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 52 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. Please feel free to contact your state representative listed below. For those not listed, please visit the federated state associations page.
| Alabama: | Sarah McLendon |
| Arizona: | Tara Kissane |
| Arkansas: | Bart Dooley |
| California: | Emma Joleen Schopler |
| Colorado: | Becky Bradley |
| Connecticut: | Jasper Bowman |
| District of Columbia: | Joshua Krohn |
| European: | Joy Morgen |
| Florida | Jenny Abdelnour |
| Georgia: | Vacant |
| Illinois: | Sarah A. Bush Randolph |
| Indiana: | Julie Plant |
| Iowa | Vacant |
| Kansas: | Patricia Ahern |
| Kentucky: | Vacant |
| Maine: | Nancy Curran |
| Michigan: | Diane Mehringer |
| Mississippi | Vacant |
| Missouri: | Jennifer Patterson |
| Montana: | Vacant |
| Nebraska: | Stacy Bean |
| New Hampshire: | Therese Davison |
| New Jersey: | Vacant |
| New Mexico: | General Music VP |
| New York: | Scott Andrews |
| North Dakota: | Denese Odegaard |
| North Carolina: | Angela Mangum |
| Nevada: | Vacant |
| Ohio: | Katie Ferren |
| Oklahoma: | Vacant |
| Oregon: | Mark Jones |
| Pennsylvania: | Chuck Neidhardt |
| Rhode Island: | John MacDonald |
| South Carolina: | Charles Masker |
| South Dakota: | Kim Bruguier |
| Tennessee: | Tiffany Barton |
| Texas: | Robert Ball |
| Utah: | Vacant |
| Vermont: | Barbara Connelly |
| Virginia: | Anna Moore and Marie Weber |
| Washington: | WMEA |
| West Virginia: | Kathleen Fox |
| Wisconsin: | Kathy Bartling |
| Wyoming: | Jessica Hodges |
