NAELPA Leadership
Executive Board
NAELPA Executive Board members are elected for three-year terms beginning July 1 and ending June 30 three years later. Nine (9) Executive Board members are voted onto the board, which includes six (6) state directors into the officer positions and three (3) LEA members as Members-at-Large. There is a succession from Vice-President, to President-Elect, to President. Those elected to other positions hold those positions for a period of three (3) years.
The Executive Board has six (6) officer positions. The officer positions are President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Coordinator. The Executive Board also can have up to 5 Advisory Board members, including the Past-President, who automatically remains on the Executive Board as an Advisory Board member for one additional year.
Current Executive Board Members, serving during the 2021-2022 membership year:
Nicole Leach, President – Bartholomew Community School District, IN
Dr. Megan Alubicki Flick, Vice-President – Connecticut Department of EducationDr. Merica Clinkenbeard - Springfield Public Schools, Missouri
Anne Hubbell, Secretary – Nebraska Department of Education
Stephanie Vogel, Treasurer – Vermont Department of Education
Erica Sponberg, Membership Coordinator – Indiana Department of Education
Jill Bessette - Member-at-Large - LEARN Regional Education Service Center, Connecticut
Vacant, Member-at-Large -
Khalil El-Saghir, Member-at-Large Wayne Regional Education Service Agency, Michigan
Kelly Alvarez, Past-President – Michigan Department of Education
Dr. David Holbrook, Executive Director - National Association of English Learner Program Administrators
Jenna Webb, Outreach & Events Coordinator - National Association of English Learner Program Administrators
Dr. Bill Rivers, Legislative Liaison – Independent Consultant
