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2009 AATF Chapter Officers by Region

REGION I - GREATER NEW YORK (Metropolitan, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester) 
Regional Representative: Madeline Turan
New York Needs French Web site
Fred J. Gitner, Treasurer 
E-mail: fred.j.gitner@queenslibrary.org
Term 2008-2010
Vera Junkers, President 
E-mail: vjunkers@dominicanacademy.org
 as of Spring 2009
Nassau, NY 
Brigitte Bodnar, Treasurer
E-mail: madmelle@optonline.net
Nassau, NY 
Deana Schiffer, President 
Josephine A. Orlando, Secretary-Treasurer 
Sarah Jourdain, President 
Westchester, NY 
Bette K. Sparago, Secretary-Treasurer 
Westchester, NY
Sophie Kent, President 

 

REGION II - NEW ENGLAND   (Connecticut, Eastern Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Western Massachusetts) 
Regional Representative: Joyce Beckwich
Ruth G. Koizim, Treasurer 
E-mail: ruth.koizim@yale.edu
5/2010
Thomas Betts, President 
Eastern Massachusetts Web site
 Joyce Beckwith, Treasurer 

elected 11/1/08, term 1 year
Brian Thompson, President 
E-mail: brian.thompson@umb.edu
elected 11/1/08, term 1 year
Sylvie Charron, Treasurer
University of Maine/Humanities
270 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
E-mail: scharron@maine.edu
Katherine A. Yates, President 
E-mail: clipper@iknow.net
03/2010
New Hampshire
 Virginia R. Pinard, Treasurer 
Belmont High School
Belmont, NH 03220
E-mail: ecoute@comcast.net
New Hampshire
Michelle Cotnoir, President 
E-mail: mmcotnoir@myfairpoint.net
as of 12/08
Rhode Island Web site
Joseph Théroux, Treasurer 
E-mail: josephtheroux@hotmail.com
as of June 2006
Michael Hebert, President 
E-mail: aibere@msn.com
Term: May 2009-May 2011
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    Elizabeth Lancaster, Secretary-Treasurer 
    The MacDuffie School
    Springfield, MA 01105
    E-mail: elancaster@macduffie.com
    Western Massachusetts 
     Massachusetts Needs French Page
    Claire Frierson, President
    E-mail: cclairefs@gmail.com
     

     

    REGION III - NEW YORK STATE  (Central New York, Hudson Valley, Pays du Nord, Rochester, Western New York) 
    Regional Representative: David Graham
    New York Needs French Web site
    Georgette Schmidt, Treasurer
    E-mail: gschmidt@twcny.rr.com
    Central New York 
    Mary Ann Cooper, President
    E-mail: bocoo87@aol.com

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    Hudson Valley, NY 
    Luci Bianchi, President
    E-mail: ciaobellaz3@aol.com
     as of Spring 2009
    Carole J. Reed, Secretary-Treasurer
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    Pays du Nord 
    David Graham, President 
    Laurie Farber, Acting Secretary-Treasurer 
    Rochester
     Laurie Farber, President
    E-mail: caviaporcellus@hotmail.com
    Jill P. McCormick, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Brenda B. Benzin, President 
    E-mail: bbenzin@aol.com

     

