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OFFICERS (2021-2023) DIRECTORS and voting members

President	Sarah Steverman Westerly High School Spanish Teacher & District Supervisor
Vice President	Kristin Archambault Mansfield Public Schools (CT) French, Spanish, and ESL Teacher
Treasurer	Holly Casimiro Ferri Middle School, Johnston Italian Teacher
Recording Secretary	Kayla Soares(minutes/bylaws) and Xiaoyan Hu(membership)
Corresponding Secretary/Social Media	Michaela McCaughey Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (TAPA), Providence Spanish Teacher & Dual Enrollment Coordinator

Advocacy Liaison	Leah Crescenzo
Preservice Student/Novice Teacher Rep	Rebecca Hobin

2021-2023 Board Members

Leah Crescenzo,

South Kingstown High School

French Teacher

Emilia Carrillo, Social Media

The Gordon School

Middle School Spanish

Sandra Severinkangas, Web Communications Chair

Paul Cuffee Upper School

Spanish Teacher and Advisor

2022-2024 Board Members

Piedade Lemos

Providence Career and Technical Academy (PCTA)

Teacher Leader for World Languages

Bethany Giblin

Coventry High School

Spanish Teacher & Curriculum Coordinator

Dawson Woodward

The Rectory School

Representatives from regional language associations (AATF, RITI, AATG, AATSP, CLTA)

University Liaisons

Sílvia Oliveira, Ph.D.

Rhode Island College

Assoc. Professor of Portuguese Studies

Director, Institute of Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Dr. Ignacio Perez-Ibanez

University of Rhode Island

Associate Professor of Spanish and Teacher Education

Director, Spanish International Engineering Program

Dr. Erin Papa

Rhode Island College

Associate Professor of World Languages and World Languages Educational Studies

Director, World Languages Education Program

2022-23 Committees

PD/Conference Committee: Kristin Archambault, Chair

Piedade Lemos

Audrey Lamou

Regine Tardieu

Erika Durand

Kayla Soares

Dawson Woodward

Xiaoyan Hu

Advocacy Committee: proposed to blend with RI Coalition and dissolve 2022

Leah Crescenzo-liaison to Coalition for Multilingual RI Advocacy Committee

Piedade Lemos

Seal Committee: Sarah Steverman, Chair 22-24

Bethany Giblin

Michaela McCaughey

Nominations/Awards Committee: Kristin Archambault, Chair 22-24

Bethany Giblin

Piedade Lemos

Xiaoyan Hu

Web Communications Committee: Sandra Severinkangas, Chair 21-23

Michaela McCaughey

Emilia Carrillo