President
Valerie Kibler, MJE
President, 2023-2025
Work Harrisonburg High School 1001 Garbers Church Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Vice President
Justin Daigle, MJE
Vice President, 2023-2025
Work Brighton High School 270 S. 8th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Director, Scholastic Press Rights
Kristin Taylor, MJE
Scholastic Press Rights Director, 2020-2024
Work The Archer School for Girls 11725 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Director, Educational Initiatives
Shari Adwers, MJE
Educational Initiatives Director, 2020-2025
School Loudoun Valley High School 340 Maple Ave Purcelllville VA 20132
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Director-at-large
Brenda Field, MJE
Director-at-large, 2020-2025
Work Glenbrook South High School 4000 W. Lake Ave. Glenview, IL 60026
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Director-at-large
Debra Klevens, CJE
Director-at-large, 2023-2025
Home Parkway West High School 14653 Clayton Rd Ballwin MO 63011
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Director-at-large
Sergio Yanes, MJE
Director-at-large, 2022-2024
School Arvada High School 7951 W 65th Ave Arvada CO 80004
Home Phone: 785-512-1984
Personal Email: sergioluisyanes@gmail.com
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
LINKS
Awards
TBD
Career and Technical Education
Laura Negri, MJE
Work Alief Kerr High School 8150 Howell Sugar Land Rd. Houston TX 77083
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
Updated 8 months ago.
Certification
Amy Sorrell, MJE
Work Antwerp Local School 303 S. Harrmann Road Antwerp, OH 45813
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
Contests (National Student Media Contests)
Nancy Y. Smith, MJE
Work Lafayette High School 17050 Clayton Road Wildwood, MO 63011
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
Digital Media
Aaron Manfull, MJE
Work Francis Howell North High School 2549 Hackmann Road Saint Charles, MO 63303
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
Journalist of the Year
Joe Humphrey, MJE
Work Sickles High School 7950 Gunn Highway Tampa FL 33626
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
Updated 5 months ago.
Mentoring Program
Alicia Merrifield, CJE
School The Village School 13051 Whittington Drive Houston TX 77077
Home Phone: 281-216-8854
Personal Email: mentoring@jea.org
Website: Contact Alicia
Categories: Committee Chairs, Mentoring
Updated 8 months ago.
Scholastic Journalism Week
PJ Cabrera, CJE
Work Judson High School 9142 FM 78 Converse, TX 78109
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs, Coordinator, Mentoring
Editor, Communication: Journalism Education Today
Bradley Wilson, MJE
Communication: Journalism Education Today Editor
Home 4919 Trinidad Dr. Wichita Falls, TX 76310 Work Midwestern State University 3410 Taft Blvd. Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099
Website: Contact
Categories: Editor
Global Engagement Director
Kelly Furnas, MJE
Global Engagement Director
Work Elon University 2855 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244
Website: Contact
Categories: Committee Chairs
LINKS
Erin Coggins, MJE
Alabama
Work Sparkman High School 2616 Jeff Road Harvest AL 35749
Work Phone: 256-837-0331
Home Phone: 256-895-6490
Work Email: ecoggins@mcssk12.org
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
To be determined
Alaska
Categories: State Directors
Christine Brandell
Arizona
Work Paradise Valley High School 3950 E Bell Road Phoenix, AZ 85032
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Justin Turner
Arkansas
Home 1013 Shobe Road Bryant, AR 72022
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Mitch Ziegler, CJE
California
Home 22720 Ladeene Ave Torrance CA 90505
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Jessica Hunziker, MJE
Colorado
Home Castle View High School 5254 N. Meadows Drive Castle Rock Colorado 80109
Home Phone: 720-327-8500
Work Email: jmhunziker@dcsdk12.org
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
David Fortier
Connecticut
Work Rocky Hill High School 50 Chapin Ave. Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Dennis Leizear, CJE
Delaware
Work Padua Academy 905 N. Broom St. Wilmington, DE 19806
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Mary Stapp
District of Columbia
Categories: State Directors
Ben Langevin, CJE
Florida
School Oviedo High School 601 King St Oviedo FL 32765
Home Phone: 407-579-3908
Personal Email: benlangevin@gmail.com
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
David Ragsdale, CJE
Georgia
School Clarke Central High School 350 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Cynthia “Cindy” Reves, CJE
Hawaii
Home President William McKinley High School 1039 S. King St. Honolulu, HI 96814
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Michael Dunn
Idaho
School Lakeland High School 7006 W Highway 53 PO Box 69 Rathdrum Idaho 83858
Cell Phone: 509-954-2707
Work Email: michael.dunn@lakeland272.org
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Katie Fernandez, CJE
Illinois
Home 5738 W Berenice Ave Chicago, IL 60634
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Ryan Gunterman, MJE
Indiana
Home 185 S. Stonechase Crossing Road Bloomington IN 47403
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Leslie Shipp, MJE
Iowa
Work Retired 609 E. 1st St. Grimes IA 50111
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Susan Massy
Kansas
Work Shawnee Mission Northwest H.S. 12701 W. 67th St. Shawnee, KS 66216
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 4 months ago.
Larry Steinmetz, CJE
Kentucky
Home Bullitt East High School 11450 Highway 44 E Mount Washington, KY 40047
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Albert Dupont
Louisiana
Work Loyola University School of Mass Communication 6363 St. Charles Ave. Box 201 New Orleans, LA 70118
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Marcie Young
Maine
Work Presque Isle High School 16 Griffin St. Presque Isle, ME 04769
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Krista McKim, CJE
Maryland
School Rockville High School 2100 Baltimore Rd Rockville MD 20851
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 3 months ago.
