Chapter Leadership

NAELA Chapters bring many of the same NAELA benefits to a local level by focusing on state specific issues.  Current members of NAELA are eligible to join individual State Chapters from the following list, please contact NAELA Membership or go to the chapter membership page for more information.

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President AZ Chapter

Shawn Garner

Yuma, AZ

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President AZ Chapter

Colton B. Johnston

Mesa, AZ

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President CA Chapter

M. Justin McDermott

Encino, CA

Term Ends: 12/31/2026

President CA Chapter

Kathleen A. Day-Seiter

Alameda, CA

Term Ends: 12/31/2026

President CO Chapter

Marco D. Chayet

Denver, CO

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President CT Chapter

Halley C. Allaire

Bristol, CT

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President FL Chapter

Collett P. Small

Pembroke Pines, FL

Term Ends: 04/01/2026

President IL Chapter

Melissa Johnson

Elmhurst, IL

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President IN Chapter

Elizabeth A. Homes

Indianapolis, IN

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President KS Chapter

Dom D. Cavicchia

Manhattan, KS

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President KY Chapter

Shari Polur

Louisville, KY

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President MA Chapter

Erin McBee

Harvard, MA

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President MD/DC Chapter

Elena Sallitto, CELA

Annapolis, MD

Term Ends: 05/31/2026

President MI Chapter

Erin E. Mortenson

Ishpeming, MI

Term Ends: 10/31/2026

President MI Chapter

Valerie Kutz-Otway

Saginaw, MI

Term Ends: 10/31/2025

President MN Chapter

J. Noble Simpson

Minneapolis, MN

Term Ends: 01/31/2027

President MN Chapter

Julianne Kocer

Rochester, MN

Term Ends: 12/31/2026

President MO Chapter

Crystal M. Hawk

Hannibal, MO

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President MO Chapter

Maureen D. Lester

Kansas City, MO

Term Ends: 12/31/2025

President NC Chapter

Marjorie Brown, CELA

Concord, NC

Term Ends: 11/01/2025

President NJ Chapter

Jane Fearn-Zimmer

Marlton, NJ

Term Ends: 07/01/2026

President NY Chapter

Pauline Yeung-Ha

Brooklyn, NY

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President OH Chapter

Elizabeth A. Durnell-Maier, CELA

Sidney, OH

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President OK Chapter

Chantelle Hickman

Oklahoma City, OK

Term Ends: 12/31/2025

President OR Chapter

Kay Hyde-Patton

Springfield, OR

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President PA Chapter

Dionysios C. Pappas, CELA

Bethlehem, PA

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President TX Chapter

Lisa Shoalmire, CELA

Texarkana, TX

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President VA Chapter

Gorham S. Clark

Leesburg, VA

Term Ends: 07/31/2026

President VT Chapter

Danielle D. Fogarty

Bennington, VT

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President VT Chapter

James M. Dingley

Bennington, VT

Term Ends: 12/31/2025

President WA Chapter

Jonas J. Hemenway

Spokane, WA

Term Ends: 01/31/2026

President WI Chapter

Ryan J. Long

Hurley, WI

Term Ends: 07/31/2026