ASHA State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs)
State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs) are appointed by ASHA recognized state speech-language hearing associations to advocate on education issues. These issues may include caseload/workload, salary supplements, and maintenance of personnel standards in school settings. SEALs can be speech-language pathologists or audiologists. The State Education Advocacy Leaders were established in 1999 under ASHA's Priorities. The mission of the SEALs network is to enhance and perpetuate the advocacy, leadership, and clinical management skills of school-based ASHA members at the state and local levels to influence administrative and public policy decisions that affect the delivery of speech-language pathology and audiology services in school settings.
Do you have an education issue in your state that needs to be addressed? Find your state's SEAL below and e-mail them your concerns.
For more information on SEALs activities in states contact Eileen Crowe, ASHA's Director for State Association Relations, by email at ECrowe@asha.org.
Contact Information
Alabama
Cynthia Lewis
cynthia.lewis@aamu.edu
Alaska
Belinda Burns
burnsb45@hotmail.com
Arizona
Amy Heck
amy@teamed.net
Arkansas
Kay Hall
hallk@conwayschools.net
California
Lindsey Jessup
ljessup@fcoe.org
Colorado
Lisa J. Gessini
Lisa_Gessini@dpsk12.org
Connecticut
Julie Zellner
srjaz@comcast.net
Delaware
Ruth Wolfe
ruthvwolfe@comcast.net
District of Columbia
Teresita Foster
Incanato@earthlink.net
Florida
Laura Rogers
laurarogers53@comcast.net
Georgia
Jill Shedd
Jill.Shedd@yahoo.com
Hawaii
Ana Gamble
ana_a_gamble@notes.k12.hi.us
Idaho
Pam Waldorf
pam.waldorf@boiseschools.org
Illinois
Karen Kockler
kkockler@district158.org
Indiana
Toni D. Johnson
leetonijohnson@gmail.com
Iowa
Darla Sharar
dsharar@aea267.k12.ia.us
Kansas
Lois Waldo
dwaldo@cox.net
Kentucky
Sherry Hoza
sherry.hoza@efferson.kyschools.us
Louisiana
Vacant
Maine
Sabrina Reed
sreed@msad58.org
Maryland
Gloria Petit Clair
gpetit-clair@aacps.org
Massachusetts
Sharon Parisi
ticklefeather@comcast.net
Michigan
Lindsey Halpin
slphalpin@me.com
Sue Shores
sueshores@yahoo.com
Minnesota
Martin Templeton
mwtempleton@paulbunyan.net
Mississippi
Georgene Falcone-Johnson
gfjmsseal@yahoo.com
Missouri
Brenda Martien
bmartien@centurytel.net
Montana
Laura Jo McKamey
laurajomckamey@shelby.k12.mt.us
Nebraska
Vacant
Nevada
Nancy Kuhles
kuhles119@sbcglobal.net
New Hampshire
Vacant
New Jersey
Carol Amato
camaslp@optonline.net
New Mexico
Cynthia Sanchez
maxlizmat@yahoo.com
New York
Karen McCrossen
kbmslp@aol.com
North Carolina
Robin Blumberg
Robin.blumberg@yahoo.com
Wendy Lybrand
wlybrand@chccs.k12.nc.us
North Dakota
Linda Hoag
linda_hoag@educ8.org
Ohio
Dana Jancik
dana.jancik@geaugaesc.org
Gloria Roth
gloryslp@yahoo.com
Oklahoma
Kathy Wheat
kwheat28@gmail.com
Overseas
Frances Correa-Phelps
frances.correa@eu.dodea.edu
Kim Gardner-Pumah
Bella14agosto@yahoo.com
Oregon
Janet Wagner
jwagnerslp@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania
Ellen Estomin
eestomin1@verizon.net
Rhode Island
Ellen Moore
Ellebmoore@aol.com
South Carolina
Peggy Neel
pneel@greenville.k12.sc.us
South Dakota
Vacant
Tennessee
Paulette W. Gentry
paulette.gentry@mnps.org
Texas
Janet Leone
jleone@galenaparkisd.com
Jo Ann Wiechmann
jwiechmann@pasadenaisd.org
Utah
Marilyn Price-Larson
Marilyn.price-larson@slc.k12.ut.us
Vermont
Kathy Hayes
khayes2005@gmail.com
Virginia
Lissa Power-deFur
powerdefuea@longwood.edu
Washington
Elaine Brockway
ebrock2@uw.edu
Kate Krings
krings@uw.edu
West Virginia
Ruth Bland
srbland@frontiernet.net
Wisconsin
Jean Olsen
jlolsen@centurytel.net
Wyoming
Mary McCarty
mmcarty@goshen.k12wy.us
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