    REGION IV - MIDDLE ATLANTIC  (Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lehigh Valley, Maryland, New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Susquehanna Valley, Virginia) 
    Regional Representative: Alice Cataldi
    Peggy Schmouder, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Milton High School
    700 Mahoning Street
    Milton, PA  17847
    Central Pennsylvania 
    Gilbert Darbouze, President
    E-mail: gdarbo@bloomu.edu
    as of 12/08
    Debbie Supplee, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: frenchick42@yahoo.com
    2009
    Delaware
    Lea Wainwright, President
    Appoquinimink High School
    Middletown DE
    E-mail: lea.wainwright@appo.k12.de.us
    as of 6/1/08, term 2 years
    Noel N. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Parkland High School
    2700 N Cedar Crest BLVD
    Allentown, PA
    E-mail: noelsmithafrica@yahoo.fr
    Lehigh Valley, PA
    Virginie Gournet, President 
    E-mail: aatflv@gmail.com
    Lorna Wingate, Treasurer
    Maryland
    Karen Campbell Kuebler, President 
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    Viviane Levy, Co-President 
    5 Westbrook Road
    Westfield, NJ 07090
    Marie-Laure Hoffmann, Co-President 
    935 Cleveland Avenue
    Westfield, NJ 07090
    Barbara Alfano, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Northeastern Pennsylvania 
    Margaret Corgan, President 
    Vonnique Van Way, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: vvanway@sssas.org
    Northern Virginia 
    Margaret A. Kassen,  President 
    E-mail: kassen@cua.edu
    Joanne Silver, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: beachlloyd@erols.com
    as of Feb. 2009
    Rita Davis, Co-President
    E-mail: rdavis@agnesirwin.org
    Susan Ledieu, Co-President
    E-mail: susanledieu@gmail.com
     as of March 23, 2009 - term 2009-11
    Kathleen Nega,Treasurer 
    E-mail: knega@comcast.net
    September 2008, term 1 year
    Western Pennsylvania Chapter
    Jean Gérard Mercier, President
    The Ellis School
    Pittsburgh, PA
    juanitomercier@hotmail.com
    as of June 2008
    Susquehanna Valley, PA 
    Christine Gaudry-Hudson, Treasurer 
    Susquehanna Valley, PA 
    Annie-Claire Spittle, President 
    Kathleen Miller, Treasurer 
    E-mail: knmva@att.net
     
     
    Amy de Graff & Françoise Watts, Co-Presidents
    Randolph-Macon College
    Department of Romance Languages
    P.O. Box 5005
    Ashland, VA  23005

     

    REGION V - SOUTH ATLANTIC 
    (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)     
    Regional representative: Michèle Bissière
    Samia Spencer, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Auburn University 
    Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures 
    6030 Haley Center 
    Auburn, AL 36849 
    Alabama
    Francoise Wackenhut, President
    E-mail: fwackenhut@randolphschool.net
    as of 2/09. Term ends 2/11
    Florida Web site
    Mary Virginia Fisher, Treasurer 
    E-mail: mvfisher@sjcds.net
    as of April 2009
    Deanna Scheffer, President 
    E-mail: schefferd@episcopalhigh.org
    William Griffin, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Department of Foreign Languages
    Kennesaw State University
    Kennesaw, GA 30144
    Stéphane Allagnon, President
    Sandy Creek High School
    360 Jenkins Rd.
    Tyrone, GA 30290
    E-mail: allagnon.stephane@fcboe.org
    as of March 2009
    Dr. Denise Egéa-Kuehne, Treasurer 
    EDCI, 202 Peabody Hall 
    Louisiana State University 
    Baton Rouge, LA 70803 
    E-mail: dekueh@lsu.edu
    Jaqueline Labat, President 
     
    Max Garriott, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Brandon High School
    3090 Highway 18
    Brandon, MS 39042
    E-mail: max.garriott@rcsd.ms
    Fall 2010
    Helene Berton, President
    Fall 2011, 2 year term
    North Carolina Web site
    David Steegar, Secretary-Treasurer 
    North Carolina Web site
    Teresa Engebretsen, President 
    E-mail: teresa.engebretsen@da.org
    as of 12/08
    Cheryl Goble, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: cgoble@lex5.k12.sc.us
    South Carolina
    Denise Ciobanu, President 
    E-mail: deniciobanu@yahoo.com
    4/21/09
    Lark Torti, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Betsy Taylor, President
    E-mail: betsyt@wcs.edu
    as of 12/08

     

