The EdTA board has filled three board vacancies with experienced, longtime educators who bring stability, continuity, and diversity to the board and association. Your current board of directors now includes:
| Gai Laing Jones | President/Past President | Term ends June 30, 2022 |
| Helen Duranleau-Brennan | Vice President/President | Term ends June 30, 2024 |
| Laurie Baskin | Secretary | Term ends June 30, 2021 |
| Jeff Whiting | Treasurer | Term ends June 30, 2023 |
| Erin Carr | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2023 |
| Mark Drum | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2023 |
| Carolina Garcia | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2024 |
| Joannarae Ibañez | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2024 |
| Silvia C. Scaife | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2022 |
| Mary Schuttler | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2024 |
| Scott Walker | Board Director | Term ends June 30, 2022 |
Sitting board director Helen Duranleau-Brennan of Davenport, Iowa, will serve as vice president until June 30, then as president for two years, and past president for one year. A former theatre teacher and Iowa Thespians chapter director, she now helps lead EdTA’s Advocacy Leadership Network and works as a literacy, arts, and Title III consultant for Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency.
Silvia C. Scaife of Auburn, Alabama, is career technical education director for Auburn City Schools and festival performance coordinator on the Alabama Thespians board. She will serve until June 2022.
Additionally, sitting board director Scott Walker, a theatre teacher in Milwaukie, Oregon, will extend his board director seat until June 2022.
Recently elected board directors Mary Schuttler of Greeley, Colorado, and Joannae Rae Ibañez of Pico Rivera, California, will begin their terms immediately.
The vice president seat and two board director seats were recently vacated by Scott Wilson, Marti Fowler, and David Hastings, respectively. A board vote is the process for filling unexpected vacancies on the board, according to the EdTA Code of Regulations:
Section 4.8. Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy that may occur in the Board of Directors, including Elected Directors, Appointed Directors, President and Vice President, by election of a successor Director to hold office during the unexpired term of the vacant Director position. Election shall be by a majority vote of the Directors constituting a quorum and entitled to vote at such meeting. The unexpired term shall not count as a term of office as defined by these Regulations and may be served in addition to the term limits established by these Regulations. An individual may be elected only once to complete an unexpired term.
Learn more about the board of directors’ role in EdTA and see the results of the 2021 board election, which concluded in March.
