Asian & Pacific Islanders SIG
Rosa Salas Palomo, Chair
Micronesian Language Institute
University of Guam
P.O. Box 909, Hagatna, Guam 96932
Phones: (671) 734-3870 or (671) 735-2193 or (671) 727-5522
Email: kailee.rosapalomo@gmail.com
Edward Park, Co-Chair
Director of Global Languages and Innovative Programs,
Poway Unified School District
epark@powayusd.com
Phone: (858) 521.2800 Ext. 2884
Holly Shum, Co-Chair
Multilingual PD Team Lead, Houston ISD
Phone: (559) 630-0731

Bilingual Education Student Organization (BESO)
Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas, Chair
San Diego State University
Email: mmachadocasas@sdsu.edu
Dr. Belinda Treviño Schouten, Co-Chair
Education Department
Our Lady of the Lake University
411 SW 24th Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210) 434-6711 x2473
Btschouten@ollusa.edu

Dual Language Immersion
Idalina Orta, Chair
Broward County Public Schools
Email:Idalina.orta@browardschools.com
Veronica Schmidt-Gómez, Co-Chair
Phone: 813-272-4535
Email: veronica.schmidt-gomez@hcps.net
Dr. Kris Nicholls, Co-Chair
Phone: 951-809-3675
Email: nichollseducationconsulting@gmail.com

Dual Language in Higher Education
Currently accepting nominations, contact:
Info@nabe.org

Early Childhood Education
Dr. Anita Pandey, Chair
Morgan State University
Email: anita.pandey@morgan.edu

Elementary Education
Dr. Abril Gonzalez, Chair
Email: abrilgon@austin.utexas.edu
Holland Kowalkowski, Co-Chair
Email: hollandbriggs@utexas.edu

EL Newcomers/Refugees
Currently accepting nominations, contact:
Info@nabe.org

EL Secondary Education
Dr. Jobi Lawrence, Chair
KCR2 Educational Consulting
Phone: (319)471-1833
Email: jobikcr2@gmail.com

ESL and Bilingual Education
Dr. Ricardo González- Carriedo, Chair
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #310740, Denton, TX 76203
Phone: (940) 497-5254
Email: Ricardo.gonzalez@unt.edu

Gifted & Talented Bilingual Education
Marcy Voss, Chair
Phone: 830-456-7101
Email: vossm57@gmail.com
Alejandra Salazar Salame, Co-Chair
Phone: (440) 315-5665
Email: asalaz2@gmu.edu

Indigenous Bilingual Education
Terry Curley, Chair
Email: tcurley@kinlanidorm.org
Wilphina Becenti, Co-Chair
Email: wilphina.becenti@littlesinger.org
Cheryl Anderson, Co-Chair
Email: cheryl@mcac-cpa.com

Educational Technologies & AI
Dr. Sophie Othman, Chair
CLA – Centre de Linguistique Appliquée of Besançon
University of Franche-Comté, France
Phone: (33) 6 77 18 33 04
Email: sophie.othman@univ-fcomte.fr

Paraprofessional Educators
Currently accepting nominations, contact:
info@nabe.org

Parent and Community Engagement
Dr. Carla Amaro-Jiménez, Chair
The University of Texas – Arlington
502 Yates St. Science Hall, Rm. 322P Box 19777, Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: (817) 272-3346
Email: amaro@uta.edu
Dr. Olga M. Hickman, Co-Chair
Executive Director
Bachman Lake Together
Phone: (956) 212-3550
Email: mtzolga@gmail.com

Policy Makers
Dr. Georgina Y. García, Chair
Education Equity Coordinator
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Email: ggarci77@msudenver.edu
Viviana Hall, Co-Chair
Dallas, TX
Phone: (214) 768-1522
Email: vividallas1@yahoo.com
Ruth Martin, Co-Chair
Bilingual/ESL Coordinator
Castleberry ISD
Phone: (817) 913-9230
Email: martinrl@castleberry.isd.net

Research and Evaluation SIG & Institute
Dr. Jaqueline Romano, Chair
California State University, San Bernadino, CA
Email: Jacqueline.romano3642@gmail.com
Dr. Fernando Naiditch, Co-Chair
Montclair State University
Email: naiditchf@mail.montclair.edu
Gail Verdi, Co-Chair
Kean University
Email: gverdi@kean.edu
Dr. Miriam Ebsworth, Co-Chair & Institute Coordinator
NYU Steinhardt
Email: mee1@nyu.edu

Special Education
Liliana Salazar, Chair
Academica, Miami, Fl
Phone: (305) 409-5453
Email: Lsalazar@academica.org

STEM+ Dual Language Learners
Currently accepting nominations, contact:
info@nabe.org

World Languages and Cultures
Anna Matis, Chair
Seidlitz Education
anna@seidlitzeducation.com
Sally Barnes, Co-Chair
sally@seidlitzeducation.com