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2010 AATF Chapter Officers by Region

REGION I - 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 
Brian Thompson, President 
E-mail: brian.thompson@umb.edu
elected 11/1/08, term 1 year
Dominic Laflamme, Treasurer
E-mail: dlaflamme@gmail.com
as of 7/1/09
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
Elizabeth Lancaster, Secretary-Treasurer 
The MacDuffie School
Springfield, MA 01105
E-mail: elancaster@macduffie.com
Western Massachusetts and Vermont
 Massachusetts Needs French Page
Claire Frierson, President
E-mail: cclairefs@gmail.com
 

 

REGION II- NEW YORK & New Jersey (Central New York, Hudson Valley, Metropolitan, Nassau, New Jersey, Pays du Nord, Suffolk, Westchester, Western New York) 
Regional Representative: Abbe Guillet
 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
Mark Newman, Treasurer
E-mail: m_newman@saratogaschools.org
as of Spring 2009
Hudson Valley, NY 
Luci Bianchi, President
E-mail: ciaobellaz3@aol.com
 as of Spring 2009
 Metropolitan New York Web site
Fred J. Gitner, Treasurer 
E-mail: fred.j.gitner@queenslibrary.org
Term 2008-2010
Vera Junkers, President 
Dominican Academy
New York, NY
E-mail: vjunkers@dominicanacademy.org
 as of Spring 2009
Nassau, NY 
Brigitte Bodnar, Treasurer
E-mail: madmelle@optonline.net
Nassau, NY 
Deana Schiffer, President 
Helene Blanton, Treasurer 
E-mail: heleneqb@aol.com
as of 6/09
Viviane Levy, Co-President 
5 Westbrook Road
Westfield, NJ 07090
Marie-Laure Hoffmann, Co-President 
75 B New England Ave
Summit, NJ
Carol J. Reed, Secretary-Treasurer
Pays du Nord 
David Graham, President 
Laurie Farber, Acting Secretary-Treasurer 
Rochester
 Laurie Farber, President
E-mail: caviaporcellus@hotmail.com
Suffolk, NY Web Site
Josephine A. Orlando, Secretary-Treasurer 
Sarah Jourdain, President 
Westchester, NY 
Bette K. Sparago, Secretary-Treasurer 
Westchester, NY
Sophie Kent, President 
Jill P. McCormick, Secretary-Treasurer 
Brenda B. Benzin, President 
E-mail: bbenzin@aol.com

 

REGION III - MIDDLE ATLANTIC  (Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lehigh Valley, Maryland, 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
E-mail: pjs01@miltonsd.org
until Fall 2010
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 
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 Web site
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 IV - SOUTHEAST 
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina) 
Regional representative: Catherine Daniélou
Alabama
Samia Spencer, Secretary-Treasurer 
Auburn University 
Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures 
6030 Haley Center 
Auburn, AL 36849 
Alabama
Francoise Wackenhut, President
Randolph School
Huntsville, AL
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
Mississippi
Max Garriott, Secretary-Treasurer 
Brandon High School
3090 Highway 18
Brandon, MS 39042
E-mail: max.garriott@rcsd.ms
Fall 2010
Mississippi
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
Contact Chapter President or Regional Representative.
Actively seeking Chapter Treasurer.
If interested, contact Denise.
South Carolina
Denise Ciobanu, President 
E-mail: deniciobanu@yahoo.com
4/21/09

 

