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Board of Directors

2022-2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT
Stacey O. Irwin
Millersville University of PA
PO Box 1002
Millersville, PA 17551
(717) 872-3233 | Email

VICE PRESIDENT for ACADEMIC RELATIONS
Kim Fox
American University in Cairo
Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
PO Box 74
Cairo, C 11835 Egypt
20-2-2615-3436 | Email

VICE PRESIDENT for INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Christine H. Merritt
President
Ohio Association of Broadcasters
17 S. High St., Suite 1010
Columbus, OH 43215-3525
614-228-4052 | Email

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Glenda Balas 
University of North Texas – Dallas
127 Claremont Dr
Ovilla, TX 75154
(972) 338-1526 | Email

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Vic Costello
Elon University
School of Communications
Campus Box 2850
Elon, NC 27244-2010
(336) 278-5669 | Email

INTEREST DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE

Amy Crawford (1st term, 2nd year)
Youngstown State University
Department of Communication
Youngstown, OH
(330) 550-9300 | Email

U.S. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTATIVE
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island & Vermont
Thomas Baggerman (2nd term, 1st year)
Assistant Professor / Chair of Faculty
Point Park University
School of Communication
201 Wood St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1912
(412) 916-4957 | Email

DISTRICT 2 REPRESENTATIVE
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee
Patricia Sanders (1st term, 2nd year)
University of North Alabama
1 Harrison Plz
UNA Box 5070
Florence, AL 35632-0002
(256) 765-4780 | Email

DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE
Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia,  Washington, DC & West Virginia
Sara Magee (1st term, 1st year)
Loyola University Maryland
135 Versailles Circle #A
Towson, MD 21204
(740) 590-6654 | Email

DISTRICT 4 REPRESENTATIVE
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wisconsin
Christine Taylor  (1st term, 2nd year)
Butler University
770 West Hampton Dr
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(317) 940-5967 | Email

DISTRICT 5 REPRESENTATIVE
Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas
Kathleen Ryan (1st term, 1st year)
University of Colorado Boulder
College of Media, Communication u0026 Information
1211 University Ave 478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
(541) 335-9795 | Email

DISTRICT 6 REPRESENTATIVE
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming
Jennifer Meadows (1st term, 2nd year)
Cal State University – Chico
1494 Fibert Ave
Chico, CA 95926
(530) 898-4048 | Email

 District Representative Duties and Responsibilities

 

CONSTITUENCY DISTRICTS

DISTRICT 7 REPRESENTATIVE
Two-year and Scholastic. All two-year colleges and high schools in the U.S.
Tonya McMillion (1st term, 1st year)
Collin College
2524 Preston Rd #408
Plano, TX 75093
(469) 245-5498 | Email

DISTRICT 8 REPRESENTATIVE
All international colleges and universities
Naila Hamdy (1st term, 2nd year)
American University in Cairo
Journalism & Mass Communication
PO Box 74
Cairo, 11835 Egypt
201222161433 | Email

 

ELECTRONIC MEDIA PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Nancy Robinson
Director, Education Programs
Television Academy Foundation
Email

Larry Patrick
Patrick Communications LLC & Legend Communications
199 Carter View Drive
Cody, WY  82414
Email

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Sandy Henry, Festival of Media Arts Chair
Drake University
2705 University Ave
Meredith Hall 115
Des Moines, IA 50311-4034
(515) 271-3714 | Email

Joe Blaney, Publications Committee Chair
Illinois State University
College of Arts and Sciences
PO Box 4100
Normal, IL 61790-4100
(309) 242-6367 | Email

Michel Haigh, Research Committee Chair
Texas State University
Old Main 224
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 245-7288 |

 

 

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