WVTESOL Executive Board
2025-2026 Board
President - Dennis Yommer, dennis.yommer@youngstown.k12.oh.us
Vice President and Conference Chair - Rachel Propst, rmpropst@k12.wv.us
Past President/Advisor - Erin Saxe, erin.saxe@wvesc.org
Treasurer – Hayley Willoughby
Secretary - Lesley Morgan, LAMorgan19@protonmail.com
Digital Media - Katie Mehle, wvtesol@gmail.com
PreK-12 Representatives
Jessica Strickland
Antonio Junceda, ajunceda@k12.wv.us
Jessica Morgan, jessica.morgan@k12.wv.us
Higher Education Representatives
Hyo-Chang/Bob Hong, hong@marshall.edu
Amine Oudghiri-Otmani, amine.oudghiri@marshall.edu
Puspa Damai, damai@marshall.edu
Adult Education and Literacy Representative
Naomi Wilson, nwilson@k12.wv.us
Sara Nowak, nowaks@marshall.edu
Advocacy Committee
Shuo Xu Blankenship, xu19@marshall.edu
Sara Levitt
Kate Kosydor
2024-2025 Board
President - Erin Saxe, erin.saxe@wvesc.org
Vice President and Conference Chair - Dennis Yommer, dennis.yommer@youngstown.k12.oh.us
Past President/Advisor - Kae Bradley, bradleyv@marshall.edu
Treasurer – Siham El Ougli, elougli@marshall.edu
Secretary - Sumeeta Patnaik, patnaik1@marshall.edu
PreK-12 Representatives
Antonio Junceda, ajunceda@k12.wv.us
Rachel Propst, rmpropst@k12.wv.us
Higher Education Representatives
Sarah Nowak, nowaks@marshall.edu
Lan Wang-Hiles, lwang@wvstateu.edu
Hyo-Chang/Bob Hong, hong@marshall.edu
Adult Education and Literacy Representative
Naomi Wilson, nwilson@k12.wv.us
Advocacy Committee
Amine Oudghiri-Otmani, amine.oudghiri@marshall.edu
Puspa Damai, damai@marshall.edu
Shuo Xu Blankenship, xu19@marshall.edu
2023-2024 Board
President - Kae Bradley, bradleyv@marshall.edu
Vice President and Conference Chair - Erin Saxe, erin.saxe@wvesc.org
Past President/Advisor - Hyo-Chang/Bob Hong hong@marshall.edu
Treasurer – Siham El Ougli, elougli@marshall.edu
Secretary - Jennifer Simpson Ross, jdsimpson@mail.wvu.edu
PreK-12 Representatives
Ruthann Arneson, arneson1@marshall.edu
Dennis Yommer, dennis.yommer@youngstown.k12.oh.us
Antonio Junceda, ajunceda@k12.wv.us
Higher Education Representatives
Sarah Nowak, nowaks@marshall.edu
Susan Braidi, sbraidi@wvu.edu
Lan Wang-Hiles, lwang@wvstateu.edu
Adult Education and Literacy Representative
Cyndi Nelson, cnelson@mail.kana.k12.wv.us
Advocacy Committee
Puspa Damai, damai@marshall.edu
Amine Oudghiri-Otmani, amine.oudghiri@marshall.edu
Mollie Kennedy, mkennedy@acluwv.org