State
Chairs
State Chair Responsibilities
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Communicate with new members within your state soon after they join WBDI. Encourage their active participation in WBDI.
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Actively promote WBDI at music conferences, state meetings, etc. that you attend.
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Communicate with individuals in your region encouraging them to attend Summer Conference as well as the Midwest Clinic.
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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.
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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.
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Nominate women in your state for awards, encourage them to apply for specific awards.
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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 - Open
ARKANSAS - Valerie Laney-Rowe: Email
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA - Kim Mieder: Email
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Dell Schroeder: Email
COLORADO - Megan Lewin: Email
CONNECTICUT - Anne Tortora: Email
DELAWARE - Samatha DeLuca: Email
FLORIDA - Alondra Bahis-Mariles: Email
GEORGIA - Requel Stegall: Email
IDAHO - Christy Taylor: Email
ILLINOIS - Maura Shepherd: Email
INDIANA - Jennifer Gordon: Email
IOWA - Jennifer Williams: Email
KANSAS - Jennifer Antonetti: Email
LOUISIANA - Brenda Castillo: Email
MARYLAND - Lori Schwartz Reichl: Email
MASSACHUSETTS - Amanda Tumbleson: Email
MICHIGAN - Heather Ellenwood: Email
MISSOURI - Julie Capps: Email
MONTANA - Willi Prince: Email
NEBRASKA - Chiyo Trauernicht: Email
NEW JERSEY - Jenna Makos: Email
NEW YORK - Holly L. McCoy: Email
NEW MEXICO - Melissa Rice: Email
NORTH CAROLINA - Melanie Watson: Email and Website
OHIO - Wendy Reeves: Email
OKLAHOMA - Chelsea Zuniga: Email
OREGON - Julie Bounds: Email
PENNSYLVANIA - Jenny Neff: Email
SOUTH CAROLINA - Christina Randall: Email
SOUTH DAKOTA - Mary Cogswell: Email
TEXAS - Marilyn Bennett: Email
UTAH - Christine Wolf: Email
VIRGINIA - Melissa Hall: Email
WASHINGTON - Diana Appler: Email
WISCONSIN - Lisa Zemlock: Email
INTERNATIONAL
CANADA - Kathie Van Lare (Email) & Sarah Drew (Email)
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Province Chair - Ontario: Lauren Helmer: Email
ITALY - Alessandra Tamborlani: Email