OR, 2019<br><strong>Crys Latham</strong>, Washington Latin Public Charter School, DC, 2012<br><strong>Whitney Laughlin</strong>, College Horizons, NM, 2009<br><strong>Carolynn Laurenza</strong>, Uncommon Charter School, NY, 2014<br><strong>Chat Leonard</strong>, Metro Academic and Classical High School, MO, 2019<br><strong>DeVonta Lee</strong>, Bellaire High School, TX, 2020<br><strong>Stacy Lightfoot</strong>, Chattanooga School for Creative Arts, TN, 2011<br><strong>Carmen Lopez</strong>, College Horizons, NM, 2024<br><strong>Joy Maguire</strong>, Westside High School, TX, 2020<br><strong>Emmanuel Manu</strong>, W.E.B. Dubois High School/CollegeBound Foundation of Baltimore, MD, 2012<br><strong>Ann Marano</strong>, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women&#8217;s Leadership School, TX, 2017<br><strong>Cynthia Markoch</strong>, Eastside High School, FL, 2009<br><strong>Elisabeth Marksteiner</strong>, International School of Zug and Luzern, Switzerland, 2013<br><strong>Gabrielle Matthews</strong>, College Advising Corps (Boston University) for Community Academy of Science and Health, 2022<br><strong>Jasmin McClendon</strong>, College Bound Initiative, NY, 2018<br><strong>Lynda McGee</strong>, Downtown Magnets High School, CA, 2009<br><strong>Christopher Miller</strong>, Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, 2023<br><strong>Karen Minvielle</strong>, Counterpane Montessori School, GA, 2016<br><strong>Victoria Monroe</strong>, Mechanicsburg High School, OH, 2021<br><strong>Jim Montague</strong>, Boston Latin School, MA, 2011<br><strong>Toni Marie O’Daniel</strong>, Hmong College Prep Academy, MN, 2020<br><strong>Diana Olivarez</strong>, Camino Nuevo Charter High School, CA, 2012<br><strong>Delia Olmos-Garcia</strong>, Willamette Academy, OR, 2022<br><strong>Melanie Onufrieff</strong>, Deerfield Academy, MA, 2023<br><strong>Kathy Ortman</strong>, American International School of Guangzhou, China, 2014<br><strong>Tobi Oves</strong>, Ocean City High School, NJ, 2020<br><strong>Gretchen Parks</strong>, Academy of the Sacred Heart, MI, 2013<br><strong>Ginger Patron</strong>, Patapsco High School, MD, 2011<br><strong>Lisa Pederson</strong>, Mounds Park Academy, MN, 2021<br><strong>Carl Peterson</strong>, Forest Hills Eastern High School, MI, 2009<br><strong>Morgan Phillips</strong>, St. Mary&#8217;s School, NC, 2021<br><strong>Brian Rauscher</strong>, Peak to Peak Charter School, CO, 2017<br><strong>Sheena Reed</strong>, Metairie Park Country Day School, LA, 2019<br><strong>Sam Ritter</strong>, Davis New Mexico Scholarship, NM, 2021<br><strong>Chris Rodriguez</strong>, The Branson School, CA, 2018<br><strong>Margaret Rosenbaum</strong>, Uplift Summit International Preparatory, TX, 2017<br><strong>Andrea Rusk</strong>, Mundelein High School, IL, 2020<br><strong>Rebecca Rutsky</strong>, Alabama School of Fine Arts, AL, 2010<br><strong>Joe Sailors</strong>, Campus High School, KS, 2016<br><strong>Charlette Genne S. Santiago</strong>, Tiyan High School, Guam, 2024<br><strong>Stephanie Shandra</strong>, MMI Prep, PA, 2014<br><strong>Margaret Smith</strong>, Chattanooga School of the Arts and Sciences, TN, 2011<br><strong>Jeff Stahlman</strong>, New Albany High School, NY, 2011<br><strong>Paula Steiner</strong>, Prairie Ridge High School, IL, 2016<br><strong>Anna Takahashi</strong>, Eastside College Preparatory School, CA, 2016<br><strong>Alice Tanaka</strong>, Holy Names Academy, WA, 2015<br><strong>Nanette Tarbouni</strong>, John Burroughs School, MO, 2015<br><strong>Karen Tcheyan</strong>, CollegeTracks at Wheaton High School, MD, 2011<br><strong>Gisela Terner</strong>, Independent Counselor, WI, 2014<br><strong>Tela Thigpen</strong>, Freedom Preparatory Academy, TN, 2020<br><strong>Darryl Tiggle</strong>, Friends School of Baltimore, MD, 2021<br><strong>Bob Turba</strong>, Stanton College Prep, FL, 2014<br><strong>Terry Ullram</strong>, Watkinson School, CT, 2012<br><strong>Eva Varellas Kanellis,</strong> Anatolia College (Thessaloniki), Greece, 2015<br><strong>Elena Walsh</strong>, Benjamin Franklin High School, MD, 2021<br><strong>Stephanie Walsh</strong>, Seabury Hall, HI, 2025<br><strong>Sierra Ward</strong>, Saratoga High School, CA, 2025<br><strong>M.L. Weber</strong>, Freedom Preparatory Academy, TN, 2023<br><strong>Hermela Welday,</strong> Institute for East African Councils on Higher Education, DC, 2018<br><strong>Jean Whalen</strong>, Pine Richland High School, PA, 2011<br><strong>Christopher Wolf</strong>, Nicholas Senn High School, IL, 2023<br><strong>Rose Yackley</strong>, Achieve Twin Cities: Humboldt High School, MN, 2023<br><strong>Teng Yang</strong>, Democracy Prep, NY, 2019<br><strong>Matt Ybarra</strong>, Santa Fe Preparatory School, NM, 2021<br><strong>Lenni Yesner</strong>, Bard High School Early College Queens, NY, 2020<br><strong>Ashley Young</strong>, Charles R. Drew Senior Academy, GA, 2018<br><strong>Robert Zapotocky</strong>, The Galloway School, GA, 2013<br><strong>Susan Zarwell</strong>, University School of Milwaukee, WI, 2014<br><strong>Pedro Zuniga</strong>, Gear UP at Harlingen High School, TX, 2022</p>



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