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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Missouri | Aaron Whacker | awacker@semo.edu |
New Hampshire | Amy Buonpane | abuonpane@windhamsd.org |
Maryland | Amy Hairston | ahairston.mcea@gmail.com |
New Mexico | Amy Williams | amywilliams@nmmea.com |
Arizona | Anna Backstrom | anna.backstrom@dvusd.org |
Delaware | Anna Ramon | svewolfinger@gmail.com |
California | Armalyn De La O | adelao@calmusiced.com |
Nebraska | Ashley Brock | ashleybrocksings@gmail.com |
Vermont | Bill Prue | williamprue@gmail.com |
Wisconsin | Brad Schneider | brad.schneider102@gmail.com |
Louisiana | Brett Babineaux | bababineaux@lpssonline.com |
North Dakota | Brian Saylor | brian_saylor@bismarckschools.org |
Idaho | BriAnna Crook | briannacrook95@gmail.com |
Minnesota | Casey Clementson | casey.clementson@gmail.com |
Hawaii | Chet-Yeng Loong | chetyeng@hawaii.edu |
South Carolina | Christine Fischer | fisherc37@gmail.com |
Utah | Christine Wolf | cwolf@dsdmail.net |
Tennessee | Christopher Dye | christopher.dye@mtsu.edu |
Kentucky | David Graham | davidmgraham16@gmail.com |
Iowa | David Law | maestrolaw@gmail.com |
Rhode Island | David Neves | dneves@rimea.org |
Montana | Dusty Molyneaux | dusty_molyneaux@gfps.k12.mt.us |
West Virginia | Genesis Mihalko | advocacy@wvmea.org |
Louisiana | Ginny Medina-Hamilton | gmedinahamilton@vchterriers.org |
Mississippi | Hannah Gadd Adrey | hannah.gadd@gocommodores.org |
District of Columbia | Holly Pusch | hollypusch@gmail.com |
North Carolina | James Daugherty | jdaugherty@ncmea.net |
Ohio | Danielle Shaub | shaubdanielle@lakelocal.org |
Oklahoma | James South | jamessouth14@gmail.com |
Connecticut | Jaminda Blackmon | jumanjiii@yahoo.com |
Arkansas | Jaree Hall | jareehall@arkmea.org |
Florida | Jeanne Reynolds | jeannewrey@gmail.com |
Minnesota | Jeff Sands | sands.jeff@gmail.com |
Washington | Jim Rice | pastpresident@wmea.org |
Virginia | Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy | vanderjx@jmu.edu |
Virginia | John Brewington | john.brewington@vbschools.com |
Massachusetts | John Mylnczak | jmlynczak@halleonard.com |
Kentucky | John Stroube | john@kmea.org |
Connecticut | Jon Garcia | advocacy@cmea.org |
Mississippi | Jordan Langworthy | jlangworthy@madison-schools.com |
Oregon | Julie Bounds | bounds_j@4j.lane.edu |
Florida | Kathy Sanz | kdsanz@fmea.org |
Kansas | Kelly Knedler | advocacy@ksmea.org |
Indiana | Lane Velayo | lane@imeamusic.org |
Oregon | Laura Arthur | larthur@pps.net |
Indiana | Lauren Richerme | lkricher@indiana.edu |
New Jersey | Libby Gopal | libbymontielgopal@gmail.com |
New York | Lori Orestano-James | advocacy@nyssma.org |
South Dakota | Luis Viquez | luis.viquez@usd.edu |
Pennsylvania | Mark Despotakis | advocacy@pmea.net |
Maine | Melissa Birkhold | advocacychair@mainemea.org |
Texas | Michelle DeVall | michelle.devall@austinisd.org |
Virginia | Michelle Milligan | michellefmilligan@gmail.com |
New Mexico | Neil Swapp | neilswapp@nmmea.com |
Wisconsin | Paul Budde | paul.budde@uwrf.edu |
Alabama | Rob Lyda | lydarob@me.com |
California | Russ Sperling | sperlingruss@gmail.com |
Michigan | Ryan Shaw | rydshaw@gmail.com |
Georgia | Sara Womack | saratwomack@gmail.com |
Louisiana | Scotty Walker | sctywalk@cox.net |
New Hampshire | Sean Meagher | seanfmeagher@gmail.com |
Alaska | Tevya Robbins | robbins_tevya@asdk12.org |
Colorado | Vacant | |
Nevada | Vacant | |
Wyoming | Vacant | advocacy.chair@wyomea.org |
New Jersey | Wayne Mallette | wayne.mallette1@gmail.com |
Wisconsin | Will Janssen | willjanssenmh@gmail.com |