Our Leadership

ISPA leadership includes the Executive Committee, Regional Directors, committees, work groups, and representatives elected or appointed to advance the work of the association. For position descriptions, refer to the ISPA Constitution and Bylaws, available under Member Resources . The latest contact information for the following members of leadership can be found in the ISPA Membership Directory.

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Executive Committee

• President: Katherine Campbell
  
• President-Elect: Jyoti Kolodziej
  
• Past President: Bridget Bucklin
• Treasurer: Kathleen Loomos Ostry
• Secretary: Michael Cermak
• Regional Director Liaison: Vancant
  

Regional Directors

• Region 1: Caicina Jones
  
• Region 2: Vacant
  
• Region 3: Vacant
  
• Region 4: Trisha Mann
  
• Region 5: Blake Martin
• Region 6: Jessie Shuemaker
  
• Region 7: Isaneida Alvarado
• Region 8: Karen Crettol
  
• Region 9: Vacant
  
• Region 10: Ben Shabad
• Region 11: Susan Whitney

Committee Chairs

• Budget, Planning and Development:  Jim Wilczynski, Munirah Bolis
• Bylaws/Parliamentarian: Richard Harley
• Career Services: Vacant
  
• Child and Professional Diversity: Gabriela Garibay, Mahnlaye Boayue
• Communications: Brian Apollo, Sanita Saengvilay
  
• Convention: Shirley Pitts , Kathy Martin
• Governmental Affairs: Don Sibley, Brenda Huber, Carrie Emrikson
• Membership: Kat Bokermann, Rosalinda Barragan
• Professional Standards: Mary Satchwell, Carla Ordonez
• Technology:  Vacant

Nonvoting Positions

• Ethics: Rhonda Stone and Michelle Marcowka 
• Nominations and Elections: Bridget Bucklin
  

Representatives (nonvoting)

• Graduate Educator: Vacant 
• Intern Representatives: Wendy Walker
  
• Student Representative: Vacant

Liaisons (nonvoting)

• Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education (IAASE): Vacant
• Illinois Fund for Careers in School Psychology (IFCSP): Rosina Gallagher
• Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE): Darcy Thompson, Sean Casey
• Illinois Special Education Coalition (ISELA): Carrie Emrikson
  
• Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium (ISPIC): Vacant
  
• Illinois School Psychologists Political Action Committee (ISPPAC): Vacant
• International School Psychology Association (ISPA): Vacant
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP): Carrie Emrikson