Officers and Directors

General Information Contact

2011-2012

OFFICERS

President: Kathy Nelson, Arrowhead High School
First Vice President: Jessica Gallo, University of Wisconsin – Madison  
Second Vice President: Lynn Frick, Sauk Prairie High School
Director at Large/Past President: Lynn Aprill, Bonduel High School 
Secretary: Karen Kelley Rigoni, UW-Milwaukee
Trust Officer: Marty Wood, UW-Eau Claire
District Director Liaison: Jacki Martindale, Poetry Out Loud (2012)
 
 

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Treasurer and Membership Secretary: Tom Scott, UW – Milwaukee
Convention Manager: Marti Matyska, Retired English Educator
 
 

DISTRICT DIRECTORS  

(Term expiration date is in parentheses.) (See district map to identify your directors.)

District 1
Erin Schwane, New Berlin West High School (2013)
Amy Harter, Sheboygan Falls High School (2012)
 
District 2
Penny Parsons, Retired English Educator (2012)
Jacalyn Mabon, Badger High School (2013)
 
District 3
(Currently vacant.  To nominate a director for District 3, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
District 4
(Currently vacant. To nominate a director for District 4, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
District 5
Lisa Arneson, CESA 5 (2012)
 (To nominate a second director for District 5 please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
District 6
Patrick Osowski, Ripon High School (2012)
Sandra Berka, Fond du Lac High School (2012)
 
District 7
Timothy U. Kaufman, UW-Green Bay (2012)
Linda Tabers-Kwak, UW-Green Bay (2012)
 
District 8
(Currently vacant.  To nominate a director for District 8, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
District 9
Jennifer Rauscher, D.C. Everest Senior High School (2012)
(To nominate a second director for District 9, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
District 10
Kathy Bay, Colby High School (2013)
Caroline Hickethier, Cornell School District (2013)
 
District 11
Matt Beversdorf, St. Croix Falls High School (2012)
Stephanie Reid, Meyer Middle School (2012)
 
District 12
Paula Zwicke, Park Falls High School (2013)
(To nominate a second director for District 12, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair)
 
Directors at Large
Marianne Potter, Stevens Point Area Senior High School (2013)
 
 

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

DPI Liaison: Emilie Amundson, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Affiliate Liaison to NCTE: Tom Scott, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Professional Issues Committee Chair: Currently vacant. To nominate someone or to volunteer for this position, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair.
Wisconsin Authors Committee Chair: Marti Matyska, Retired English Educator
Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair: John Pruitt, UW-Rock County
Diversity Chair: Abbie Fishman, Riverside University High School, Milwaukee
Archivist: Emily Tymus Ihrke, University School of Milwaukee
Awards Coordinator: Jacalyn Mabon, Badger High School, Lake Geneva
 
 

PUBLICATION EDITORS

Update Editor: Linda Barrington (2012)
 

Wisconsin English Journal Editorial Team:

Editor: Mary Louise Gomez, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2012)

 
 

WCTE CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Wisconsin Conference on English Education: David Roloff, UW-Stevens Point
Wisconsin Conference on English Leadership: Tom Scott, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 
 

NCTE AWARD STATE COORDINATORS

  • Program to recognize excellence in student Literary Magazines:  Kathy Nelson, Arrowhead High School
  • Promising Young Writers Award: (Currently vacant. To nominate a someone or to volunteer as coordinator of this award, please contact Lynn Aprill, Nominating Committee Chair.)
  • Achievement Awards in Writing: Erin Schwane, New Berlin West High School