Chapters and Interest Groups
Chapter and Interest Group Election Results (2026-27 Term)
Thank you to all Fulbright Association members who participated in this year’s Chapter and Interest Group elections.
These elections help shape the leadership of our local Fulbright communities and ensure that chapters and interest groups continue to reflect the interests, energy, and expertise of their members. We are grateful to every candidate who volunteered to serve and to every member who cast a ballot.
Below are the official results for all chapters and interest groups that held elections during the 2026 election cycle. Please join us in congratulating the newly elected and returning board members who will help lead their communities in the year ahead.
If you have any questions regarding election results, please contact the Fulbright Association at chapters@fulbright.org.
Arkansas
Board of Directors
Evanna Ojeda
H. Micheal Tarver
Henry B. Sirgo
Jessica Culver
Rebecca Brown Thompson
CA – Greater Los Angeles
President
Lin Shi
Board of Directors
Jessica Lu
Jose V. Siles
Orit Stieglitz
Dr. Jill M. Humphries
Colorado
President
Mark Levine
Board of Directors
Paige Bergan
Community Colleges
President
Toni Holland
Board of Directors
Amy Coren-Visser
Bryan Shuler
Fidelis Ngang
DC/MD/VA – National Capital Area
President
Kelsey Woodrick
Board of Directors
Andrew J Lee
Arcadia Trvalik
Danielle Bolden
Josephine Shikongo
Mariam Yaldram
Michael Brody
Thomas L. Bowling
FL: Mid-Florida
Board of Directors
Prof John Dishman
Georgia
President
Kristina Echols
Board of Directors
Laverne Lewis Gaskins
Shantisheila Ebere Macben Elem
IL – Chicago
President
Adam Fuss
Board of Directors
Eleftheria Lialios
Brian Christian
Brittany Edwards
Christopher Graves
Elio Leturia
Jeremy Dela Cruz
Kate Vergara
Linda Higgins Spoleti
Maria Salazar
Meghan McAuliffe
Ricca C. Slone
Tamara Kozyckyj
India
President
Jeffrey Stanley
Board of Directors
Annette Danto
Dhara Kanchan
Manvi Tandon
Ireland
President
Lazelle Benefield
Board of Directors
Kimberly Ilosvay
Vicki Callahan
Israel
Board of Directors
Dimona Yaniv
Ilana Goldberg
Massachusetts
President
Tasha O’Hara
Board of Directors
Anthony Benedetti
Sema Aygar
Susan Nichter
MI – West and Mid-Michigan
President
Richard Scott Cohen
Board of Directors
Mahana Lugo
Prakash Adhikari
Thomas Gilsdorf
Minnesota
President
Dr. Yamaya Sosa
Board of Directors
Janet Hobbs
Katelin Richter Davis
Mary Ann Stanton
Elisabeth Heying
New Mexico
President
Cleophas Muneri
Board of Directors
Andre Larroque
Carol Larroque
Linney Wix
Susan Scott
North Carolina
Board of Directors
Katerina Spasovska
Kyle Miskell
Michelle L. Cathorall
Sarah Maness
Virginia Gilliland
Yanjun Yan
NY – Eastern New York
Board of Directors
Kim Stote
Joan Savitt
NY – Greater New York
President
Christine Arrozal
Board of Directors
Jeremy Wexler
Joanne Aire
OH – Central Ohio
Board of Directors
Alexandria Wilson-McDonald
Claire Garner
Sherry Daniel
Varvara Alderman
Oregon
Board of Directors
Debra Clemans
Hanna Marushchenko
Jack Corbett
Melissa Wilk
PA – Greater Pittsburgh
Board of Directors
Fox Baudelaire
PA – Philadelphia/Delaware Valley
President
Nadira Branch
Board of Directors
Carlin Paul Romano
Dr. Barbara Sliker Weikert
Dr. Marilyne H. O’Hara
Marcella McCoy-Deh
Schiro Withanachchi
Rhode Island
Board of Directors
John Round
Magaly Ponce
Mary Regen Jamieson Milani
Kathryn Hegarty
South Carolina
President
Dr. Alex Akulli
Board of Directors
Adriana Boersner-Herrera
Donald Lee Sparks
James Bruce Rafert
Mutindi Ndunda
Patrick Leech
Patty Coker-Bolt
Shafiqur Rahman
TX – Austin
Board of Directors
Laura Lee Prather
Leo E. Zonn
Teri Albrecht
TX – Dallas
President
Glenda Balas
Board of Directors
Marsha McCoy
TX – San Antonio
President
Maria Veronica Elias
Board of Directors
Andrew J Hill
Byron Miller
Elizabeth Allen
WA – Western Washington
Board of Directors
Akshali Gandhi
Nancy Bartley