REGION V - EAST CENTRAL  (Detroit, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia) 
Regional Representative : Randa Duvick
William Leone, Secretary-Treasurer 
Detroit
Cass Gorkiewicz, President 
E-mail: gorkiec@iserv.net
since 1998, ongoing term
Gary Spurgin, Treasurer 
Cathedral High School
E-mail: gspurgin@cathedral-irish.org
as of 11/2009, 2 year term
Steve Ohlhaut, President 
West Lafayette High School
E-mail: ohlhauts@wl.k12.in.us
as of 11/2009, 2 year term
Elaine Shumway, Treasurer 
Barbara  Seeley, President
E-mail: grsbas@verizon.net
2010
Kentucky Web site
Sara Hinds, Treasurer
As of September 2009
Kentucky Web site
Tiffany Hornback, President
As of September 2009
Michigan
Keith Palka, Secretary-Treasurer 
Central Michigan University 
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 
Michigan
J. Sanford Dugan, President 
219 Alexander Building 
Eastern Michigan University 
Ypsilanti, MI 48197 
Ohio Web Site
Marie Hertzler, Secretary-Treasurer 
Ohio Web Site
Kirsten Halling, President 
E-mail: kirsten.halling@wright.edu
Lark Torti, Secretary-Treasurer 
Betsy Taylor, President
E-mail: betsyt@wcs.edu
 as of 12/08
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 VI - WEST CENTRAL  (Chicago/Northern Illinois, Greater Kansas City, Greater St. Louis, Downstate Illinois,  Minnesota,  Wisconsin) 
Regional Representative: Gregg Siewert
Bobbie Kieffer, Treasurer 
Eileen Walvoord, President 
Joan D. (Debbie) Mann, Treasurer
Downstate Illinois 
Gwendolyn Hickman, President 
E-mail: hickmang@wisperhome.com
Guylaine D. Thevenot, Secretary-Treasurer 
Greater Kansas City, MO
Missouri French Facts
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
Greater St. Louis, MO
Missouri French Facts
Anna Amelung, President 
E-mail: russi@mindspring.com
until 2011
Carole George, Secretary-Treasurer 
E-mail: cthgeorge@msn.com
Iowa 
Patricia Westphal, President
E-mail: westphalp@central.edu
as of 1/2009
La Rae Ellingson, Secretary-Treasurer 
Lydia Belateche, President
E-mail: belat001@umn.edu
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
Valerie Kling, President
Bismarck High School
E-mail: val_kling@bismarckschools.org
South Dakota
Amy White, Treasurer
E-mail: amy.white@k12.sd.us
as of Spring 2009
South Dakota
Marie-Pierre Baggett, President
Modern Languages
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD  57007
Brian 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 VII - SOUTH CENTRAL  (Arkansas, Central Texas, El Paso, Hautes Plaines, Houston, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Texas, Oklahoma, South Texas)  Regional Representative: Jacqueline Thomas
Region VII 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
Helen Guillory, Secretary-Treasurer 
E-mail: hguillory@austin.rr.com
as of October 2009
Janet Lumley, President
E-mail: janetlumley@hotmail.com
until 2010
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 12/08, 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
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
Dr. Denise Egéa-Kuehne, Treasurer 
EDCI, 202 Peabody Hall 
Louisiana State University 
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 
E-mail: dekueh@lsu.edu
    • Jacqueline Labat, President
    E-mail: LABATJ@SJABR.ORG
    Katy Salzman, Treasurer
    Creighton High School
    Omaha, NE 68114
    Mitzi Delman, President
    E-mail: mdelman@westside66.org
     as of Spring 2009, 2 year term
    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

  • Contact Chapter Treasurer Or Regional Representative.

    		•
    South Texas
    Marina Fernandez, Secretary-Treasurer
    Edinburg, TX 78539
    E-mail: moonmar93@gmail.com
    South Texas
    Kitty Hutchcroft, President

     

     

    REGION VIII - SOUTHWEST  (Arizona, Hawaii,  Nevada, New Mexico, Northern California, San Diego, Southern California, Utah)  Regional Representative: Anne Jensen
    Arizona 
    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
    Arizona 
    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 
    Nevada 
    Anne-Marie Lindstrom, Secretary-Treasurer
    1339 Panini Dr.
    Henderson, NV 89052
    E-mail: amlindstrom@bishopgorman.org
    as of 1/1/09
    Nevada 
    Elfie Manning, President
    Community College of Southern Nevada
    E-mail: elfie.manning@csn.edu
    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
    Northern California Web site
     California Needs French Page
    Anne-Marie Lemoine, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Northern California Web site
    California Needs French Page
    Clotilde Gres, President
    E-mail: clotilde@gmail.com
    California Needs French Page
    Contact Chapter President or Regional Representative.
    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
    JoAnn Oliver, Treasurer
    E-mail: joannoliver403@gmail.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 - NORTHWEST  (Colorado/Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,  Washington/Alaska/British Columbia/Alberta) 
    Regional Representative: Ann Williams
    Jennifer Mallette, Treasurer 
    E-mail:     mallette_jennifer@stvrain.k12.co.us
    Mary Vogl, President
    Colorado State University
    E-mail: mary.vogl@colostate.edu
    Maria Trebby, Treasurer 
    E-mail: boisefolks@msn.com
    as of 1/2009
    Sally Husted, President 
    William Shannon, Secretary-Treasurer 
    Montana 
    Claudia Boddy, President 
    Eric Tschuy, Treasurer
    Mount Hood Community College
    26000 SE Stark Street
    Gresham, OR 97030-3300

    re-elected 2009, 1 year term
    Oregon
    Isabelle Colard-Tyler, President
    E-mail: colardtyler@aol.com
    as of 10/08
    Carol Kross, Treasurer 
    E-mail: kross.carol@gmail.com
    2009-2010
    Washington/Alaska/British Columbia/Alberta
    Misa Bourdoiseau, President
    E-mail: mizab@hotmail.com
    2009-2010

    Last update: January 27, 2010 DP

     

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