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Schedule of Board of Directors Meetings    •    Executive Board and Board of Directors   •   Affiliates and Liaisons    •    Special Interest Group Chairs    •    Meeting Minutes     •    Documents, Forms, and Links 

Schedule of Board of Directors Meetings - Join Us!

The MAME Board of Directors meets five times annually. All members are welcome, and regular attendees include all positions listed below: executive board, committee chairs, special interest group chairs, and affiliates and liaisons. Region representatives are also welcome and encouraged to attend!

2021 Meeting Dates:
  • January 9 - Virtual
  • March 6 - Conference Site Visit (pending approval)
  • May 22
  • September 11
  • December 4
Times:
  • 8:30: Executive Board meeting
  • 9:30: Board of Directors meeting
  • 12:00: Lunch
  • 12:30: Conference Committee meeting

Location:
  • MAME Headquarters
    1407 Rensen St.
    Lansing, MI 48910


The Executive Board and Board of Directors

The Executive Board is made up of the elected positions as listed below. The Board of Directors is made of up the Executive Board, all Committee Chairs, all SIG chairs, and all Affiliates and Liaisons as listed below.

To learn more about the positions that are currently vacant, contact MAME president Cat Kerns

Executive Board


Executive Secretary: Teri Belcher 
tbelcher@mimame.org ​

President: Cat Kerns
Saginaw Township Community Schools 

3460 North Center Road
Saginaw, MI 48603
989/799-5790 ext8080 
ckerns@mimame.org

​President Elect: Shannon Torres
Northville Public Schools
torressh@mimame.org

Past President: Cynthia Zervos
cynthia.zervos@mimame.org
Bloomfield Hills Schools
Way Elementary School
765 W. Long Lake
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302


VP of Continuing Education: Erica Trowbridge
​​etrowbridge@mimame.org

VP of Regions and SIGS: Amanda Davies

Secretary: Alexa Hirsh Lalejini
ahirsch@mimame.org 


Treasurer: Lisa Kelley
Rochester Community Schools
University Hills 
600 Croydon
Rochester Hills, MI 48309 
248/726-4404
lkelley@mimame.org

Affiliates and Liaisons

AASL Region III Liaisons
Shannon Torres, torressh@mimame.org
Cat Kerns, ckerns@mimame.org

Author Liaison
Position Available
​
ISTE Affiliate  Liaisons 
(International Society for Technology in Education)

L
isa Kelley (Term: 2019-2020)
Rochester Community Schools
University Hills 
600 Croydon
Rochester Hills, MI 48309 
248-726-4404

Alexa Lalejani (Term 2020-2021)
​ahirsch@mimame.org

​Michigan Authors and Illustrators Database editor
Karen Becknell
miaieditor@gmail.com
​

Board Positions


Advocacy Chair
Kathy Lester
kathyl@mimame.org

Awards and Citations Chair
Lisa Brakel
lbrakels@mimame.org
Amy Cote
amydcote@gmail.com

Conference Sites Chair
Position Available
​

Database Manager
Karen Becknell
mamedatab@mimame.org  ​  

Publications Co-Chairs, Media Matters newsletter
Beverly Banks, Jonathan Richards
​Submissions: beverlybanks@wlcsd.org or 
jrichards@vanburenschools.net
​
Historian
John Hester
johnhester@wlcsd.org

Intellectual Freedom Chair
Martha Spear
mspear@berkleyschools.org 

Marketing Chair
Sharla Lawshea
Groves High School
​Birmingham Public Schools
slawshea@mimame.org

Membership Chair
Position Available


Online Communications Team
Carma Roesch, Chair
​
croesch@mimame.org
Erica Trowbridge, John Hester

Parliamentarian and Policy Chair
Carrie Betts
cbetts@mimame.org

Summer Institute Chair
Position Available

Special Interest Group Chairs

ELMS: Elementary
Maggi Rhode
maggi.rhode@mimame.org

JHMS: Junior High/Middle School
Michelle Falk
mkgfalk@gmail.com 

HS: High School
Position Available


MAMSA: Multi-Assignment Media Specialists and Administrators
Shannon Torres
torressh@northvilleschools.org

PPIC: Private, Parochial, Independent, & Charter
Michelle Levy
mlevy@mimame.org

IB: International Baccalaureate
Klaudia Janek
kjanek@bloomfield.org

MAME4Ever: Retirees
Teri Belcher
​teachonwheels@gmail.com ​

Documents, Forms, and Links

  • The MAME Constitution
  • The Board of Directors Policy and Procedure Handbook
  • ​The Conference Handbook
  • List of Past Presidents, 1973-2019
  • MAME Logos:
  • ​Reimbursement Form
  • Board member access to mimame.org Google Drive accounts 
  • Reimbursement form for Association expenses
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