State MIOSM® Chairpersons
March has been officially designated by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) for the observance of Music In Our Schools Month®, the time of year when music education becomes the focus of schools across the nation.
NAfME’s 51 federated state organizations (representing each state, the District of Columbia, and Europe) play an active role in the observance, securing governors’ proclamations, enlisting the support of chief state school officers, and establishing organizational structures to help reach individual music educators.
MIOSM chairpersons with each state organization provide the major thrust for the MIOSM celebrations, with the goal of involving students, administrators, parents, civic groups, and community members. These chairpersons play a key role in music education advocacy during MIOSM and throughout the year.
Please feel free to contact your state representative listed below. For those not listed, please visit the federated state associations page.
| Alabama: | Mildred Lanier |
| Alaska | Vacant |
| Arizona: | Tara Kissane |
| Arkansas: | Bart Dooley |
| California: | Emma Joleen Schopler |
| Colorado: | Vacant |
| Connecticut: | Hannah Fraser |
| Delaware: | Phoebe Marvel |
| District of Columbia: | Vacant |
| European: | Vacant |
| Florida: | Jenny Abdelnour |
| Georgia: | Vacant |
| Hawaii | Vacant |
| Idaho | Thomas Kloss |
| Indiana: | Vacant |
| Iowa: | Vacant |
| Kansas: | Patricia Ahern |
| Kentucky: | Vacant |
| Louisiana | Vacant |
| Maine: | Vacant |
| Maryland: | JJ Norman |
| Massachusetts: | Vacant |
| Michigan: | Vacant |
| Minnesota: | Vacant |
| Mississippi: | Vacant |
| Missouri: | Jennifer Patterson |
| Montana: | Sarah Spangle |
| Nebraska: | Ashley Brock |
| New Hampshire: | Vacant |
| New Jersey: | David Westawski |
| New Mexico: | Vacant |
| New York: | Scott Andrews |
| North Dakota: | Vacant |
| North Carolina: | Tonya Allison; Lindsay Williams |
| Nevada: | Vacant |
| Ohio: | Katie Ferren |
| Oklahoma: | Vacant |
| Oregon: | Laura Arthur; Julie Bounds |
| Pennsylvania: | Chuck Neidhardt |
| Rhode Island: | Vacant |
| South Carolina: | Vacant |
| South Dakota: | Vacant |
| Tennessee: | Tiffany Barton |
| Texas: | Robert Ball |
| Utah: | Vacant |
| Vermont: | Vacant |
| Virginia: | Marie Weber |
| Washington: | WMEA |
| West Virginia: | Kathleen Fox |
| Wisconsin: | Kathy Bartling |
| Wyoming: | Jessica Riis-Hodges |
