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State
Chairs

State Chair Responsibilities

  1. Communicate with new members within your state soon after they join WBDI. Encourage their active participation in WBDI.

  2. Actively promote WBDI at music conferences, state meetings, etc. that you attend.

  3. Communicate with individuals in your region encouraging them to attend Summer Conference as well as the Midwest Clinic.

  4. Submit state news items to the editor of the Woman Conductor by Feb. 1, April 1, and/or Oct. 1 for inclusion. Submit at least one article a year.

  5. Send a report of your activities to the Recording Secretary by November 1 and May 1 of each year so that this information can be included in their report for the next meeting.

  6. Nominate women in your state for awards, encourage them to apply for specific awards.  

  7. If you attend the Midwest Clinic, be available to work a shift at the WBDI booth.

If your state is not represented here, please volunteer to be your state's chair by contacting Linda Thompson or Marilyn Bennett.

ALABAMA - Holly Connell

ARKANSAS - Valerie Laney-Rowe

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA - Kim Mieder

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Dell Schroeder

COLORADO - Megan Lewin

CONNECTICUT - Anne Tortora

DELAWARE - Samatha DeLuca

FLORIDA - TBA

GEORGIA - Requel Stegall

IDAHO - Christy Taylor

ILLINOIS - Maura Shepherd

INDIANA - Jennifer Gordon & Sarah Aymond

IOWA - Jennifer Williams

KANSAS - Jennifer Antonetti

LOUISIANA - Brenda Castillo

MARYLAND - Lori Schwartz Reichl

MASSACHUSETTS - Amanda Tumbleson

MICHIGAN - Heather Ellenwood

MISSOURI - Julie Capps

MONTANA - Willi Prince

NEBRASKA - Chiyo Trauernicht

NEW JERSEY - Jenna Makos

NEW YORK - Holly L. McCoy

NEW MEXICO - Melissa Rice: Email

NORTH CAROLINA - Melanie Watson: Email and Website

OHIO - Wendy Reeves

OKLAHOMA - Chelsea Zuniga

OREGON - Julie Bounds

PENNSYLVANIA - Jenny Neff

SOUTH CAROLINA - Christina Randall

SOUTH DAKOTA - Mary Cogswell

TEXAS - Marilyn Bennett

UTAH - Christine Wolf

VIRGINIA - Melissa Hall

WASHINGTON - Diana Appler

WISCONSIN - Lisa Zemlock

INTERNATIONAL

CANADA - Kathie Van Lare & Sarah Drew

  • Province Chair - Ontario: Lauren Helmer

ITALY - Alessandra Tamborlani

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