2025 Recipients - NBOA Professional Achievement Award

2025 NBOA Professional Achievement Award Recipients

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2025 recipients of the NBOA Professional Achievement Award, which recognizes the invaluable contributions made by independent school business, finance and operations staff who are not business officers. These staff members have made exceptional contributions to their school’s operations or financial health, and they were presented with the awards at their schools.

James Barciszewski

James Barciszewski

Director of Facilities
Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School
St. Louis, MO
Lee Cochran

Lee Cochran

Director of IT
Walden School Corporation
Louisville, KY
Reid Henry

Reid Henry

Assistant Business Manager
The Gunston School
Centreville, MD
Dawn Ijiri

Dawn K. Ijiri

Director of Human Resources
La Pietra – Hawai’i School for Girls
Honolulu, HI
Karen McCann McClelland

Karen McCann McClelland

Executive Director of Auxiliary Programs
Sidwell Friends School
Washington, DC