Year
2025
Award Winners
2025: Christine Weiser
2024: Ari Flewelling
2023: Monica Cougan
2022: Adam Garry
2021: Mary Schlegelmilch
2020: Lillian Kellogg
2019: Gavin Lee
2018: Gus Schmedlen
2017: Sean McDonough
2016: John Harrington
2015: Gary Mainor
2014: Vicki Bigham
2013: Michael Flood
2012: Elizabeth Crawford
2011: Robert Moore
2010: Anne Wujcik
2009: Nick Mirisis
2008: Christopher Brown
2007: Farimah Schuerman
2006: Lillian Kellogg
2005: Linda Winter
2004: David Byer
2003: Steve Kohn
2002: Jennifer House
2001: Kathy Hurley
2000: Jeanne Hayes
CoSN works with many companies and individuals in the private sector who are making important contributions to education technology. Each year we recognize one person who has had an outstanding impact on the EdTech community outside of the confines of his or her job.
Eligibility
All CoSN members who work in the private sector are eligible. Past winners have included leaders from education and technology companies and beyond. The winner is selected each year by CoSN leadership and announced at the CoSN Annual Conference in March/April. There is no nomination process for this award. Honoring an individual from the private sector for outstanding service to the education technology community and CoSN.
2025 Award Winner: Hurley Private Sector Champion Award
Christine Weiser, Content and Brand Director, Tech & Learning
Christine Weiser has been an active Belonging and Inclusion team member since its inception. Given her leadership role at Tech & Learning she amplifies our work through the publication of articles and at Tech & Learning Live events. She serves as a “connector” for CoSN and continues to put in the work to provide quality programming for our webinars, resources and CoSN conference events.
