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MARYLAND TESOL BOARD
Contact Maryland TESOL Executive Board Members directly through e-mail addresses linked below. To learn more about the current board members, view their LinkedIn profiles via their names.
Interested in being on our board? Please email president@marylandtesol.com today to inquire about vacancies!
EXECUTIVE BOARD (2026 - 2027)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Mark Beachy, 2nd Vice President
2026 - 2027 Board
| Name | Affiliation | Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VACANT | Adult Ed - Chair | adulted@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Adult Ed - Chair-Elect | ||||
| Jodi Johnson | University of Maryland, College Park | Advocacy - Chair | advocacy@marylandtesol.com | ||
| VACANT | Advocacy - Chair-Elect | advocacy@marylandtesol.com | |||
| Monica Purnell Smalls | Baltimore County Public Schools | Elementary Ed - Chair | elementaryed@marylandtesol.com | ||
| VACANT | Elementary Ed - Chair-Elect | elementaryed@marylandtesol.com | |||
|
Grad Student - Chair | graduateis@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Grad Student - Chair-Elect | graduateis@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Higher Ed - Chair | highered@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Higher Ed - Chair-Elect | highered@marylandtesol.com | |||
| Deirdre Mapp | Prince George's Public Schools | Secondary Ed - Chair | secondaryed@marylandtesol.com | ||
| VACANT | Secondary Ed - Chair-Elect | secondaryed@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Teacher Education - Chair | teachered@marylandtesol.com | |||
| VACANT | Teacher Education - Chair-Elect | teachered@marylandtesol.com | |||
| Heather McClung | Frederick County Public Schools | Western Maryland - Chair | westernregional@marylandtesol.com | ||
| John Noonan | Baltimore County Public Schools | Western Maryland - Chair-Elect | westernregional@marylandtesol.com | ||
| Tracy Smith | Queen Anne's County Public Schools | Eastern Shore - Chair | easternregional@marylandtesol.com | ||
| VACANT | Eastern Shore - Chair-Elect | ||||
| Yu Bai | Northern Virginia Community College | Quarterly Co-Editor | quarterly@marylandtesol.com | ||
| Sibigi Lipford-Transou | Prince George's Public Schools | Quarterly Co-Editor | |||
| VACANT | Website and Digital Comm. | web@marylandtesol.com |
PAST PRESIDENTS
MC Bienkowski (45th, 2025 - 2026), Hyunjung Flora Keefe (44th, 2024 - 2025), Derya Kulavuz-Onal (43rd, 2023 - 2024), Drew S. Fagan (42nd, 2022 - 2023), Jamie Harris (41st, 2021 - 2022), Katie Miller (40th, 2020 - 2021), Ashley Jenoff (39th, 2019 - 2020), Luis Javier Pentón Herrera (38th, 2018 - 2019), Sherry Lyons (37th, 2017 - 2018), Karen Blinder (36th, 2016 - 2017), Yeji Yoon (35th, 2015 - 2016), Debra Suarez (34th, 2014 - 2015), Doaa Rashed (33rd, 2013 - 2014), Laura Hook (32nd, 2012 - 2013), Gilda Martinez-Alba (31st, 2011 - 2012), Mamiko Nakata (30th, 2010 - 2011), Myles Hoenig (29th, 2009 - 2010), Ruby Costea (28th, 2008 - 2009), Tamara Jones (27th, 2007 - 2008), Janet Schreibstein (26th, 2006 - 2007), Becki Maurio (25th, 2005 - 2006), Heidi Platt (24th, 2004 - 2005), Phil Knighton (23rd, 2003 - 2004), Goedele Gulikers (22nd, 2002 - 2003), Elizabeth Holden Wagenheim (21st, 2001 - 2002), Rebecca Price (20th, 2000 - 2001), Sara Rose (19th, 1999 - 2000), Elizabeth Coppolino (18th, 1998 - 1999), Jill Basye-Featherston (17th, 1997 - 1998), Doris Yaffe Shiffman (16th, 1996 - 1997), Beth Stiefel-Itoh (15th, 1995 - 1996), Carol Bartley (14th, 1994 - 1995), Louis Johnson (13th, 1993 - 1994), Steve Matthiesen (12th, 1992 - 1993), Valerie Dubin (11th, 1991 - 1992), Susan Kachalo (10th, 1990 - 1991), Susan Elinsky (9th, 1989 - 1990), Liz Beck (8th, 1988 - 1989), Pat Petrlik (7th, 1987 - 1988), Ann Beusch (6th, 1986 - 1987), Janet Graham (5th, 1985 - 1986), Judy Wrase Nygard (4th, 1984 - 1985), Elizabeth Cadwalader (3rd, 1983 - 1984), Joan Raith Schopper (2nd, 1982 - 1983), and James Cook (1st, 1981 - 1982).