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.

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.

• Cincinnati Collaborative

• 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)