The executive officers are charged with the day-to-day operations of OWLA. All executive officers are elected. Executive officers serve on various divisions of the Association, based on the mission and vision of OWLA.
Debbie Varga
President
Uniontown, Ohio
Nicola Work
President-Elect
Dayton, Ohio
Executive Vice-President
Megan Brady
Immediate Past President
Uniontown, OH
Lucas Hoffman
Executive Treasurer
Sylvania, Ohio
Teri Wiechart
Parliamentarian & Bylaws
Grove City, Ohio
Megan Frate
Membership Chair
Westerville, Ohio
Lauren Shaffer
Executive Recorder & Editor of The Cardinal
Dalton, Ohio
Kaleigh Baker
Editor for Electronic Media
Convington, Ohio
Alexis Blum
Professional Development Chair
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Lesley Chapman
Public Relations & Advocacy Chair
Cincinnati, Ohio
Committee Chairs are elected to the OWLA Board. They are charged with specific issues of interest to OWLA. Committee Chairs also serve on various divisions of the Association, based on the mission and vision of OWLA.
Jessica Burchett, At Large Committee Member
Jonathan Harris, At Large Committee Member
Megan Helgeson, At Large Committee Member
Nicole Hanlon, Scholarship
State World Language Consultants are not voting members of the Board. They are charged with informing the board about state-level news and policies.
Ryan T Wertz, Education Program Specialist for World Languages & Cultures
Columbus, Ohio
Affiliates are generally language-specific groups associated with OWLA. The Affiliate members serve as liaisons to their respective organizations. In this way, OWLA and affiliate organizations communicate very closely. Affiliate members also serve in various OWLA divisions, based on the mission and vision of the Association.
Elvire Ahouangbe, American Association of Teachers of French (Ohio)
Dennis Boyd, American Association of Teachers of German (Ohio)
Alondra Pacheco, American Association of Teacher of Spanish and Portuguese (Ohio)
Ning Zhang, Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese
Junko Markovich, Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese
(vacant), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
The Ohio Network of Academic Alliances and the CORE-FL Groups are organizations that work on a regional level to enhance professional development for world language teachers. Each organizes and holds various professional development opportunities throughout the academic year.
CORE-FL Northeast
Dayton Area Foreign Language Educators (DAFLE)
LINC-Ohio – Languages in Central Ohio
Mercer-Auglaize Foreign Language Alliance (MAFLA)
NorthEast Ohio Language Alliance (NEOLA)
Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance
Toledo Area Foreign Language Alliance (TAFLA)