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Annalee Braley Membership Award


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Dr. Scott Seaman, AWSP Executive Director, Principal Rae Sasaki Wood, and Scott Friedman, AWSP Associate Director

2025 Winner

Raenette ("Rae") Sasaki Wood, Principal | Oak Harbor Intermediate School, Oak Harbor SD

OLYMPIA –– Raenette ("Rae") Sasaki Wood is the fourth winner of AWSP's Annalee Braley Membership Award. Her devotion to mentoring fellow leaders, supporting Leaders of Color, and advocating for the needs of principals and assistant principals demonstrates why she so perfectly honors and carries forward Annalee’s legacy.

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About the Award

Created in 2022, the Annalee Braley Membership Award is given to a current or former member who shares the same unwavering and long-term dedication to AWSP, the same commitment to making our organization the strongest in the country, the same passion for supporting our members, the same dedication to advocating for principals, and the same willingness to support AWSP any time and any where.



About Annalee

Annalee started working for AWSP in 1989 at 19 years old. She worked for AWSP for 32 years before passing away suddenly in 2021. This award commemorates her contributions to AWSP and the impact she made to countless members across the state.

Past Winners