PMEA District 1 - Officers

District 1 Officers

Executive Committee (EXCOM)
President Lee Rickard Pine-Richland High School 724-625-4444 ext. 1898 lrickard@pinerichland.org	Vice President Michael Rozell Belle Vernon Area High School 724-808-2500 ext. 2171 michael.rozell@bellevernonarea.net
Immediate Past President Dennis Emert Kerr Elementary School, Fox Chapel Area SD 412-963-9600, ext 7192 dennis_emert@fcasd.edu	Secretary/Treasurer Steven Leopold Brentwood Middle/High School 412-881-4940, ext. 2721 412-608-6494 (cell) SALeopold@comcast.net LeopoldS@brentwoodpgh.k12.pa.us
Appointed Positions
Coalition/PR Chair Patricia Bauer Marshall Middle School & North Allegheny Intermediate School 724-934-6060/412-369-5530 pbauer@northallegheny.org	Newsletter/Web Editor Shaun Cloonan North Hills Junior High School & West View Elementary School 412-318-1000, ext. 5225 cloonans@nhsd.net
Retired Teachers Chair James Falvo 724-228-2061 jfalvo@pulsenet.com	Mentor Teachers Coordinator Steve Wilson Chartiers Valley Middle School 412-429-2257 skwmusic@aol.com
Cultural Diversity Chair Cyndi Mancini Montour High School 412-490-6500 Ext. 1134 mancinic@mail.montourschools.com

Curriculum & Instruction Committee
Higher Ed C/I Representative Lewis Strouse Carnegie Mellon University School of Music 412-268-1432 strouse@andrew.cmu.edu	High School C/I Representative Mairi Thompson Fox Chapel Area HS 412-967-2400, ext. 1936 Mairi_Thompson@fcasd.edu
Jr. High/Middle School C/I Representative Ben Cook Elizabeth Forward Middle School 412-896-2300, ext. 7740 bcook@efsd.net	Elementary C/I Representative Ron DePascale David E. Williams Middle School, Montour SD 412-771-8802 depascaler@mail.montourschools.com
State Officers from District 1
PMEA State Retired Teachers Chair Ben Holste 412-795-4963 benphhs@aol.com	PMEA State Adjudication Chair Tom Snyder West Allegheny School District 724-659-5269 tsnyder@westallegheny.k12.pa.us
NASPAAM Rod Booker Westmoreland County Community College 724-925-5976 rbditto2@msn.com	Higher Education/SMTE Paul Doerksen Duquesne University 412-396-5479 doerksenp@duq.edu

District 1 Officer Elections

Length of Office
- Vice President/President/Past President: 2 years each
- Secretary/Treasurer: 4 years
- Curriculum/Instruction Representative: 4 years
Election Years (Spring)
- Vice President: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
- Secretary/Treasurer: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2027
- Elementary/HS C/I: 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
- JHS/Higher Ed C/I: 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026
Upcoming Ballots
- Regular: Junior High and Higher Education C/I: Spring 2010
- Regular: Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer: Spring 2011
- Regular: Elementary, High School C/I: Spring 2012
- EXCOM: State C/I Representative: Spring 2012
- Regular: Vice President: Spring 2013
Procedure
1. Nomination Committee appointed and chaired by Immediate Past President
2. Slate of Officers should include two candidates for each office
3. December 1 deadline for biographies to be submitted to Secretary/Treasurer
4. Elections held during Festival/Fest Directors' Meetings up to March 1
5. Current MENC card required for receipt of ballot
6. Ballot is mailed to remaining members not in attendance at Directors' Meetings
7. Ballots tabulated by Immediate Past President
8. Results are posted in newsletter by Secretary/Treasurer