NAGT Association Officers & Staff
Elected Officers
Councilors-at-Large:
- Katherine Ryker
University of South Carolina-Columbia
kryker@seoe.sc.edu
2020-2023 - Dana Thomas
University of Texas at Austin
dthomas@jsg.utexas.edu
2021-2024 - Alex Manda
East Carolina University
alexkmanda@gmail.com
2021-2024 - Steve Mattox
Grand Valley State University
mattoxs@gvsu.edu
2019-2022 - Ryan Hollister
Turlock Unified School District
ryhollister@sbcglobal.net
2019-2022 - Cindy Shellito
University of Northern Colorado
lucinda.shellito@unco.edu
2021-2022
President: Margaret Crowder
Western Kentucky University
margaret.crowder@wku.edu
2021-2022
1st Vice-President: Christy Visaggi
Georgia State University
cvisaggi@gsu.edu
2021-2022
2nd Vice-President: Reginald Archer
Tennessee State University
rarcher@tnstate.edu
2021-2022
Past-President: Jennifer Wenner
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
wenner@uwosh.edu
2020-2021
Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Phillips
Illinois Valley Community College
mike_phillips@ivcc.edu
2020-2024
Appointed Officers
Executive Director: Anne Egger
Central Washington University
exdir@nagt.org
2019-2022
JGE Editor in Chief: Kim Hannula
Professor Emerita, Fort Lewis College
jge-editor@nagt.org
September 2020-2023
In the Trenches Editor: Redina Finch
Western Illinois University
inthetrenches@nagt.org
2020-2023
NAGT Historian: Gene Pearson
University of the Pacific
epearson@pacific.edu
Section and Division Liaisons
The Executive Committee of the Association appoints one of its members as a liaison to each section and division for the national committee, as described in the liaison responsibilities (Acrobat (PDF) 28kB Oct20 20) document. In this way, news and concerns can travel easily between the two parts of the organization.
- Central: Jennifer Wenner
- Eastern: Dana Thomas
- Far Western: Ryan Hollister
- Midcontinent: inactive
- New England: Steve Mattox
- North Central: inactive
- Pacific Northwest: Cindy Shellito
- Southeastern: Alex Manda
- Southwest: inactive
- Texas: inactive
- 2YC: Michael Phillips
- Geo Ed Research: Kim Hannula
- TED: Christy Visaggi
Organizational Liaisons
The Executive Committee also appoints members to serve as liaisons to other organizations, as described in the organizational liaisons (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 19kB Aug23 19) document. Current liaisons are:
- AACU/PKAL Elizabeth Gordon
- AGI Associated Societies Reginald Archer (2nd V.P. in alternating years)
- AGI Geoscience Policy Program Advisory Committee Steve Mattox
- AGU John Taber
- AMS Donna Charlevoix
- CUR Jennifer Wenner
- GSA Associated Societies Christy Visaggi (2nd V. P. in alternating years)
- GSA Ed Division and Ed Standing Committee James McDonald
- GSA Meeting Joint Technical Program Committee Katherine Ryker
- NESTA
- NSTA
- NABG Reginald Archer
- March For Science (MFS) Don Haas
Staff
Mitchell Bender-Awalt, Project Coordinator
mawalt@carleton.edu
Executive office operations and management
Monica Bruckner, Website Manager
mbruckne@carleton.edu
Website management
Amy Collette, Financial & Administrative Director
acollette@carleton.edu
Financial management, including publications and subscriptions
Pa Yao Vue, Administrative & Events Assistant
pvue@carleton.edu
Awards management, social media