BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Meeting of the 2022-2024 IMTA Board of Directors, Saturday, January 13, 2024.



2025 - 2026 IMTA Board of Directors



Officers

President  – Kate Boyd (2025-2027)
President-Elect – Daniel Lin (2025-2027)
Executive Secretary-Treasurer – Maria Mann (2024-2026)
Recording Secretary – Nicha Stapanukul (2024-2026) [term finished by Liam Brown, starting October 2025]
First Vice President, Membership – Elizabeth Yao (2025-2027)
Second Vice President, Local Associations – Valerie Merrell (2025-2027)
Immediate Past President – Erica Ogden (2025-2027)

Greater Evansville (GEMTA) – Yu-Han Kuan
Greater Indianapolis (GIMTA) – Valerie Merrell
North Central (NCMTA) – Nancy Spahr Huskey
Northeast (NIMTA) – Sandy Moser
South Bend Area (SBAMTA) – Jennifer Keeley
South Central (SCMTA) – Nancy Crump
Tippecanoe (TMTA) – Nadya Dubikovsky
Wabash Valley (WVMTA) – Jonathan Coleman

Ball State University  – Rui Xue
Butler University  – N/A
Indiana State University  – N/A
Indiana University  – Jacqueline Hsiao

*Collegiate Chapter Presidents are non-voting members on the Board of Directors. 

Advertising – Erica Ogden
Arts Awareness and Advocacy  –  Karen Thickstun
Certification  –  DJ Smith
Collegiate Chapters  –  Lori Rhoden

AIM –  Jennifer Keeley
Hoosier Auditions – Hyeseon Jin
Opus Composition Festival  – Michael Seregow

MTNA Competitions  – Jim Helton
MTNA Composer Commissioning  –  Caroline KyungA Ahn
MTNA Foundation and Development  –  Janet Palmberg

Conference – Caroline KyungA Ahn
College Faculty Forum – Janet Palmberg
Independent Music Teachers Forum – Christina Whitlock 

Website Administrator – Amy Chaplin

DJ Smith (Chair) (2021 – 2027)

Ellen Bulow (2023 – 2029)
Erica Ogden (2025 – 2030) – Immediate Past President

*Only the chair of the Trustees serves on the Board of Directors as a non-voting member. The Immediate Past President is also on the board as an Officer.



Standing CommiTtees



Standing committees are those that manage and maintain the various state programs. Only the chair/coordinator is a member of the IMTA Board of Directors.

The President is a member ex officio of all committees except the Nominating Committee and any disciplinary committees.

President – Kate Boyd
President-Elect – Daniel Lin
Immediate Past President – Erica Ogden
Treasurer – Maria Mann
Recording Secretary – Nicha Sapanukul [term finished by Liam Brown, starting October 2025] 
First Vice President, Membership – Elizabeth Yao
Second Vice President, Local Associations – Valerie Merrell
Chair of the Trustees – DJ Smith
Member at Large – N/A


See the current board of directors listing at the top of this page for contact details.

CHAIR Hyeseon Jin

District A – Nicole Lee
District B – Luke Norwell
District C – Jonathan Rice
District D – Reginald Rodgers
District E – Lai Ping Jean Ho
District F – TBD
District G – Garnet Ungar
District H – Joyanne Outland
District I – Cindy Gribble


See the Hoosier District Auditions page for contact information.

CHAIR–  Jim Helton

Junior – Leon Harshenin
SeniorPedro Medeiros
Young Artist – Jim Helton

Composition – Jim Helton


See the MTNA Competitions page for contact information.

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