ACTR Board of Directors
(All terms are from the Annual Membership Meeting to the Annual Membership Meeting in the years listed)

Officers

President: Natalya Ushakova (2020-2023), Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY, nushakova@gmail.com
Vice-President: Alla Smyslova (2020-2023), Columbia University, New York, NY, as2157@columbia.edu
Treasurer: Cynthia A. Ruder, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, cynthia.ruder@uky.edu
Executive Director: Dan Davidson, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, and American
Councils (ACIE), ddavidson@americancouncils.org
Chair of ACCELS: Richard Brecht, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, rbrecht@casl.umd.edu
​Nataliya  Ushakova 
(2018-2021)
Co-Chair of RSLA

Staten  Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY
nushakova@gmail.com
Colleen Lucey
(2020-2023)

The University of Arizona,
luceyc@email.arizona.edu
Cynthia  A.  Ruder 
(2018-2021)

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
cynthia.ruder@uky.edu
Dan Davidson 
(2020-2023)

ddavidson@americancouncils.org
Richard  Brecht 
(2019-2022)

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
rbrecht@casl.umd.edu    
Nina  Bond
(2020-2023)

Franklin  &  Marshall College, Lancaster, PA  
nbond@fandm.edu
Tony  Brown 
(2019-2022)

Brigham  Young University, Provo, UT  
tony_brown@byu.edu
Robert  Channon
(2018-2021)
​
Purdue  University, West Lafayette, IN 
channon@purdue.edu
Evgeny Dengub
(2018-2021)
​Chair of the webinar program
​
Smith College and University of Massachusetts Amherst
edengub@gmail.com
Irina Dubinina 
(2018-2021)
Membership Secretary
​
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
idubinin@brandeis.edu
Ruth Edelman 
(2019-2022)
Co-chair of the Standards Committee
Co-Chair of the Olympiada of Spoken Russian

Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ 
rpedelman@hotmail.com
Elena Farkas
(2020-2023)
Chair, Editorial Board for ACTR Newsletter
Co-chair of ACTR Service Award

Director of Adult English Learning Center,
Project Light of Manatee, Inc., Bradenton, Florida
russianaz@alaskan.com
John Rook
(2020-2023)

Smith Middle School, Glastonbury, CT
RookJ@glastonburyus.org
Diane Nemec-Ignashev 
(2019-2022)
Co-chair of the Summer Language Teacher Program Committee

Carleton College, Northfield, MN 
dignashe@carleton.edu
Elizabeth Lee  Roby  
(2020-2023)

Friends  School, Baltimore, MD
eroby@friendsbalt.org 
​Betsy Sandstrom
(2019-2022)
​
Thomas Jefferson H.S. of Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
betsy.sandstrom@fcps.edu
Alla  Smyslova
(2018-2021)
Chair of PSRSLA
Co-chair of NPSREC
Co-chair of the Nominations Committee
​
Columbia University, New York, NY 
as2157@columbia.edu
Mara  Sukholutskaya  
(2019-2022)

East Central University, Ada, OK
msukholu@ecok.edu
Mark Trotter 
(2020-2023)
Co-Chair of the Olympiada of Spoken Russian

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
martrott@indiana.edu
Irwin Weil
(2018-2021)

Northwestern University (emeritus), Evanston, IL
i-­weil@northwestern.edu 
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ACTR Board Meeting, April 2015, DC