This award recognizes school PR professionals for outstanding efforts mentoring colleagues and assisting them in their professional development.

Recipients of the Barry Gaskins Mentor Legacy Award

• 2012: Jim Cummings, APR, director of communications & parent/community engagement, Glendale (Ariz.) Elementary School District
• 2011: Tim Carroll, APR, director of public information, Allen (Texas) ISD
• 2010: Richard A. Egli, APR, president, Egli & Associates, Tecumseh, Mich.
• 2009: Gerri Allen, supervisor, communication services, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• 2008: Jim Dunn, APR, director, communication, Cooperating School Districts of Greater Kansas City, Liberty, Mo.
• 2007: Inez M. Calhoun, APR, director, public information, Jefferson County Board of Education, Birmingham, Ala.
• 2006: Thomas K. (Tom) DeLapp, president, Communication Resources for Schools, Rocklin, Calif.
• 2005: Robert (Bob) Noyed, APR, assistant to the superintendent, community relations, Elk River (Minn.) Area School District
• 2004: Larry Ascough, Garland, Texas