2025 ACE Achievement Award Winners

Each year at the ACE Conference, ACE honors those among us whose contributions to our students and programs merit special recognition.  Awards are presented in seven categories during the ACE Conference Awards Luncheon.

 The 2025 ACE Award Honorees

The John E. Lawrence Administrator of the Year

Tim Burdette, Executive Director, Secondary and Post-secondary CTE, Osceola County Public Schools

Adult Education Teacher of the Year

William Posey, CARIBE Refugee Program, Hillsborough County Public Schools

Instructional Support of the Year

Tony Segreto, Adult Education Programs Coordinator, Lake Technical College

Non-Instructional Support of the Year

Maria Fernanda De La Rosa, Assistant, Collier County Public Schools

Volunteer of the Year

Silvana Vitale, Adult Learning Center Osceola, Osceola County Public Schools

Business Partner of the Year

USF College of Engineering, University of South Florida, College of engineering, Tampa Campus