Leadership - National Council of Teachers of English

Leadership

The Executive Committee is charged with long-term planning and deliberative decision making for NCTE.

About

Members are elected to the NCTE Executive Committee each spring. Leaders of the presidential team serve a four year term while all other roles on the Executive Committee serve two year terms.

The job of the Executive Committee is to:

  • establish priorities and direction for the Council
  • make policy
  • provide administrative oversight
  • model leadership practices that are consistent with our mission and values

A full description of the roles and responsibilities of the Executive Committee can be found in NCTE’s Constitution.

NCTE’s Executive Director is Emily Kirkpatrick. Under her leadership, staff execute the policies and develop programs, strategies, and ongoing partnerships corresponding to the vision and priorities set by the Executive Committee.

Questions for the NCTE Executive Committee can be submitted here.

Executive Committee

Presidential Team

 

 

NCTE PRESIDENT

Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

 

NCTE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Tonya B. Perry 
Miles College 
Fairfield, AL

 

NCTE VICE PRESIDENT

Antero Garcia
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

 

NCTE PAST PRESIDENT

María E. Fránquiz
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Executive Director

 

 

Emily Kirkpatrick
Louisville, KY

Representatives-at-Large

 

Kara Hinderlie

 

ELEMENTARY

Kara Hinderlie Stroman
Irvington Elementary School
Portland, OR

Tiana Silvas

 

MIDDLE LEVEL

Tiana Silvas
East Side Community
New York, NY

 

SECONDARY

Darius B. Wimby
DeKalb County School District
Atlanta, GA
In Memoriam

Section Leaders

 

 

ELEMENTARY CHAIR

Nancy Valdez-Gainer 
Texas State University 
San Marcos, TX

 

MIDDLE LEVEL CHAIR

Sarah Bonner  
University of North Carolina Wilmington

 

SECONDARY CHAIR

Josh Thompson  
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Jonathan Bush

 

COLLEGE CHAIR

Jonathan Bush
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Conference and Association Leaders

 

 

CCCC CHAIR

Frankie Condon 
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada 

 

CCCC ASSOCIATE CHAIR

Jennifer Sano-Franchini
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

 

CEL CHAIR

Emily Meixner  
The College of New Jersey
Ewing Township, NJ

 

ELATE CHAIR

Nadia Behizadeh 
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 

 

TYCA CHAIR

Joanne Baird Giordano  
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT

Yang Wang

 

LLA CHAIR

Yang Wang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC