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

Tonya B. Perry 
Miles College 
Fairfield, AL

 

NCTE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Antero Garcia
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

 

NCTE VICE PRESIDENT

Detra Price
The Ohio State University 
Columbus

 

NCTE PAST PRESIDENT

Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Executive Director

 

 

Emily Kirkpatrick
Louisville, KY

Representatives-at-Large

 

 

ELEMENTARY

Kara Hinderlie Stroman
Irvington Elementary School
Portland, OR

Tiana Silvas

 

MIDDLE LEVEL

Tiana Silvas
East Side Community
New York, NY

 

SECONDARY

Juliet Reed 
Jackson Olin High School
Birmingham, AL

 

Section Leaders

 

 

ELEMENTARY CHAIR

Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY 

 

MIDDLE LEVEL CHAIR

Alex Corbitt
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

 

SECONDARY CHAIR

Rex Ovalle
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Chicago, IL 

 

COLLEGE CHAIR

Jonathan Bush
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Conference and Association Leaders

 

 

CCCC CHAIR

Jennifer Sano-Franchini
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

 

CCCC ASSOCIATE CHAIR

Kofi J. Adisa 
Howard Community College 
Columbia, MD 

 

CEL CHAIR

Nicholas Emmanuele
McDowell Intermediate High School
Millcreek Township, PA 

 

ELATE CHAIR

Keisha L. Green
University of Massachusetts
Amherst

 

TYCA CHAIR

Charissa Che
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY

Yang Wang

 

LLA CHAIR

Yang Wang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC