Board of Directors
Who is the leadership at ACTFL?
ACTFL is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of leaders in language education from both K-12 and Higher Education. The ACTFL Board of Directors is elected each year by the membership. Here are the current directors.
2023 ACTFL Board of Directors
Akash Patel: President - Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, TX
L.J. Randolph, Jr.: President-Elect - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Victoria Russell: Past President - Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Pam Benton: Treasurer - Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), Pinellas County Schools, Largo, FL
Michele Back - University of Connecticut Neag School of Education, Storrs, CT
Adrienne Brandenburg - Poudre High School, Ft. Collins, CO
Jeenna Canché - Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), Maui High School, Maui, HI
Cynthia Chalupa - Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL), West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Krishauna Hines-Gaither - Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, CA
Brandon Locke - Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL), Anchorage School District, Anchorage, AK
Catherine Ousselin - Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, WA
Kate Paesani - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Amanda Ramirez - Central States Conference (Central States), Avon High School, Avon, IN
Kathleen Shelton - K-12 World Language Education Specialist, Columbus, OH