Standing Committees and Chairs

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(Send an email to any committee chair by clicking on their name.)

• Apprentice Judging Committee:

             Chair: Suzy Reiser, Chair - District 5     
             Mary Beth Purchase - District 6

• Archives and History Chair: Paulette Kilts - District 4
• Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Revision Committee

​             Ri​cardo Pozenatto (Chair) - District 9
             Paulette Kilts (Past Chair)- District 4
             Anna Fagan - District 5  

• Arts Awareness and Advocacy Chair: Aline Giampietro Trifonov - District 9
• Budget Committee:

             Chair: Denise Homsley - District 4
             Kerri Turner - District 1
             Annamarie Cockreham - District 6             
             Melody Morrison - District 2
             Jackie Yong - District 6
             Rhonda Danielson - District 4
             Anastasia Naplekova - District 3
             Evan Mitchell - District 3
             Sandra Palmer - District 2

• Byrd Piano Ensemble Competition Chair: Anastasiya Naplekova - District 3
• Certification Board:

             Chair: Erin Bennett - District 4
             Jonathan Reed - District 9
             Cynthia Kessler - District 6
             Tanya Brooks - District 2

• Collaborative Performance Forum Chair: Agnieszka Zick

• College Council Chair: Jonathan Reed - District 9
• Collegiate Chapters Chair: Lindsay Garritson - District 5
• Collegiate Member Enrichment Grant Committee

             Jonathan Reed (College Council Chair) - District 8
             Lindsay Garritson (Collegiate Chapters Chair) - District 5
             Annamarie Cockreham (FSMTA President-Elect) - District 6

• Community Service Awards Chair: Yianni Iliadis - District 6

             FSMTA Community Service Award for 12th Graders
             Local Presidents Community Service Award for 9th Graders

• Composition Commissioning Chair: Scott Lee - District 3
• Conference Advisory Committee:

​             Chair: Christine Peterson, VP for FSMTA State Conferences - District 5
             Kerri Turner (FSMTA President)
             Denise Homsley (FSMTA Treasurer)
             Adam Ravain (Conference Chair)
             TBA (Hosting District President)   

• Editor Advisory Committee (3):

            Nancy Shackelford (FSMTA Immediate Past President) - District 5
             Becky Barlar (Past Editor) - District 9
             Charles Turon (Member at Large, Director) - District 8

• Ethics Committee Chair: ​Becky Barlar - District 9
  • Anne Falik - District 3
  • Diana Dumlavwalla - District 2 
• FSMTA Apprentice Judging Chair: Suzy Reiser - District 5
• ​FSMTA Teacher Awards Chair: Ricardo Pozenatto - District 9
• FSMTA Non-Competitive Student Events Certificates Chair: Beth VonEnde - District 8
• FSMTA Non-Competitive Student Events Theory Chair: Valerie Norris - ​District 5
• FSMTA Social Media Coordinator: Melody Morrison - District 2
• FSMTA State Medals Chair: Debbra Pope - District 1
• Gray Perry Young Collegiate Piano Competition Chair: ​Anastasiya Naplekova - District 3
• Independent Music Teachers Forum Chair: Sheri Garlock - District 6
• King College Music Education Scholarship Award: Yianni Iliadis - District 6
• Manual of Procedures: Each Chair should update their MOP file and send to webmaster
• MTNA Junior Competition Coordinator: Kwang Ho Lee - District 3
• MTNA Senior Competition Coordinator: Ruby Lee - District 3
• MTNA Young Artist Competition Coordinator: Lesia Schulha - District 8
• MTNA Student Composition Competition Coordinator: Cathy Albergo - District 7
• Nominating Committee Chair: Nancy Shackelford (Immediate Past President, Chair) - District 5​

             Annamarie Cockreham (President-Elect) - District 6
             Adrienne LeBlanc (Director) - District 5
             Ed Varela (District President) - District 1
             Mary Beth Purchase (District President) - District 6
             Joy Thurmon (Local Association President) - District 9
​             Angela Holt (Local Association President) - District 4

• Pre-College and Collegiate String Competition Chair: Anastasiya Naplekova - District 3
• RCM Chair: Alexandra Taggart - District 9
• Pre-College Chamber Competition Chair: Anastasiya Naplekova
• Senior and Collegiate String Competition: Anastasiya Naplekova
• Senior Piano Solo Competition Coordinator: Anastasiya Naplekova
• State Concerto Competitions Chair: Joy Thurmon - District 9
• Taxation and Licensing Chair: Ed Purchase - District 6
• Wellness Committee: Gail Berenson and Charles Turon, co-chairs

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Ad Hoc Committees

• ​State Certification Committee: Erin Bennett, Charles Turon, Mary Beth Purchase