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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Rob Lyda | lydarob@me.com |
| Alaska | Tevya Robbins | robbins_tevya@asdk12.org |
| Arizona | Ellen Kirkbride | elkirk@comcast.net |
| Arkansas | Jann Knighten | jknighte@uark.edu |
| California | Armalyn De La O | adelao@csusb.edu |
| Colorado | Casey Cropp | ccropp09@gmail.com |
| Colorado | Leila Heil | leila.heil@colorado.edu |
| Connecticut | Amy Perras | advocacychair@cmea.org |
| Connecticut | Brian Crook | crookb@stratk12.org |
| Delaware | Anna Ramon | aramon@delawaremea.org |
| District of Columbia | Kristopher Ring | Kristopher.Ring@k12.dc.gov |
| Florida | Jeanne Reynolds | jeannewrey@gmail.com |
| Florida | Angela Hartvigsen | angelahartvigsen@gmail.com |
| Georgia | Sara Womack | saratwomack@gmail.com |
| Hawaii | Kim Barclift | barclift@hawaii.edu |
| Idaho | Bob Wicks | wickscrew@gmail.com |
| Indiana | Lane Velayo | lane@imeamusic.org |
| Indiana | Brian Weidner | bweidner@butler.edu |
| Indiana | Shaina Liv Terano | shainalivterano@msdlt.k12.in.us |
| Iowa | David Law | maestrolaw@gmail.com |
| Kansas | Kelly Knedler | advocacy@ksmea.org |
| Kentucky | Cedric Leavell | davidmgraham16@gmail.com |
| Kentucky | John Stroube | john@kmea.org |
| Louisiana | Duane LeBlanc | DLeblanc@catholichigh.org |
| Maine | Heidi Corliss | advocacychair@mainemea.org |
| Maine | Andrew Forster | president@mainemea.org |
| Maryland | Doug Conrad | dougconrad@gmail.com |
| Massachusetts | Toni Beatrice | abeatrice2@bostonpublicschools.org |
| Massachusetts | Allyson Rottman | advocacy@massmea.org |
| Michigan | Kenneth Smith | kenneth.smith@wmich.edu |
| Michigan | Mark Hageman | hageman.mark87@gmail.com |
| Minnesota | Jeff Sands | sands.jeff@gmail.com |
| Mississippi | Hannah Gadd Adrey | hannahegadd@gmail.com |
| Missouri | Roy Maxwell | Government.relations@mmea.net |
| Montana | Amy Schendel | schendelac@billingsschools.org |
| Nebraska | Clay Blackman | president@nmeanebraska.org |
| Nebraska | Debbie Martinez | djmartin@mpsomaha.org |
| Nebraska | Heather Stahr | advocacy@nmeanebraska.org |
| Nebraska | Carrie Jensen | carriejensen@npsne.org |
| Nevada | Paul Kleeman | kleempe@nv.ccsd.net |
| Nevada | David Morris | stateexec@nmeamusic.org |
| Nevada | Matt Symes | webdesign@nmeamusic.org |
| Nevada | Amy Symes | asymes@nmeamusic.org |
| New Hampshire | Amy Boccia | aboccia@windhamsd.org |
| New Hampshire | Sean Meagher | seanfmeagher@gmail.com |
| New Jersey | Arwen Kapusta | misskapusta@gmail.com |
| New Mexico | Daniel Fear | nmmeaadvocacy@nmmea.com |
| New Mexico | Neil Swapp | neilswapp@nmmea.com |
| New York | Mastrangelo Michael | grc@nyssma.org |
| North Carolina | James Daugherty | jdaugherty@ncmea.net |
| North Carolina | Jeremy Tucker | advocacy@ncmea.net |
| North Dakota | Whitney Berry | advocacy@ndmea.org |
| North Dakota | Sarah Harlow | president@ndmea.org |
| Ohio | Danielle Shaub | shaubdanielle@lakelocal.org |
| Ohio | Jay Wardeska | executive_director@omea-ohio.org |
| Ohio | Paul Glader | paul.glader@betheltate.org |
| Oklahoma | Mike Raiber | raiberm@mustangps.org |
| Oregon | Laura Arthur | publicpolicy@oregonmea.org |
| Oregon | Stephen Marshall | advocacy@oregonmea.org |
| Pennsylvania | Mark Despotakis | advocacy@pmea.net |
| Rhode Island | David Neves | dneves@rimea.org |
| Rhode Island | Shannan Davis | sdavis@rimea.org |
| South Carolina | Colleen Marcou | colleen.marcou@scmea.net |
| South Carolina | Allie Dombrowski | allie.dombkowski@scmea.net |
| South Dakota | Dave Sanderson | david.n.sanderson@usd.edu |
| Tennessee | Christopher Dye | christopher.dye@mtsu.edu |
| Texas | Mark Montemayor | mark.montemayor@unt.edu |
| Texas | AJ Marks | ajmarks21@gmail.com |
| Utah | Mitch Hall | advocacychair@umea.us |
| Utah | Geoff Anderson | President@umea.us |
| Vermont | Andrew Loose | president-elect@vmea.org |
| Vermont | John Moton | advocacy@vmea.org |
| Virginia | Annamarie Bollino | annamariebollino@gmail.com |
| Virginia | Michelle Milligan | michellefmilligan@gmail.com |
| Washington | Ron Gerhardstein | rcgstein.wmea@gmail.com |
| Washington | Shawn Tolley | shawnt@spokaneschools.org |
| West Virginia | Genesis Mihalko | wvmeaadvocacy@gmail.com |
| Wisconsin | Will Janssen | willjanssenmh@gmail.com |
| Wisconsin | Molly Petroff | mollypetroff@hotmail.com |
| Wisconsin | Brad Schneider | brad.schneider102@gmail.com |
| Wisconsin | Laurie Fellenz | lfellenz@wsmamusic.org |
| Wisconsin | Randall Swiggum | raswiggum@madison.k12.wi.us |
| Wyoming | Nathan Searcey | advocacy.chair@wyomea.org |