Alabama-Mississippi
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
AMTESOL Board 2022
President
Lynn Fuller
Madison County Schools, Mississippi
Vice President/2023 Conference Chair
Andrea Word
University of Alabama Huntsville
Incoming Vice President/2024 Conference Chair
To be announced
Immediate Past President
Heidi Goertzen
RMC Research
Co-Treasurer/Registration Co-Chair
Josephine Prado
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Co-Treasurer/Registration Co-Chair/Webmaster
Lisa M. Preston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Co-Secretary
Kacey Cole
University of Southern Mississippi
Co-Secretary
Joni Sue Bair
Decatur City Schools
CEUs for Alabama P-12
Marty Hatley
Guntersville City Schools
CEUs for Mississippi P-12
Vacant position
SETESOL Representative
Susan Spezzini
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publisher Liaison
Mary Diamond
Auburn University
Board Member Emerita
Julia Austin
Retired - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Advocacy Chair
Jamie Harrison
Auburn University
Alabama Leaders Advocacy Liaison
Ann Marie Batista
Huntsville City Schools
ALSDE Representative
Michele Lee
Alabama State Department of Education
MDE Representative
Sandra Elliott
Mississippi Department of Education
Social Media
Lori Edmonds
University of Alabama at Birmingham
P-12 AL (north) Member-at-Large
Edmund Martinez
Russellville City Schools
P-12 AL (south) Member-at-Large
Bette-Jean Toub
Ozark City Schools
P-12 MS (north) Member-at-Large
Jennifer Wright
Pontotoc County Schools
P-12 MS (south) Member-at-Large
Julie Roberts
Clinton Public Schools
Teacher Education AL Member-at-Large
Gwendolyn Williams
Auburn University
Teacher Education MS Member-at-Large
Chimene Gecewicz
University of Southern Mississippi
Language Institutes AL Member-at-Large
Amy P. Taylor
University of Alabama
Language Institutes MS Member-at-Large
Vacant position
Adult Ed/Community Colleges AL Member-at-Large
Mary Earley
The Literacy Council of Central Alabama
Adult Ed/Community Colleges MS Member-at-Large
Audrey Reed
Rankin County Schools
Community Programs/Advocacy AL Member-at-Large
Nancy Blanco
Birmingham City Schools
Community Programs/Advocacy MS Member-at-Large
Beth Coghlan
Pontotoc County Schools
Non-native English Speaking Teachers AL Member-at-Large
Sunyong Song
Athens State University
Non-native English Speaking Teachers MS Member-at-Large
Michael Baird
Desoto County Schools
Lynn Fuller, current AMTESOL President, presented with a group of her students during the AMTESOL 2022 Conference in Jackson, Mississippi.
Heidi Goertzen, AMTESOL 2020-21 President, at the AMTESOL General Business Meeting during the AMTESOL 2020 Conference in Auburn, Alabama.
AMTESOL Board Members at the January 24-25, 2020 AMTESOL Conference in Auburn, Alabama
AMTESOL Board Members at the AMTESOL 2018 Advocacy Conference. Back row, L to R: Amy Taylor, Alison Stamps, Susan Spezzini, Jamie Harrison, Josie Prado, Ann Marie Batista, Tracey Koslowski; Front row, L to R: Mary Diamond, Dinorah Sapp, Ann Morris
Members of the AMTESOL Board planning the AMTESOL 2018 Advocacy Conference, which took take place October 12-13, 2018 in Oxford, MS. Left to right: Elizabeth House, Susan Spezzini, Amy Taylor, Ann Morris, Josie Prado, Peg Lawrence, Finch and Jamie Harrison, Elise Harbin, and Lynn Fuller