    REGION VI - EAST CENTRAL  (Detroit, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia) 
    Regional Representative : Randa Duvick
    William Leone, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Detroit
    Cass Gorkiewicz, President 

    since 1998, ongoing term
    Indiana
    Gary Spurgin, Treasurer 
    Indiana
    Kelly Sax, President 
    E-mail: ksax@indiana.edu
    as of 11/2007, 2 year term
    Elaine Shumway, Treasurer 
    Barbara  Seeley, President
    E-mail: grsbas@verizon.net
    2010
    Kentucky Web site
    Contact National Headquarters
    Kentucky Web site
    Tiffany Hornback, Acting President 
    1/2009
    Keith Palka, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Central Michigan University 
    Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 
    J. Sanford Dugan, President 
    219 Alexander Building 
    Eastern Michigan University 
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197 
    Marie Hertzler, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Ohio Web Site
    Kirsten Halling, President 
    E-mail: kirsten.halling@wright.edu
    Christopher McClung, Secretary-Treasurer
    West Virginia 
    Michael D. Lastinger, President
    Foreign Languages/Chitwood Hall
    West Virginia University
    Morgantown, WV 26506-6298
    E-mail: mlasting@wvu.edu

     

    REGION VII - WEST CENTRAL  (Chicago/Northern Illinois, Greater Kansas City, Greater St. Louis, Downstate Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin) 
    Regional Representative: Gregg Siewert
    Bobbie Kieffer, Treasurer 
    Eileen Walvoord, President 
    Joan D. (Debbie) Mann, Treasurer
    Downstate Illinois 
    Gwendolyn Hickman, President 
    E-mail: ghickman@bths201.org
    Guylaine D. Thevenot, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Greater Kansas City, MO
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    M. Kathleen (Katie) Madigan, President
    Rockhurst University
    Kansas City, MO
    E-mail: kathleen.madigan@rockhurst.edu
    Term ends Spring 2010
    Susan Seckel Treasurer
    Villa Duchesne Oak Hill School
    St. Louis, MO
    E-mail: sseckel@vdoh.org
    May 2008, term 6 years
    Anna Amelung, President 
    E-mail: russi@mindspring.com
    until 2011
    Carole George, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: cthgeorge@msn.com
    Iowa 
    Pat Westphal, President
    E-mail: westphalp@central.edu
    as of 1/2009
    Nora Kelting, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: nkelting@newton.k12.ks.us
    as of fall 2008
    Celeste Hebert Edgar, President
    E-mail: cmhebert@hotmail.com
    as of fall 2008, term 2 years
    La Rae Ellingson, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Lydia Belateche, President
    E-mail: belat001@umn.edu
    Katy Salzman, Treasurer
    Creighton High School
    Omaha, NE 68114
    Mitzi Delman, President
    E-mail: mdelman@westside66.org
     as of Spring 2009, 2 year term
    Paul Homan, Secretary-Treasurer
    Modern Languages
    North Dakota State University
    320 Minard Hall, Box 5075
    Fargo, ND 58105
    E-mail: paul.homan@ndsu.edu
    North Dakota
    Contact National Headquarters
    Amy White, Treasurer
    E-mail: amy.white@k12.sd.us
    as of Spring 2009
    Marie-Pierre Baggett, President
    Modern Languages
    South Dakota State University
    Brookings, SD  57007
    Wopat, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: wopbri@holmen.k12.wi.us
    as of March 2009
    Michele La Pean-Usher, President 
    E-mail: lapeanusherm@mail.milton.k12.wi.us
    May 2009 - May 2010

     

    REGION VIII - SOUTHWEST  (Arkansas, Central Texas, Colorado-Wyoming, El Paso, Hautes Plaines, Houston, New Mexico, North Texas, Oklahoma, South Texas, Utah)  Regional Representative: Jacqueline Thomas
    Region VIII Web Site
    Heather J. Tarpley, Treasurer
    Little Rock Christian Academy
    E-mail: heathertarpley@sbcglobal.net
    April 2009, 2 year
    Sue Mistric, President 
    Mount Saint Mary Academy
    E-mail: smistric@mtstmary.edu
    April 2009, 2 year
    Heather Alonso, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: halonso@judsonisd.org
    until September 2009
    Janet Lumley, President
    E-mail: janetlumley@hotmail.com
    until 2010
    Jennifer Mallette, Treasurer 
    E-mail:     mallette_jennifer@stvrain.k12.co.us
    Mary Vogl, President
    Colorado State University
    E-mail: mary.vogl@colostate.edu
    El Paso, TX
    Doris Shaheen, Treasurer 
    E-mail: dnshahee@episd.org
    since December 2008
    El Paso, TX
    Maria del Carmen Ramirez, President 
    Ranchland Hills Middle School
    El Paso, TX
    E-mail: mramirez8@yisd.net

