Secondary Section Nominating Committee

The Secondary Section Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for vacancies that occur annually on the Secondary Section Steering Committee and selects candidates for the succeeding year's Secondary Section Nominating Committee.  The candidate who receives the largest number of votes in the election will chair the Nominating Committee.

All nominating committees attend the Annual Convention in November.  Members meet on Saturday and Sunday mornings to discuss the names submitted by mail, to solicit further nominations, and to generate nominations from within the Committee as needed.

2008-2009
Claudia Swisher, Norman North High School, Norman, Oklahoma, Chair
Larry Johannessen, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Maureen Rippee, Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach, California

2007-2008
Luke Wiseman, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chair
Debbie Barron, School District of Greenville County, South Carolina
Stephania Perkins Biddings, Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes, Florida

2006-2007
Betty Profit, Summerville High School, Summerville, South Carolina, Chair
Vance Jenkins, Greenville Technical Charter High School, Greenville, South Carolina
R. Joseph Rodriguez, University of Houston, Texas

2005-2006
Joan Marie Altman, Nelson County High School, Bardstown, Kentucky, Chair
Michael Thomas Fulton, Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut
Terri C. Washer, Crossroads Academy, Grovetown, Georgia

2004-2005
Mary Burnham, Haverhill Cooperative Middle School, North Haverhill, New Hampshire, Chair
Judy Ellsesser, South Webster High School, Ohio
Thomas M. Fitzgerald, Steamboat Springs High School, Colorado

2003-2004
Lucille Rossbach, Idalia High School, Idalia, Colorado, Chair
Gerry Kuroghlian, Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut
Carolyn Lott, University of Montana, Missoula

2002-2003
Colleen A. Ruggieri, Boardman High School, Boardman, OH, Chair
John Barber, Fairmount-Harford High School, Baltimore, MD
Lynn Langer Meeks, Utah State University, Logan

2001-2002
Victor Jaccarino, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, NY, Chair
Harriet Arzu Scarborough, Tucson Unified School District, AZ
Carol R. Sullivan, Mullen High School, Denver, CO

2000-2001
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, University of Maine, Orono, Chair
John Barber, Fairmount-Harford High School, Baltimore, MD
Maureen Barbieri, Marymount School, NY

1999-2000
John S. Mayher, New York University, NY, Chair
Wanda Porter, Kamehameha Secondary School, HI
Mary Eugenia “Jean” Wallace, Henry-Senachwine CUD #5, IL

1998-1999
Rebecca Bowers Sipe, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Chair
Sandra J. Forsythe, Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV
Thomas M. McCann, Community High School District #94, West Chicago, IL

1997-1998
Judy Duprez, Chickasha High School, OK, Chair
Sue Howell, Carbondale Community High School, IL
Ellen Swain, Cimarron High School, NJ

1996-1997     
Carol Jago, Santa Monica High School, CA, Chair
Sandra Broadnax Betts, Central High School, Joliet, IL
Beverly Proulx, Rush City High School, MN

1995-1996     
Johnnie McCray, Calumet High School, Gary, IN, Chair
Ellen Cowne, Salem High School, Conyers, GA
Bonnie Just, Los Angeles Unified School District 25

1994-1995
Katherine Davis Ramsey, West Ridge Middle School, Austin, TX, Chair
Joyce M. Hayes, Northern High School, Flint, MI
Alice Kawazoe, Oakland Unified School District, CA

1993-1994
Carlota Cardenas de Dwyer, Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX, Chair
Edward (Edd) Armstrong, North Salinas High School, CA
Carol Ann North, Woodrow Wilson Sr. High School, Washington, DC