Explorer Award Winners

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Catherine Miller Explorer Award

 

Explorer Award Winners by Year

2025

• Clay Harland—Japan
• Danielle Hern—China
• Sarah King & Melissa Shumaker—Iceland

2024

• Marsha McGill—Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand
• Lyndsay Welsch—Japan

2023

• Kindra Petersen—Mexico/Guatemala/Belize
• Aaron Smith—India and Nepal
• Stacy Beatty—South Africa and Zimbabwe

2022

• Teal Burford—Morocco
• Kyle Kennedy—Egypt

2021

• Trisha Weeks—Maldives
• Kelsey Meier—South Africa/Namibia/Zimbabwe

2020

• Lee Plummer—Croatia/Slovenia
• Bret Woodward—Kenya/Uganda/Rwanda

2019

• Kayla Bentz—South Africa
• Allison Coffman—Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/ Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan
• Laura McDonald—Israel/Jordan/Egypt

2018

• Laney Berry—Belize and Guatemala
• Debra Dunsmore—Australia and New Zealand
• Pamela Joslyn—South Africa/Namibia/Botswana/Zimbabwe

2017

• Sarah Meyers—Thailand/Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia

2016

• Jessica Jones—Thailand
• Amy Skidmore—New Zealand

2015

• Sara Alvidrez—Namibia/South Africa
• Leslie Bennett—Brazil/Peru

2014

• Penny Morter—Myanmar/Burma
• Jessica Blanchard—Australia

2013

• Jan Fear—China
• Ashley Mohror—Galapagos/Central Peru

2012

• Adam Wiley—Israel/Jordan
• Andrea Wilford—China

2011

• Donna Godden-Alloway—Australia/New Zealand/Figi

2010

• Darcy Hendriks—South Africa

2009

• Joshua Hanna—Galapagos
• Kristen Parsons—Turkey/Greece/Croatia

2008

• Robin Griggs—Australia
• Sue Johannsen—Iceland

2007

• Rachelle Schneider—Tanzania
• Kathy Haltmeyer—Italy

2006

• Carol Kula—Peru
• Karen Hartman—Tanzania/Kenya

2005

• Robin Fields—Greece
• Betty Wood—Galapagos