Special Interest Group Leaders

Special interest group leaders coordinate SIG activities and business. They plan sessions at annual metings, oversee selection of judges for the annual ACE Critique & Awards Program, and facilitate communication and networking among members. SIG chairs direct the activities, and vice chairs and vice chairs-elect assist.

Click here to view the SIG member directories.

To request a hard copy of the SIG Leader Handbook, please contact ACE Headquarters. The PDF version is below:

SIG Handbook (PDF)
Annual Strategic Plan and 3-Year Professional Development Plan (Word document)
SIG Fall Report Form (Word document)
SIG Year-end Report Form (Word document)

SIG Leader conference calls, 2009-2010:

• July 21, 2009
• August 18, 2009
• September 15, 2009
• October 20, 2009
• November 17, 2009
• December 15, 2009
• January 19, 2010
• February 16, 2010
• March 16, 2010
• April 20, 2010
• May 18, 2010

All meetings will be at 2p ET, 1p CT, 12p MT, 11a PT

SIG Director
Larry Jackson - ljackson@ksu.edu
Kansas State University

SIG Director-Elect
Suzanne Steel - steel.7@cfaes.osu.edu
Ohio State University

Academic Programs
Chair: Marcus Ashlock - ashlock@ksu.edu
Vice Chair: Courtney Meyers -courtney.meyers@ttu.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Erica Irlbeck - erica.irlbeck@ttu.edu

Distance Education & Instructional Design
Chair: Tom Schultz - tschultz@iastate.edu
Vice Chair: Rusty Presley - preslwn@auburn.edu
Vice Chair-elect: TBA

Diversity
Chair: Marusela Anders - anders.40@cfaes.osu.edu
Vice Chair: Ariel Ginsburg - ariel.ginsburg@oregonstate.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Tom Merrill - tmerrill@agcenter.lsu.edu

Electronic Media
Chair: Deb Pryor - dpryor@ksu.edu
Vice Chair: Maggie Lawrence - lawremc@auburn.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Joanne Littlefield - joanne.littlefield@colostate.edu

Graphic Design
Chair: Vince Giannotti - don.giannotti@okstate.edu
Vice Chair: TBA
Vice Chair-elect: TBA

Information Technology
Chair: Floyd Davenport - floyd@iastate.edu
Vice Chair: Anne Adrian - mimsann@auburn.edu
Vice Chair-elect:  Emily Pitts - epitts@uga.edu

International
Chair: Leslie Edgar - ledgar@uark.edu
Vice Chair: Don Poucher - info@ufl.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Natalie Federer - nfederer@purdue.edu

Leadership and Management
Chair: Roger Terry - rterry2@unl.edu
Vice Chair: Kevin Gamble - kevin.gamble@extension.org
Vice Chair-elect: Juella Sparks - fnjs@uaf.edu

Marketing
Chair: Janet Allen - jallen@nifa.usda.gov
Vice Chair: Jennifer O'Leary - joleary@umext.maine.edu
Vice Chair-elect:  Emily Eubanks - eee@ufl.edu

Media Relations
Chair: Kay Ledbetter - skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
Vice Chair: Julie Douglas - douglajk@purdue.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Sandi Karstens - salswager2@unl.edu

Photography
Chair: TBA

Publishing
Chair: Sandy Clarke - sclarke@iastate.edu
Vice Chair: Joy Landis - landisj@msu.edu
Vice Chair-elect: Janet Byron - janet.byron@ucop.edu

Research
Chair: Emily Rhoades - rhoades.100@cfaes.osu.edu
Vice Chair: Amanda Ruth-McSwain - ruthmcswaina@cofc.edu
Vice Chair-elect:  Judith White - jmw49@unm.edu

Writing
Chair: Stephanie Schupska - schupska@uga.edu
Vice Chair: Troy Darden - tdarden@desu.edu

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