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ASMTA Conference 2022 board meeting.  Pictured Left to Right (seated):  Gloria Singleton; Dr. Gary Ingle; Melodie Acker, NCTM; Lynnette Barney; Rosemary Hendrickson, NCTM; Kassandra Weleck, NCTM; Lynn Moser, NCTM; Nancy Keuper.
Pictured Left to Right (standing): Dr. Radmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk, NCTM; Dr. Ian Houghton; Dr. Fanya Lin; Dr. Mandarin Cheung-Yueh, NCTM; Nellie Cronin; Astrid Morales Torres; Nina Tahbaz; Debbie Dinkel; Dr. Michelle Wachter; Jayme Bigelow; Chase Coleman.

Board of Directors – Officers

PresidentRadmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk, NCTM
1st Vice President / President ElectTatyana Eldridge
2nd Vice PresidentJi-Young Kim
3rd Vice PresidentSherin Moustafa, NCTM
4th Vice PresidentAstrid Morales Torres
TreasurerLynnette Barney
SecretaryLynn Moser, NCTM
CertificationMelodie Acker, NCTM
Arizona Study ProgramBarbara Russell, NCTM
RCM LiaisonIsidora Jovanovic
Immediate Past PresidentDebbie Dinkel

Board of Directors – Local Association Presidents

CochiseRosemary Isbell-Hendrickson, NCTM
East ValleyJessica Yam, NCTM
Eastern ArizonaSusan Grove
Northern ArizonaDr. Jennifer Russell
PhoenixSnezana Krstic
TucsonPatricia Scordato, NCTM

Administrative and Committee Appointees

AdvertisingTiantian Liang, NCTM
ArchivistNancy
Arts AwarenessAstrid Morales Torres
Competitions – CompositionDevin Gardner
Competitions – PerformanceYali Luo
College Faculty ForumHannah Creviston, NCTM
Communications Coordinator (MusiEmail)Nina Tahbaz
Honors RecitalChenbaixue Yang
Honors RecitalKarali Hunter, NCTM
Independent Music Teachers ForumPeter Davis
MembershipKassandra Weleck, NCTM
MTNA FoundationNatalya Thran, NCTM
Publications (MusiGram) EditorEmily Ruben
Student ChaptersHannah Creviston, NCTM
TechnologyNancy
WebsiteSusan Traylor

ASMTA Past Presidents

+ Founding Members   ** served two terms    * served partial term

1928-32 Charles F. Rogers+**, Tucson
1932-34 John Lowell*, Tucson / E.J. Schultz+*, Tucson
1934-36 Arthur Anderson+, Tucson
1936-38 Albert Etzweiler+, Phoenix
1938-40 Jesse Sedberry, Phoenix
1940-42 Hazel Harvey Quaid+, Tempe
1942-44 Eugene Redewill+, Phoenix
1944-48 Dixie Yost +**, Phoenix
1948-50 Earle L. Stone, Phoenix
1950-52 Winifred Knight, Tucson
1952-54 Victor Baumann, Phoenix
1954-56 Nadine Dreskell, Tempe
1956-58 Margaret Thorp, Tucson
1958-60 Jane Thomas Miller, Phoenix
1960-62 Janice McCurnin, Tucson
1962-64 Beatrice Searles, Phoenix
1964-66 O. M. Hartsell, Tucson
1966-68 Evlyn Cope, Phoenix
1968-70 Kathryn Pooler, Tucson
1970-72 Beth Hanley, Scottsdale
1972-74 Mary Zua Kamp, Tucson
1974-76 Helene Robinson, Tempe
1976-78 Barbara Buckbee, Tucson
1978-80 Carol Sue Rickel, Tempe
1980-82 Patty Cheek, Tucson
1982-85 Evonne Beattie, Phoenix
1985-86 Louise Spizizen*, Tucson
1986-88 Joy Ross, Scottsdale
1988-90 Pee-Yaw Wilkes, Flagstaff
1990-92 Gloria Ritt, Tucson
1992-95 Paul Paige, Phoenix
1995-97 Helen Jones, Tucson
1997-99 Dr. Gail Fischler, Tucson
1999-01 Louise C. Hill, Flagstaff
2001-03 Sherry Lenich, Scottsdale
2003-05 Dr. June Chow-Tyne, Tucson
2005-07 Dorothy Kish Dungan, Phoenix
2007-09 Ashley Bradford, Phoenix
2009-11 Dr. Raymond Ryder, Tucson
2011-13 Chyleen Lauritzen, Thatcher
2013-15 Melodie Acker, Tempe
2015-17 Natalya S. Thran, Gilbert
2017-18 Chase Coleman*, Flagstaff
2018-21 Kassandra Weleck, Tucson
2021-23 Debbie Dinkel

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