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. SEALs can be audiologists or speech-language pathologists (SLPs). 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.
Are you interested in starting a campaign? SEALs Regional Champions work with school-based audiologists and SLPs to promote the valuable contributions you make in the schools!
For more information on SEALs activities in states contact Eileen Crowe, ASHA's Director for State Association Relations, by e-mail at ECrowe@asha.org.
Contact Information
Alabama
Anna Leigh Moncreif
Alaska
Monica Glen
Arizona
Kelli Gladieux
Arkansas
Lauren Rogers
Kami Rowland
California
Amalia Hernandez
Colorado
Stacy Campbell
Connecticut
Shannon Darak
Delaware
Patty Pfeifer
District of Columbia
Terese Grimmett
Florida
Lyndsey Pollack Zurawski
Georgia
Laura R Nichols
Jill Barton
Hawaii
Tanya M Sasaoka
Melissa Friscia
Idaho
Amber Romriell
Illinois
Karen Kockler
Indiana
Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf
Iowa
Danica Schroeder
Kansas
Klaire Brumbaugh
Kentucky
Lacey Back-Lane
Louisiana
Shanna Caprice Lee
Maine
Meg Jackins
Maryland
Meredith Adams
Massachusetts
Briana O'Neill
Linda Wyatt
Michigan
Courtney Halbower
Minnesota
Amy Lopez
Mississippi
Melanie Clyatt
Missouri
Angie Demoss
Patricia Jones
Montana
Sally Klatt
Nebraska
Theresa Mourey
Jessica Thoene
Nevada
Nancy Kuhles
Karen Klopfer
Wendy Bailes
New Hampshire
Andrea Parker
New Jersey
Melissa Eldred
New Mexico
Karen Shirley
New York
Karen McCrossen
North Carolina
Sarah Walker
North Dakota
(Vacant)
Ohio
Michelle Trotta
Jack Weber
Oklahoma
Nicole Power
Oregon
Wendy Gunter
Overseas
Kim Gardner-Pumah
Pennsylvania
Hope Warner
Rhode Island
Mary Jo Reidy
South Carolina
Miranda Grice
South Dakota
Jessica Schneider
Tennessee
Jamie Seek
Texas
Whitney Dittman
Utah
Tyler Christopulos
Vermont
Margaret Overman
Virginia
Amber Handon
Washington
Katie Christensen
West Virginia
Lisa McKinney Jackson
Wisconsin
Dawn Merth-Johnson
Roxanne Pilger
Wyoming
(Vacant)
SEALs Regional Champions
Midwestern Region – Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin
Dawn Merth-Johnson
Northern Region – Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Hope Warner
Southern Region – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Shanna Caprice Lee
Western Region – Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Melissa Friscia
The contact information was current at the time it was submitted to ASHA by the network representative.
