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

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

 

NCTE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

 

NCTE VICE PRESIDENT

Tonya B. Perry 
Miles College 
Fairfield, AL

 

NCTE PAST PRESIDENT

Valerie Kinloch
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, PA

Executive Director

 

 

Emily Kirkpatrick
Louisville, KY

Representatives-at-Large

 

 

ELEMENTARY

Janice R. Baines
Bradley Elementary
Columbia, SC

 

MIDDLE LEVEL

Lakisha Odlum
CUNY Queens College
Flushing, NY

 

SECONDARY

Darius B. Wimby 
DeKalb County School District 
Atlanta, GA 

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

 

COLLEGE CHAIR

Renee Moreno
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA

Conference and Association Leaders

 

 

CCCC CHAIR

Staci M. Perryman-Clark
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

 

CCCC ASSOCIATE CHAIR

Frankie Condon 
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada 

 

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

 

LLA CHAIR

Michele Myers
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC