In January 2008, CSTA launched the CSTA Leadership Cohort. The goal of the cohort is to identify and support two teacher leaders in each state who are working to improve K-12 computer science education. Since the cohort was launched, cohort members have been working in their respective states to establish K-12 computer science as an essential academic discipline and participating in a cohort online community to share experiences, strategies, and successes.

Through their participation in CSTA Leadership and Advocacy workshops and with the support of documents such as the CSTA Advocacy Toolkit, the cohort members have also been strengthening the leadership qualities needed for effective advocacy, identifying and building partnerships with appropriate stakeholders, and working toward organizing local and state chapters of CSTA.

In order for all of these efforts to be effective, members of the Leadership Cohort will be seeking volunteers to assist them. We will need the combined forces of all CSTA members in order for this project to be successful. To volunteer, contact your state representatives listed below.

If you are interested in volunteering in a state that is presently without a cohort member, please contact Chris Stephenson at cstephenson@csta.acm.org.

Alabama
Albert Lilly: alilly@asms.net
Jennie Rountree: jsrountree@madisoncity.k12.al.us

Arizona
Renee Ciezki: rlciezki@peoriaud.k12.az.us
Tim McMichael: tmcmichael@peoriaud.k12.az.us

Arkansas
Carl Frank: FrankC@asmsa.org
Daniel Moix: moixd@asmsa.org

California (Northern)
Eugene Lemon: elemon@pacbell.net
Josh Paley: jpaley@pausd.org

California (Southern)
Michael Lew: mlew@loyolahs.edu

Colorado
Tony Jiron: tony.jiron@bvsd.org
Susy Johnson: sajarts@gmail.com

Connecticut
Chinma Uche: chinmauche@aol.com

Florida
Joanne Barrett: jbarrett@oda.edu
Jan Yates: yates@nova.edu

Georgia
Deepa Muralidhar: deepa.muralidhar@gmail.com
Michelle Venable-Foster: michelle.venable@gmail.com

Hawaii
Brett Tanaka: Brett_Tanaka@notes.k12.hi.us

Illinois
Baker Franke: baker.franke@gmail.com
Don Yanek: dgyanek@cps.edu

Indiana
Julie Alano: JAlano@hse.k12.in.us

Iowa
Steve Ehren: sehren32@gmail.com
Karen Oloughlin: karen.oloughlin@ankenyschools.org

Kansas
RJ Dake: rjdake@ksde.org

Kentucky
Jeannie Turner: jpturner@mac.com

Maryland
Faye Williamsen: fwilliamsen@aacps.org

Massachusetts
Padmaja Bandaru: padmaja.bandaru@gmail.com
Kelly Powers: kelpowers@gmail.com

Michigan
Rich Lamb: Rlamb@Cranbrook.edu
Barry Webster: bwebster@dcds.edu

Minnesota
Doug Maine: dmaine@owatonna.k12.mn.us

Mississippi
Dr. Jacqueline Harper: jacquelineharper.phd09@yahoo.com
Gayle McDuffa: gmcduffa@itawamba.k12.ms.us

Nevada
LeAnn Morris: lmorris@carson.k12.nv.us

New Mexico
Jim Carlton: carltonmeister@gmail.com
Albert Simon: asimon@aps4kids.org

New York
Mike Zamansky: zamansky@gmail.com
Susan Recoon: SRECOON@williamsvillek12.org

North Carolina
Susan Morrissett: morriss3@gcsnc.com
Sharon Jones: sharont.jones@cms.k12.nc.us

North Dakota
Tom Stokke: tstokke@cs.und.edu

Ohio
Stephanie Hoeppner: smhoeppner@gmail.com
Angie Thorne: angie_thorne@hboe.org

Pennsylvania
Phillip Fuchs: phillip.fuchs@gmail.com
Tammy Pirmann: tpirmann@gmail.com

Tennessee
Jill Pala: jpala@gps.edu

Texas
Stacey Armstrong: stacey.armstrong@apluscompsci.com G. Lynne Ryan: gryan@crowley.k12.tx.us

Virginia
Rebecca Dovi: rdovi@hcps.us
John Harrison: jharrison64@cox.net

Washington
Greg Kilpatrick: Kilpatrickg@csta.acm.org

Wisconsin
Joe Kmoch: joe@jkmoch.com

Wyoming
Barbara Sanchez: bsanchez@teton1.k12.wy.us
Zac Opps: zto@pcsd1.net