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