CLA BOARD

President
Lauren Aimonette Liang
University of Utah (’20)

Vice-President
Ruth Lowery
The Ohio State University (’20)

Secretary
Roberta Price Gardner
Kennesaw State University (’20)
Historical Minutes

Treasurer
Trish Bandré
Salina Public Schools (’20)
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Historical Financial Reports

Historian
Amy McClure
Ohio Wesleyan University ('20)

Past President
Jennifer M. Graff
University of Georgia ('20)

OTHER ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS

Other Elected Board Members
Linda Parsons, The Ohio State University (’19)
Louise Shaw, Southern Connecticut State University (’19)
Barbara Ward, Washington State University (’19)
Jacqualine Arnold, University of Dayton ('20)
Xenia Hadjioannou, Penn State University, Harrisburg ('20)
Mary-Kate Sableski, University of Dayton ('20)
Cynthia Alaniz, Coppell Indep. School District, Texas (’21)
April Bedford, Brooklyn College (’21)
Miriam Martinez, University of Texas, San Antonio (’21)

CLA COMMITTEES

Communications
Wendy Stephens (Chair and MailChimp)
Xenia Hadjioannou (Website Manager), Mary Lee Hahn (Social Media)

Membership

Ways and Means
Linda Parsons (Chair),
Raven Cromwell, Marion Rocco, Ally Hauptman, Miriam Martinez, Sharon O’Neal, Deborah Wooten

Endowment Committee
Miriam Martinez (Chair)
Jennifer Graff (Past-President), Lauren A. Liang (President), Ruth Lowery (President-Elect), Trish Bandre (Treasurer), Xenia Hadjioannou (At-large member, Website Manager), Linda Parsons (At-large member, Ways and Means Committee Chair)

Breakfast
Deanna Day-Wiff & Barbara Ward (2019 Co-Chairs)
April Bedford & Cynthia Alaniz (2020 Co-Chairs)       

Master Class
Louise Shaw & Michele Marx (2019 Co-Chairs),
Jacqualine Arnold & Mary-Kate Sableski (2020 Co-Chairs)  

Notables
Jeanne Fain (2019 Chair)
Diana Porter (Past-past Chair ['17]), Cynthia Alaniz (Past Chair ['18])

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity
Angie Zapata (Chair)
Thomas Crisp, Monica Kleekamp, Jon Wargo, Quintin Bostic, Noreen Rodriguez, Christina King

Nominating Committee
Jennifer Graff (Chair, Past-President)
Lauren A. Liang (President), Ruth Lowery (President-Elect), Angie Zapata (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Chair)

Student Committee:
S. Adam Crawley (chair)
Lo DeWalt, Alex Berglund, Laura Lemanski, Adrienne Lowe, Liz Thackeray Nelson, Sara Sterner.

Research Award
Linda Parsons (Chair 2019)
Jenn Sanders, Megan van Deventer

Early Career Award
Deanna Day-Wiff (Chair 2019)
April Bedford

Bonnie Campbell Hill Literacy Leader Award
Nancy Johnson (Award Chair ’19)

Journal of Children’s Literature Editors:
Donna Adomat (’18), Angela Wiseman (’18) / Karla Möller (’18)

REPRESENTATIVES

NCTE Liaison
Kristen Suchor

Publisher Representative
Lisa Nadel, Random House