Alabama-Mississippi
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
AMTESOL Board 2023
President
Andrea Word, Ed.D.
University of Alabama Huntsville
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Vice President/2024 Conference Chair
Beth Coghlan, Ph.D.
Pontotoc County Schools, MS
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2024 Conference Co-Chair
Jennifer Wright
Pontotoc County Schools, MS
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Incoming Vice President & 2025 Conference Co-Chair
Mayté Cotton
Alabama State Department of Education
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2025 Conference Chair
Maria Franco
Alabama State Department of Education
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Immediate Past President
Lynn Fuller, Ed.D.
Madison County Schools, MS
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Co-Treasurer/Registration Co-Chair
Josephine Prado, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Co-Treasurer/Registration Co-Chair/Webmaster
Lisa M. Preston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Co-Secretary
Joni Sue Bair, Ed.S.
Decatur City Schools, AL
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Co-Secretary
Jennifer Wright
Pontotoc County Schools, MS
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CEUs for Alabama P-12
Marty Hatley
Albertville City Schools, AL
CEUs for Mississippi P-12
Audrey Reed, Ed.S.
Rankin County Schools, MS
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SETESOL Representative
Susan Spezzini, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Publisher Liaison
Mary Diamond
Auburn University
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Board Member Emerita
Julia Austin, Ph.D.
Retired - Tuscaloosa, AL
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P-12 AL (north) Member-at-Large
Edmund Martinez
Russellville City School, AL
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P-12 AL (south) Member-at-Large
Tiffany L. Brown
Mobile County Schools, AL
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P-12 MS (north) Member-at-Large
Stephanie Murley, Ed.S.
Desoto County Schools, MS
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P-12 MS (south) Member-at-Large
Julie Roberts
Clinton Public Schools, MS
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Teacher Education AL Member-at-Large
Theresa M. Johnson, Ph.D.
Troy University, AL
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Teacher Education MS Member-at-Large
Chimène Gecewicz, Ed.D.
University of Southern Mississippi
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Language Institutes AL Member-at-Large
Daniel Fike
Academic English Program, University of North Alabama
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Language Institutes MS Member-at-Large
Stacey Donaldson, Ph.D.
Belhaven University
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Adult Ed/Community Colleges AL Member-at-Large
Mary Earley, Ed.S.
The Literacy Council of Central Alabama
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Adult Ed/Community Colleges MS Member-at-Large
Stephanie Rowe
Desoto County Schools, MS
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Community Programs/Advocacy AL Member-at-Large
Nancy Blanco, Ed.S.
Birmingham City Schools, AL
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Community Programs/Advocacy MS Member-at-Large
Shannon Risinger
Rankin County Schools, MS
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Non-native English Speaking Teachers AL Member-at-Large
Maria del Carmen Garcia Lopez
Birmingham City Schools, AL
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Non-native English Speaking Teachers MS Member-at-Large
Tatiana Goupalova
Madison County Schools, MS
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Advocacy Chair
Jamie Harrison, Ed.D.
Auburn University
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Social Media
Lori Edmonds, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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ALSDE Representative
Maria Franco
Alabama State Department of Education
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MDE Representative
Sandra Elliott
Mississippi Department of Education
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Alabama Leaders Advocating ELs Representative
Leah Dobbs Black, Ed.S.
Shelby County Schools, AL
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Interpreters & Translators Association of Alabama (ITAA) Representative
Maria Baker
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Mississippi Professional Association of Interpreters & Translators (PAMIT) Representative
Selene Puga
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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