    as of December 2008, 2 year term
    Amy Drake, Secretary-Treasurer 
    E-mail: adrake@lubbockisd.org
     April 4, 2009, 1 year
    Hautes Plaines, TX
    Joseph Price, President 
    E-mail: joe.price@ttu.edu
     April 4, 2009, 1 year
    Geraldine Manlove, Treasurer 
    Georges Detiveaux, President
    as of Oct. 2008, 2009-2011 term
    Joyce Lentz, Treasurer 
    E-mail: jlentzfr@gmail.com
    term: 1/1/09 - 12/31/10

    New Mexico Web site
    Lorraine Leftwich, President
    E-mail: lorrieleftwich@aol.com
    term: 1/1/09 - 12/31/10
    Becky Lee, Treasurer
    E-mail: leeb@lisd.net
    Barbara Fatheree Gilbert,  President
    E-mail: gilbertbf@verizon.net
    May 2008, 2 year
    Elise Robillard, Treasurer 
    Oklahoma

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    South Texas
    Marina Fernandez, Secretary-Treasurer
    Edinburg, TX 78539
    E-mail: moonmar93@gmail.com
    South Texas
    Kitty Hutchcroft, President
    JoAnn Oliver, Treasurer
    E-mail: oliverio21@aol.com
    as of April 2009
    Linda Bayes, President
    West Jordan High School
    8136 S 2700 W
    West Jordan, UT 84088
    E-mail: linda.bayes@comcast.net
    as of 1/5/09

     

    REGION IX - PACIFIC  (Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, San Diego, Southern California, Washington/British Columbia/Alaska/Alberta)  Regional Representative: Anne Jensen
    Barbara Hull-Ottino, Co-Secretary-Treasurer
    E-mail: bhottino@cox.net
    Jennifer Germanaud, Co-Secretary-Treasurer
    E-mail: jgermanaud@susd.org
    as of 1/2009
    Robin Noudali, Co-President
    Ruth Eiseman, Co-President
    Hawaii 
    Jane Roland, Secretary-Treasurer
    Hawaii 
    Catherine Pettit, President 
    Iolani School
    563 Kamoku Street
    Honolulu, HI 96826 
    Maria Trebby, Treasurer 
    E-mail: contact President
    as of 1/2009
    Sally Husted, President 
    Yvonne Demars and William Shannon, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Montana 
    Claudia Boddy, President 
    Nevada 
    Anne-Marie Lindstrom, Secretary-Treasurer
    1339 Panini Dr.
    Henderson, NV 89052
    E-mail: amlindstrom@bishopgorman.org
    as of 1/1/09
    Nevada 
    Contact Secretary-Treasurer
    or Regional Representative
    Northern California Web site
    California Needs French Page
    Anne-Marie Lemoine, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Northern California Web site
    California Needs French Page
    Barbara Vinolus, President
    E-mail: barbara_vinolus@fuhsd.org
    as of 12/2008 (until May 2009)
    Eric Tschuy, Treasurer
    Mount Hood Community College
    26000 SE Stark Street
    Gresham, OR 97030-3300
    Oregon
    Isabelle Colard-Tyler, Co-President
    E-mail: colardtyler@aol.com
    as of 10/08
    California Needs French Page
    Amparo Valdivia, Treasurer
    E-mail: amparo.valdivia@suhsb.k12.ca.us

    1/22/09
    San Diego, CA Web site
    California Needs French Page
    Irma Yepiz, President
    E-mail:lispiz@yahoo.com
    1/22/09
    Southern California
    California Needs French Page
    Jacki Williams-Jones, Treasurer 
    Flintridge Prep School
    4543 Crown Avenue
    LaCanada, CA 91011
    Southern California 
    California Needs French Page
    Amy Likover, President 
    The Webb Schools
    1175 W Baseline Rd
    Claremont, CA
    E-mail: alikover@webb.org
    12/2008
    Carol Kross, Treasurer 

    Last update: JUNE 19, 2009 DP

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