NSELA Leadership

The NSELA Board of Directors is comprised of volunteer elected and appointed members. Members serve on the board for three-year terms. The executive committee and regional directors are elected through a vote of the general membership and serve as voting board members.  Committee Chairs and other appointed board members. Board meeting minutes can be found hereInformation on volunteer leader duties can be found here 


Executive Committee

     

Page Keeley
President
(term 2022 - 2023)

Trisha Herminghaus
President-Elect
(term 2023 - 2024)
Linda Cook
Past President

(term 2021-2022)
Joyce Tugel
Secretary

(term 2022 - 2024)

Shane Woods
Treasurer
(term 2020-2023)

  

Regional Directors

 

Matthew Christiansen
Region A Director
(term 2022-2025)

Wendi Vogel
Region B Director

(term 2021-2024)

Jeremy Blinn
Region C Director

(term 2022-2025)

Shelly LeDoux
Region D Director
(term 2021-2023)

Betsy Barent
Region E Director

(term 2020-2023)

Tammie Schrader
Region F Director
(term 2021-2024)

 

Committee Chairs

Kimberley Astle
NSTA Representative
Brian Carey
Affiliates Committee Chair
Bev Devore-Wedding
Diversity & Equity Committee Chair 
Rebecca Hite
Awards Committee Chair
Brian Kruse
Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
Frackson Mumba
Science Educator Journal Editor
Candace Penrod
Membership Committee Chair 
Ken Roy
Safety Compliance Officer
Debbi Stone
Informal Science Committee Chair
Robert Tai
Science Educator Journal Editor
Shannon Wachowski
Communications Committee Chair
Andrew Weatherhead
Professional Development Committee Chair

 

Past Presidents

The 2020s

  • 2020-2021 Larry Plank, Florida

The 2010s

The 2000s 

The 1990s

The 1980s

  • 1989-1990 John Bartley, Pennsylvania 
  • 1988-1989 Emma Walton, Alaska 
  • 1987-1988 Kenneth Roy, Connecticut 
  • 1986-1987 Merik Aaron, New York 
  • 1985-1986 Harold Pratt
, Colorado 
  • 1984-1985 Jerry Resnick, New York 
  • 1983-1984 Richard Clark, Minnesota 
  • 1982-1983 LaMoine Motz, Michigan 
  • 1981-1982 Gary Downs, Iowa 
  • 1980-1981 Essie Beck, Louisiana  
The 1970
  • 1979-1980 Robert Dean, California 
  • 1978-1979 Charles Butterfield
, New Jersey 
  • 1977-1978 Walter Knighton
, Pennsylvania 
  • 1976-1977 James Wailes, Colorado 
  • 1975-1976 Warren Classon, Iowa 
  • 1974-1975 Serafino Guiliani, California 
  • 1973-1974 Edwin Smith, Ohio 
  • 1972-1973 Kenneth Horn, Colorado 
  • 1971-1972 John Rosemergy, Michigan 
  • 1970-1971 Francis Finigan, Massachusetts 

The 1960s

  • 1969-1970 Norman P. Taylor
, Michigan 
  • 1968-1969 Robert Walker, Illinois 
  • 1967-1968 A.C. Brewer, Missouri 
  • 1966-1967 Annie Sue Brown, Georgia 
  • 1965-1966 J. Harvey Shutts, Minnesota 
  • 1964-1965 Donald Stotler, Oregon 
  • 1963-1964 Ralph Kierstead, New England 
  • 1962-1963 Elra Palmer, Maryland 
  • 1961-1962 Elmer McDaid, Michigan 
  • 1960-1961 Samuel Schenburg, New York 

The 1950s

  • 1959-1960 Kenneth Vordenburg, Ohio (Ad Hoc Chair)