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2019-2020 Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year

2019-2020 Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year

Maureen Mattson

Pittsburg Unified School District

Pittsburg High


 Shay Kornfeld

Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Diablo View Middle
2019-2020 Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year Finalists

2019-2020 Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year Finalists

Get to know our finalists—view a short video by clicking on their names below.

 Gina Capelli
 

Liberty Union High School District

Liberty High 
 Shay Kornfeld
 

Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Diablo View Middle
DarVisa R. Marshall
 

Antioch Unified School District

Antioch Middle
 Maureen Mattson
 

Pittsburg Unified School District

Pittsburg High
2019-2020 District Teachers of the Year

2019-2020 District Teachers of the Year

 Nagia "Gigi" Abdu

Nagia "Gigi" Abdu

John Swett Unified School District

John Swett High
 
 Athena Agustin

Athena Agustin

San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Dougherty Valley High
 
Emily Andrews

Emily Andrews

Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Bancroft Elementary
 
Katy Bracelin

Katy Bracelin

Knightsen Elementary School District

Knightsen Elementary
 
 Jennifer Dodd 
           
Jennifer Dodd
 
Orinda Union School District

Del Rey Elementary
 
Cheri Etheredge
 
Cheri Etheredge

Contra Costa Community College District

Contra Costa Community College
 
Maria Fernandez
 
Maria Fernandez

Oakley Union Elementary School District

Oakley Elementary
 
Cindy Fisher 

Cindy Fisher
 
Lafayette School District

Happy Valley Elementary
 
 Pamuela Galletti

Pamuela Galletti

Martinez Unified School District

John Muir Elementary
 
 Daniel O’Shea
 
Kevin McKibben

Contra Costa County Office of Education

Mt. McKinley School
 
 Daniel O’Shea
 
Daniel O’Shea

West Contra Costa Unified School District

Pinole Valley High 
 
Jana Palmquist
 
Jana Palmquist

Walnut Creek School District

Walnut Creek Intermediate
 
 
 Nusheen Saadat
 
Nusheen Saadat

San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Quail Run Elementary
 
 
 Doug Silva
 
Doug Silva

West Contra Costa Unified School District

Helms Middle 
 
 
 Ezra Smith
 
Ezra Smith

Brentwood Union School District

Pioneer Elem/Loma Vista Elementary
 

Jennifer Strohmeyer

Jennifer Strohmeyer

Moraga School District

Donald L. Rheem Elementary
 
 Paul Verbanszky
 
Paul Verbanszky

Acalanes Union High School District

Campolindo High 
Alicia Woodson
 
Alicia Woodson
 
Byron Union School District

Discovery Bay Elementary
   
 
Many thanks to our generous sponsors who have made our program a success!

Many thanks to our generous sponsors who have made our program a success!

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Visionaries

Contra Costa County Office of Education
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Saint Mary's College of California, Kalmanovitz School of Education
Wells Fargo Bank

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Benefactors
Allegro Copy and Print
Bay Area Newspaper Group
C. Overaa and Company
Center REP/Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
Dannis, Woliver and Kelley Attorneys at Law
Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost, LLP
Gillin Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen and Lucey 
Accident Attorneys
John Muir Health
Kaiser Permanente
McGraw Hill
Mechanics Bank
The Oakland Athletics
Phillips 66
Shell Martinez Refinery
Sunset Development Company
Travis Credit Union
University of California, Berkeley Intercollegiate Athletics
USS POSCO Industries
 
 Sponsors
ACSA Region 6
Barrett Rodda, Short Story Films
Carlos Reyes
Denalect Alarm
Keenan & Associates
Mike and Shari Maxwell
Office Depot
Pleasant Hill Rotary Foundation

Contributors
1st Northern California Credit Union
Capitol Advisors
CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer
Cole Supply Company, Inc.
Contra Costa County School Insurance Group
Hilton Concord
Lakeshore Learning
Lozano Smith
O'Conner, Runckel, and O'Malley, LLP
Packaging Options USA
Peet's Coffee, Pleasant Hill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year being honored at Teachers' Night Out at the Oakland A's Coliseum! 

Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year being honored at Teachers' Night Out at the Oakland A's Coliseum!