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Jan/Feb 2024 | Vol. 81 No. 1

2022-2024 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD

International President Regional Directors Members-at-large
Dr. Debbie LeBlanc, Illinois Europe 2020-2024
Marie-Antionette Huber de Wolf, Cindy Moore, British Colombia
First Vice President The Netherlands
Connie Rensink, Texas 2022-2026
Northeast Dr. Barbara Baethe, Texas
Second Vice President
Dr. Beverly Hall, Tennessee Carol Herzog, Indiana Area Representatives
Northwest
Executive Director Canada
Nita R. Scott, CAE, Texas Beverly Mantey-VanCronkhite, Lorna Berlinguette, Alberta
Wisconsin
Parliamentarian Latin America
Dr. Helen Popovich, PRP, Florida Southeast Dr. Alejandrina Mata-Segrada,
Dr. Teresa Cowan, North Carolina Costa Rica
Immediate Past President
Becky Sadowski, Tennessee Southwest
Susan Perkins, Kansas

NEWS Editor | Judith R. Merz, Ed.D.
Assistant Editor and Publications Specialist| Bailey Bauer

From PRES p. 2

will contribute to the Society by participating; sharing your interests, talents, and professional expertise;
and seeking opportunities to grow personally and professionally. If this is your desire, please signify by
saying, “I will support this organization.” (Chapter Induction Ceremony, p. 2).
This is not the time to be divisive in our actions. We are entirely too vulnerable as an organization to allow
practices that may fracture us. Now, more than ever, it is critical that, collectively, we stand together and united

to make changes in our organization so that we are vital, relevant, and sustainable through 2029 and beyond.
I have said many times that members matter. That’s because you do.
Membership influences change, advances skillsets, improves lives, and creates solutions. Membership
helps, serves, and cares for many people. Without membership, skills aren’t advanced, policies aren’t
developed, and industries aren’t protected. Membership gives people a voice. Membership brings
people together to collectively innovate, create, and mobilize. Membership gives people a place to
belong and an opportunity to make a difference. There is no other segment of society that improves

lives like membership organizations do. (Member Shift: Why members leave and the strategies proven to
bring them back; Sarah L. Sladek, 2023)
Decisions will be made that offer opportunities for the Society to be even more vital and relevant to educators,
which leads to sustainability of our organization. Members matter. You matter. Now let’s get working!

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