NAfME Advocacy Leadership Force
If a state has a designated advocacy contact, you will find their information below. Click the arrows in the heading(s) to reorganize the rows by state, first name, or email address. If you do not see a contact for your state, 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 | NAME | |
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Alabama | Rob Lyda | lydarob@me.com |
Alaska | Tevya Robbins | robbins_tevya@asdk12.org |
Arizona | Anna Backstrom | anna.backstrom@dvusd.org |
Arkansas | Jaree Hall | jareehall@arkmea.org |
California | Armalyn De La O | adelao@calmusiced.com |
California | Russ Sperling | sperlingruss@gmail.com |
Colorado | Vacant | |
Connecticut | Jaminda Blackmon | jumanjiii@yahoo.com |
Connecticut | Jon Garcia | advocacy@cmea.org |
Delaware | Anna Ramon | svewolfinger@gmail.com |
District of Columbia | Holly Pusch | hollypusch@gmail.com |
Florida | Jeanne Reynolds | jeannewrey@gmail.com |
Florida | Kathy Sanz | kdsanz@fmea.org |
Georgia | Sara Womack | saratwomack@gmail.com |
Hawaii | Chet-Yeng Loong | chetyeng@hawaii.edu |
Idaho | BriAnna Crook | briannacrook95@gmail.com |
Indiana | Lane Velayo | lane@imeamusic.org |
Indiana | Lauren Richerme | lkricher@indiana.edu |
Iowa | David Law | maestrolaw@gmail.com |
Kansas | Kelly Knedler | advocacy@ksmea.org |
Kentucky | David Graham | davidmgraham16@gmail.com |
Kentucky | John Stroube | john@kmea.org |
Louisiana | Brett Babineaux | bababineaux@lpssonline.com |
Louisiana | Ginny Medina-Hamilton | gmedinahamilton@vchterriers.org |
Louisiana | Scotty Walker | sctywalk@cox.net |
Maine | Melissa Birkhold | advocacychair@mainemea.org |
Maryland | Amy Hairston | ahairston.mcea@gmail.com |
Massachusetts | John Mylnczak | jmlynczak@halleonard.com |
Michigan | Ryan Shaw | rydshaw@gmail.com |
Minnesota | Casey Clementson | casey.clementson@gmail.com |
Minnesota | Jeff Sands | sands.jeff@gmail.com |
Mississippi | Hannah Gadd Adrey | hannah.gadd@gocommodores.org |
Mississippi | Jordan Langworthy | jlangworthy@madison-schools.com |
Missouri | Aaron Whacker | awacker@semo.edu |
Montana | Dusty Molyneaux | dusty_molyneaux@gfps.k12.mt.us |
Nebraska | Ashley Brock | ashleybrocksings@gmail.com |
Nevada | Vacant | |
New Hampshire | Amy Buonpane | abuonpane@windhamsd.org |
New Hampshire | Sean Meagher | seanfmeagher@gmail.com |
New Jersey | Libby Gopal | libbymontielgopal@gmail.com |
New Jersey | Wayne Mallette | wayne.mallette1@gmail.com |
New Mexico | Amy Williams | amywilliams@nmmea.com |
New Mexico | Neil Swapp | neilswapp@nmmea.com |
New York | Lori Orestano-James | advocacy@nyssma.org |
North Carolina | James Daugherty | jdaugherty@ncmea.net |
North Dakota | Brian Saylor | brian_saylor@bismarckschools.org |
Ohio | Danielle Shaub | shaubdanielle@lakelocal.org |
Oklahoma | James South | jamessouth14@gmail.com |
Oregon | Julie Bounds | bounds_j@4j.lane.edu |
Oregon | Laura Arthur | larthur@pps.net |
Pennsylvania | Mark Despotakis | advocacy@pmea.net |
Rhode Island | David Neves | dneves@rimea.org |
South Carolina | Christine Fischer | fisherc37@gmail.com |
South Dakota | Luis Viquez | luis.viquez@usd.edu |
Tennessee | Christopher Dye | christopher.dye@mtsu.edu |
Texas | Michelle DeVall | michelle.devall@austinisd.org |
Utah | Christine Wolf | cwolf@dsdmail.net |
Vermont | Bill Prue | williamprue@gmail.com |
Virginia | Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy | vanderjx@jmu.edu |
Virginia | John Brewington | john.brewington@vbschools.com |
Virginia | Michelle Milligan | michellefmilligan@gmail.com |
Washington | Jim Rice | pastpresident@wmea.org |
West Virginia | Genesis Mihalko | advocacy@wvmea.org |
Wisconsin | Brad Schneider | brad.schneider102@gmail.com |
Wisconsin | Paul Budde | paul.budde@uwrf.edu |
Wisconsin | Will Janssen | willjanssenmh@gmail.com |
Wyoming | Vacant | advocacy.chair@wyomea.org |