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- 2023 TED Elections
It is time to vote for officers for the Teacher Education Division of NAGT. The voting begins on June 1 and ends on July 1.
- 2023 GER Elections
It is time to vote for officers for the Geoscience Education Research (GER) Division of NAGT. The voting begins on June 1 and ends on July 1.

Section Officers
President: Steve Mattox
1st Vice President: vacant
2nd Vice President: vacant
Past President: Alexa Sedlacek
Secretary: vacant
Treasurer: Michael Wolf
OEST Chair Susan Kornreich-Wolf
Executive Committee Liaisons: Lynsey LeMay and Mitchell Bender-Awalt
Full Contact Information
President:
Steve Mattox
Geology
Grand Valley State University
One Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
mattoxs@gvsu.edu
1st Vice President:
vacant
2nd Vice President
vacant
Treasurer:
Michael Wolf
Geology Department
Augustana College
639 38th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
michaelwolf@augustana.edu
Past President/Secretary:
Beth A. Johnson
Department of Geography and Geology
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
1478 Midway Road
Menasha, WI 54952
beth.a.johnson@uwc.edu
OEST (Outstanding Earth Science Teacher) Award Chair:
Susan Kornreich-Wolf
Augustana College
Fryxell Geology Museum
Rock Island, IL 61201
susanwolf@augustana.edu
Liaisons to NAGT Executive Committee
The Officer Rotation
The 2nd Vice President has made a three-year commitment:
Year 1: 2nd Vice President
Year 2: 1st Vice President
Year 3: President
Sectional GSA Geoscience Education Representative nominations to the national GSA Education Committee (3-yr term, ending 2015)
Kevin Evans
Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, Missouri 65897
417-836-5590
kevinevans@missouristate.edu
OR
Katie Johnson
Eastern Illinois University
Department of Geology/Geography
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
kjohnson4@eiu.edu
State Representatives
Illinois
David Voorhees
Waubonsee Community College
dvoorhees@waubonsee.edu
Indiana
Paul K. Doss
Department of Geology and Physics
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Blvd., Room SC2213
Evansville, IN 47712
PDoss@usi.eduSolomon Isiorho
Department of Geosciences
Indiana University - Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW)
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
isiorho@ipfw.edu
Iowa
Cinzia Cervato
Iowa State University
Geology and Atmospheric Science
253 Science Hall I
Ames, IA 50011
cinzia@iastate.eduSherman Lundy
Basic Materials Corp.
101 BMC Drive
Elk Run Heights, IA 50707
lundy@basicmaterialscorp.com
Kentucky
Frederick Siewers
Department of Geography and Geology
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd #31066
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066
fred.siewers@wku.edu
Michigan
Cris L. DeWolf
Chippewa Hills High School
3226 Arthur Rd.
Remus, MI 49340
cdewolf@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
Minnesota
Dr. Karl W. Leonard
Dept. of Anthropology & Earth Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue S.
Moorhead, MN 56563
leonardk@mnstate.eduKate Pound
St. Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
kspound@stcloudstate.edu
Ohio
Ron Fabick
Ohio Earth Science Teachers Assoc.
Brunswick High School
Brunswick, OH 44212
rfabick@zoominternet.netWilliam Slattery
Wright State University
Geological Sciences
260 Brehm Lab
Dayton, OH 45435
william.slattery@wright.edu
Wisconsin
Robert Baker
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Department of Plant and Earth Science
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
robert.w.baker@uwrf.eduKerry Keen
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Department of Plant and Earth Science
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
kerry.l.keen@uwrf.eduRachel Headley
University of Wisconsin Parkside
headley@uwp.edu
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