Executive Board
2024 Elected Officers
Officers are elected for a four-year term of service. Appointed officers are selected by the voting members of the Executive Board (Elected Officers). Officer elections take place online prior to the annual conference.
President
Frances Lazette
Scarlett Middle School
President-Elect
Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez
Michigan State University
Vice-President
Melissa Dalton
Scripps Middle School
Immediate Past President
Susan Hojnacki
Aquinas College
2024 Board Appointed Officers
Executive Treasurer
Catherine Savone
Walled Lake Northern HS
Executive Secretary
Anne Violin-Wigent
Michigan State University
Public Affairs Liaison
Julie Foss
Saginaw Valley State University
Communications Director
Jennifer McCollum
Patrick Henry Middle School
MIWLA Past Presidents
2023 Susan Hojnacki, Aquinas College
2022 Kristi Shaffer, Washtenaw International High School
2021 Katharina Häusler-Gross, Aquinas College
2020 Marci Harris, Ann Arbor Public Schools
2019 Michael Vrooman, Grand Valley State University
2018 Erin Parris-Dallia, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
2017 Dan Noren, Ferris State University
2016 Viviana Muriel de Bonafede, Detroit Public Schools
2015 Julie Foss, Saginaw Valley State University
2014 Angelika Kraemer, Michigan State University
2013 Sara Blossom Bostwick, Williamston Community Schools
2012 Laura Nork Bradshaw, Avondale School District
2011 Anne Violin-Wigent, Michigan State University, E. Lansing
2010 Margaret Cottrill, Mason Public Schools
2009 Susan Formento Buffa, L’Anse Creuse Public Schools
2008 Jennie L. Frazier, Grand Rapids Public Schools
2007 Irma Torres, Birmingham Public Schools
2006 Margrit Zinggeler, Eastern Michigan University
2005 Lori Webb, Charlotte Middle School, Charlotte
2004 Colleen Meyer, Detroit Country Day Upper School, Beverly Hills
2003 Tom Lovik, Michigan State University, East Lansing
2002 Cindy A. Kendall, Michigan State University, East Lansing
2001 J. Sanford Dugan, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
2000 Marge Mandl, Henry Ford II High School, Sterling Heights
1999 Cecile Pizer, Alcona High School, Lincoln
1998 Jackie Moase-Burke, Oakland Public Schools, Waterford
1997 Emily Serafa Manschot, Northville High School, Northville
1996 Diane Viskochil, Traverse City High School, Traverse City
1995 Sharon Robertson, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1994 Anne G. Nerenz, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1993 Barbette Kitchen, Elk Rapids High School, Elk Rapids
1992 Ann S. White, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1991 Dianne Mahalak, Renaissance High School, Detroit
1990 Gerald Meyer, Saginaw Public Schools, Saginaw
1989 Claude-Marie Baldwin, Calvin College, Grand Rapids
1988 Ruth Moltz, Southfield High School, Southfield
1986-87 Herman Teichert, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
1984-85 Sarah Juntune, Okemos High School, Okemos
1982-83 George Mansour, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1980-81 Robert Griffin, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
1978-79 Ann Tukey Harrison, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1976-77 Hugh Veltman, Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale
1974-75 Georges Joyaux, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1972-73 Sister Norbert Vangsness, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids
1970-71 James McClafferty, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids
1968-69 William Hughes, Michigan State University, East Lansing
1966-67 Jack Moeller, Oakland University, Rochester
1964-65 Donald Riddering, Cooley High School, Detroit