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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

 

Antero Garcia

 

NCTE PRESIDENT

Antero Garcia
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Detra Price

 

NCTE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Detra Price
The Ohio State University 
Columbus, OH

Jamal A Cooks

 

NCTE VICE PRESIDENT

Jamal A. Cooks
Chabot College
Hayward, CA

Tonya Perry

 

NCTE PAST PRESIDENT

Tonya B. Perry
Miles College
Fairfield, AL

Executive Director

 

Headshot of Kirkpatrick - smiling person with red shoulder-length hair, blue glasses, wearing a black top and pearl necklace - 2024

 

Emily Kirkpatrick
Louisville, KY

Representatives-at-Large

 

Kari Johnston

 

ELEMENTARY

Kari Johnston
Perez Elementary
Austin, TX

Vivett Dukes

 

MIDDLE LEVEL

Vivett Dukes
Middle School Teacher
New York, NY

Juliet Reed

 

SECONDARY

Juliet Reed 
Jackson Olin High School
Birmingham, AL

 

Section Leaders

 

Laura Ascenzi Moreno

 

ELEMENTARY CHAIR

Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY 

Alex Corbitt

 

MIDDLE LEVEL CHAIR

Alex Corbitt
Syracuse University, NY

Rex Ovalle

 

SECONDARY CHAIR

Rex Ovalle
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Oak Park, IL

Jonathan Bush

 

COLLEGE CHAIR

Jonathan Bush
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Conference and Association Leaders

 

Kofi Adisa

 

CCCC CHAIR

Kofi J. Adisa
Towson University
Towson, MD

Nick Emmanuele

 

CEL CHAIR

Nicholas Emmanuele
McDowell Intermediate High School
Millcreek Township, PA 

Keisha Green

 

ELATE CHAIR

Keisha L. Green
University of Massachusetts
Amherst

Giordano

 

TYCA CHAIR

Joanne Baird Giordano
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT

Lenny Sanchez

 

LLA CHAIR

Lenny Sánchez
University of South Carolina