State Committees & Project Chairs

To volunteer to work on these committees, please contact the appropriate chairperson.

Awards

Monaliza Chian
monaliza.chian@uni.edu

Budget

Reviews and prepares an annual budget for IA Reading

Jill Swanson

Bylaws Policies & Procedures

Reviews the IA Reading Bylaws to determine if they are meeting current and future needs of the organization.

Tony Pieper
tpieper@bcluw.org

Creative Writing – Short Story Contest

Determines the winners of the Young Writers' contest and presents the awards at the IA Reading Spring Conference.

Kari Straube
straubeKari@gmail.com

Creative Writing – Poetry Contest

Determines the winners of the Young Poets' contest and presents the awards at the IA Reading Spring Conference.

Dawn Schechtman
dawnschechtman@yahoo.com

Iowa Merit Council

Membership

Promotes membership for local, state, and national IRA. Julie Anderson
juliepanderson58@gmail.com

Nominating

Solicits candidates for open offices on the Board of Directors.

Nancy White
nwhite@indytel.com

Program

Session planning for state reading conference.

Sohyun Meacham
sohyun.meacham@uni.edu

Student Membership

Distributes information to recruit college students to become members of IA Reading and IRA.

All Board Members

(Contact any Zone Director for information on pre-service teacher memberships.)

International Project

Megan Benson
bensonmegan85@gmail.com

"Grow a Local Council" Grant

Nancy Wright
RITE729@gmail.com

Publications

Monaliza Chian
monaliza.chian@uni.edu

Webmaster

Nancy Wright
iowareading@gmail.com