The Association of Washington School Principals is honored to present longtime AWSP member and friend Jim Eisenhardt with the first-annual Annalee Braley Membership Award. The award was officially presented to Jim during our annual luncheon at the AWSP/WASA Summer Conference in Spokane at the end of June. 

The award was created this year to honor the memory of former AWSP Membership Coordinator Annalee Braley who passed away tragically and unexpectedly in September 2021. 

Annalee started at AWSP when she was just 19 years old and was about to cross over to 32 years of service at AWSP in various roles. Annalee was one of the biggest reasons AWSP has the strongest membership in the country year after year. She was why our name and brand are known in every district and region across the state and country. She was often the first email you received from AWSP and probably the first voice you heard on the other end of the line. Annalee was all things AWSP.

Jim Eisenhardt, who served for decades in support of the association and knew Annalee very well, represents the same qualities as Annalee – unwavering dedication to the association and its members, commitment to making AWSP the strongest principals’ association in the country, and passion for supporting and advocating for principals and assistant principals across the state.

Annalee’s husband Troy, daughter Crystal, sister “Sis,” and grandson Edison were present during the luncheon and award ceremony. We believe Annalee would have agreed that there isn’t a better person to be recognized for this first-ever award than Jim Eisenhardt. 
Learn more about the Annalee Braley Membership Award at www.awsp.org/Annalee.