Year: 2024
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.