Sheila Williams Ridge

Recipient of the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, 2024

Nominated by a member of Saint Paul Garden Club

Sheila Williams Ridge (St. Paul GC, Zone XI) Dr. Williams Ridge directs the Child Development Laboratory Preschool at the University of Minnesota and is Co-Founder of the Minneapolis Nature Preschool, which primarily serves a racially, culturally and economically diverse population of local families and commits to year-round outdoor education for preschoolers. Sheila is a modest but passionate and impressive changemaker in nature-based education. She exhibits a rare talent of being able to teach at the grass roots level as well as develop programs that can be implemented by others.