March 9th, 2012: Leaders from Whale Branch Middle School accept the 2012 TAP Founder's Award. From left to right: NIET Chairman and TAP Founder Lowell Milken, South Carolina State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais, South Carolina TAP Executive Director Dennis Dotterer, Whale Branch Middle TAP Mentor Teacher Matthew Hall, Beaufort County School District Superintendent Valerie Truesdale, Whale Branch Middle Principal Matthew Hunt and NIET President and CEO Gary Stark.