Bretton Zinger, MJE
Massachusetts
Home 238 Austin St. West Newton, MA 02465
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Kaitlin Edgerton, CJE
Michigan
Home Grosse Pointe South High School 11 Grosse Pointe Blvd. Grosse Pointe Farms Michigan 48236
Home Phone: 586-690-5201
Personal Email: k8edgerton@gmail.com
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Rachel Steil, MJE
Minnesota
School Stillwater Area High School 5701 Stillwater Blvd. Stillwater MN 55082
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 1 month ago.
R.J. Morgan, MJE
Mississippi
Work The University of Mississippi 102 Farley Hall PO Box 1848 University, MS 38677
Website: Contact
Categories: Certification Committee, State Directors
Christina Manolis, MJE
Missouri
Home Oakville High School 5557 Milburn Rd. St. Louis MO 63129
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 8 months ago.
Linda Ballew, MJE
Montana
Home 2212 4th St. S. Great Falls, MT 59405
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Marsha Kalkowski, MJE
Nebraska
Work Marian High School 7400 Military Ave. Omaha, NE 68134-3398
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Eric Johnston, CJE
Nevada
School Green Valley High School 460 N Arroyo Grande Blvd Henderson NV 89014
Home Phone: 702-686-1792
Personal Email: johnsem1@nv.ccsd.net
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Timothy Cain, CJE
New Hampshire
Work Pinkerton Academy 5 Pinkerton Street Derry NH 03038
Cell Phone: 603-548-7537
Work Email: tcain@pinkertonacademy.org
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Greg Gagliardi, CJE
New Jersey
Work Cherry Hill High School East 1750 Kresson Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
To be determined
New Mexico
Categories: State Directors
Katina Paron MJE
New York
Home 582 20th St Brooklyn NY 11218
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 7 months ago.
Steve Hanf
North Carolina
School First Flight High School 100 Veterans Drive Kill Devil Hils North Carolina 27948
Work Phone: 252-449-7000 ext. 2437
Personal Email: hanfst@DareToLearn.org
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
To be determined
North Dakota
Categories: State Directors
Julieanne McClain, MJE
Ohio
School Rutherford B Hayes High School 289 Euclid Ave Delaware OH 43015
Cell Phone: 419-733-2718
Personal Email: mcclaiju@delawarecityschools.net
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Darla Tresner, MJE
Oklahoma
Home 3512 Harvey Road Bartlesville, OK 74006
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Brian Eriksen, CJE
Oregon
Work South Salem High School 1910 Church St SE Salem, OR 97302
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Cyndi Crothers-Hyatt, CJE
Pennsylvania
Home 1188 Old Lancaster Road Berwyn PA 19312
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 9 months ago.
Elizabeth Kenworthy
Rhode Island
School North Kingstown High School 150 Fairway Drive North Kingstown RI 02852
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Phillip Caston, CJE
South Carolina
Work Wando High School 1000 Warrior Way Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Work Phone: 843-849-2830 ext. 1129
Website: Contact
Categories: Scholastic Journalism Week Committee, State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Marina Hendricks, CJE
South Dakota
Home South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism Box 2235 Yeager Hall 224 Brookings, SD 57007
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Heather Nagel, CJE
Tennessee
Work Christ Presbyterian Academy 2323 Old Hickory Blvd. Nashville, TN 37215
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Lisa Roskens
Texas
School Prosper High School 301 Eagle Drive Propser Texas 75078
Work Phone: (806) 223-9283
Work Email: statedirector@taje.org
Personal Email: lisa.roskens@gmail.com
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
To be determined
Utah
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Stacey Allen
Vermont
School Long Trail School 1045 Kirby Hollow Rd Dorset Vermont 05251
Work Email: sallen@longtrailschool.org
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Updated 5 months ago.
Erinn Harris, MJE
Virginia
Work Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 6560 Braddock Road Alexandria, VA 22312
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Anne Hayman, MJE
Washington
Home Arlington High School 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. Arlington, WA 98223
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Morgan Bricker
West Virginia
School Weir High School 100 Red Rider Rd Weirton WV 26047
Work Phone: 304-748-7600 ext. 2321
Work Email: morgan.bricker@k12.wv.us
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
Matthew Smith, CJE
Wisconsin
Work Fond du Lac High School 801 Campus Dr. Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Website: Contact
Categories: State Directors
To be determined
Wyoming
Categories: State Directors
International
JOY portfolios from students of JEA members working at international high schools should be emailed to:
Kelly Furnas, MJE
kfurnas@elon.edu
Cell Phone: 540-200-8665
Kelly Furnas, MJE
kfurnas@elon.edu
Cell Phone: 540-200-8665
LINKS
National Scholastic Press Association
Laura Widmer
NSPA Liaison
Work National Scholastic Press Association 2829 University Ave. SE, Suite 720 Minneapolis, MN 55414
Website: Contact
Categories: Liaisons
Updated 11 months ago.
Scholastic Press Association
Valerie Kibler, MJE
President, 2023-2025
Work Harrisonburg High School 1001 Garbers Church Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Website: Contact
Categories: Officers
Updated 4 months ago.
Student Press Law Center
Hadar Harris, Esq
Executive Director
Work Student Press Law Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave., Suite 211 Washington, DC 20036
Website: Contact
Categories: Liaisons
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LINKS
Veronica Purvis, MSM, CAE
Executive Director
Journalism Education Association
Work Journalism Education Association 828 Mid-Campus Dr S 014 Kedzie Hall Manhattan KS 66506
Cell Phone: 785-227-0770
Work Email: veronica@jea.org
Website: Contact
Categories: Staff
Lindsay Porter, CJE
Assistant Director
Work Phone: 785-532-5563
Cell Phone: 316-204-2004
Website: Contact
Categories: Staff
Cindy Horchem, CJE
Business and Projects Coordinator
Work Phone: 785-532-5532
Website: Contact
Categories: Staff