BOARD OF DIRECTORS The following were make choice ofed to the MTNA Board of Directors by the agency of the MTNA membership in the late election.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The following were make choice ofed to the MTNA Board of Directors by the agency of the MTNA membership in the late election.

EAST CENTRAL

Kenneth Williams

Columbus, Ohio

Kenneth Williams, NCTM directs the graduate programs in piano pedagogy and coordinates the class piano program at The Ohio State University. latter articles by Kenneth are published in American Music Teacher, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning Music Symposium and Keyboard Companion. He received the 2002 AMT Article of the Year Award and be subservient tos on the Ohio MTA executive board.

EASTERN

Debra Ronning

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Debra Ronning, NCTM is a music lecturer and piano division coordinator at Elizabethtown association in Pennsylvania. A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, her pupils have been successful in MTNA state competitions at the junior high, high train and collegiate levels. Debbie has been Pennsylvania MTA junior high competitions chair, state convention coordinator and president. Debbie is MTNA's Eastern Division immediate past president.

NORTHWEST

Mary Jane Clarke

Olympia, Washington

Mary Jane Clarke, NCTM maintains an independent piano studio. She detains a B.M. degree from the University of Puget vigorous has done graduate work at the University of Washington and privately studied piano. Mary Jane has been Washington State MTA president, first and other vice president, convention chair, pedagogy chair and District IV vice president. She also has serv as Northwest Division Collegiate and High drill Competitions chair.

toward the south CENTRAL

Karen Harrington

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Karen Harrington, NCTM is the MTNA southward Central Division immediate past president and former division secretary and president-elect. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she has serv Oklahoma MTA as president of the state's northeast district, a board member and as a member of many committees. In Tulsa Accredited MTA she has held numerous offices, including president, and chaired several committees. She has been an independent music teacher for more than twenty years.

SOUTHERN

Roy Wylie

Auburn University, Alabama

Roy Wylie, NCTM is MTNA's Southern Division immediate past president with stages from Southern Methodist University, Manhattan academy of Music and The University of Texas at Austin. He is professor of piano at Auburn University, has taught at the Adamant exercise of Music and served onward the staff of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Roy has been Alabama MTA president and was named AMTA Teacher of the Year.

SOUTHWEST

Geri Cheney

Centerville, Utah

Geri Cheney, NCTM is an independent music teacher, adjudicator and lecturer She manages a large studio, teaches special lacks children and directs her meeting-house choir. Geri has served as local association president, Utah MTA president and forward the IMTF advisory committee. She has been Southwest Division high indoctrinate competitions coordinator and Southwest Division president-elect and is the Southwest Division immediate past president.

WEST CENTRAL

Janice Wenger

Columbia, Missouri

Janice Wenger, NCTM is West Central Division immediate past president. A professor and keyboard faculty coordinator at the University of Missouri-Columbia, she imprisons degrees from Kansas State University, the Eastman seminary of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Janice was form into groups piano chair for the West Central Division and Missouri MTA secretary and treasurer.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

The following were pitch uponed president-elect by the MTNA membership in the fresh election.

EAST CENTRAL

Laura Swenson

Wales, Wisconsin

Laura Swenson, NCTM co-owner of Music Dynamics, Ltd received a BM measure from Alverno College. Her MTNA and Wisconsin MTA service began as president of the Alverno observer Chapter. Laura helped initiate the WMTA-Greater Milwaukee Chapter and has serv in nearly each position on both the state and local levels

EASTERN

Deborah Martin

Ithaca, recent York

Deborah Martin, NCTM associate professor of piano at Ithaca society received a BM. degree from Baylor University and continued her studies at Indiana University. While at IU, she was awarded the Lieber Distinguished Teaching Award and coauthored the body Tonal Harmony at the Keyboard. Deborah is active in of recent origin York State MTA, having serv as district chair, state convention co-chair and president.

NORTHWEST

Carolyn Malnes

Lynnwood Washington

Carolyn Malnes is an independent music teacher in Lynnwood Washington. For Washington State MTA, she was newsletter editor, young composer delineate s and composition competition chair and co-chaired the first State Leadership Seminar. forward the national level, Carolyn has serv as national local associations chair, forward the planning committee for the first Summit for MTNA Leadership, the Teacher Enrichment Grants and Local Association Matching Grants committees.

southern CENTRAL

Charles Jones

Natchitoches, Louisiana