We need YOU to help implement the new ESSA!
This page contains a list of state advocacy contact information. If a state has a designated contact, you will find their information. If you do not see a contact for your state, please visit the NAfME Federated Associations page to access contact information for your state’s other leadership.
Please contact our advocacy team at advocacy@nafme.org for further assistance.
Thanks for being part of our grassroots effort to implement ESSA and make a new day for music education!
| State Specific Information | Leader |
| AK | Nancy Dreydoppel |
| AL | Rob Lyda |
| AR | Jaree Hall |
| AZ | Anna Backstrom |
| CA | Russ Sperling |
| CO | Carla Aguilar |
| CT | Jon Garcia |
| DC | Holly Pusch |
| DE | Dominic Pisano |
| FL | |
| GA | Sara Womack |
| HI | Chet-Yeng Loong |
| IA | David Law |
| ID | BriAnna Crook |
| IL | Brayer Teague |
| IN | |
| KS | Kelly Knedler |
| KY | David Graham |
| LA | Ginny Medina-Hamilton |
| MA | John Mlynczack |
| MD | Amy Hairston |
| ME | |
| MI | Ryan Shaw |
| MN |
Casey Clementson |
| MO | Jocelyn Prendergast |
| MS | Hannah Gadd Ardrey and Jordan Langworthy |
| MT | Dusty Molyneaux |
| NC | James Daugherty |
| ND | Brian L. Saylor |
| NE | Ashley Brock |
| NH | Sean F. Meagher |
| NJ | Dennis Argul |
| NM | Brian Uerling |
| NV | Martha O’Neill |
| NY | Lori Orestano-James |
| OH | James Dowdy |
| OK | James South |
| OR | |
| PA | Mark Despotakis |
| RI | David Neves |
| SC | Christine Fisher |
| SD | Kimberly Bruguier |
| TN | Christopher Dye |
| TX | Michelle Davis |
| UT | Christine Wolf |
| VA | |
| VT | Molly Tobin |
| WA | Jim Rice |
| WI | Kay Black |
| WY | Cindy Schmid |
| WV | Andrea Hasley |
