The election slate for the 2023 TESOL International Association president-elect, board of directors, and Nominating Committee is below.
The voting period will be from 17 October 2022 to 7 November 2022. Please direct questions to
Rita Buckner (+1 703.518.2507).
President-Elect, 2023–2024 (President 2024–2025)
Grazzia Mendoza
USAID Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
Debra Suarez
Career Educator and National Adviser
Washington DC, USA
Board of Directors
(Select two of the four names)
Kisha C. Bryan
Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Susan Gaer
Independent Consultant
Grover Beach, California, USA
DJ Kaiser
Webster University
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Cynthia S. Wiseman
City University of New York
New York, New York, USA
Nominating Committee, 2023
(Select six of the seven names)**
Michelle Benegas
Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Katya (Ekaternia) Goussakova
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA
Dawn Lucovich
The University of Nagano
Nagano, Japan
James Papple
York University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Stacy Suhadolc
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Debra West
Freelance Consultant
Paris, France
Dawn Wink
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
**TESOL’s Policy Manual states that the Nominating Committee shall consist of eight members in addition to the Chair and Past Chair. The Nominating Committee presents a slate of 12 individuals to run for the eight positions. Applications for 2023 Nominating Committee candidates were reviewed and seven were approved. Therefore, the TESOL Board of Directors approved a temporary reduction in Nominating Committee members (from eight to six) who would be selected from a slate of seven for the 2023 election cycle (only).