2024-2025 Committees

The first name listed under each committee title is the Chair of the committee. 

The Awards Committees can be found here.

 Standing Committees

 Committee on Committees

Board of Officers: http://www.ssca.net/administrative-committee 

Constitution Committee

David Nelson - Chair

Valdosta State University

drnelson@valdosta.edu

 

Todd Lee Goen

Virginia Military Institute

tlgoen@me.com

 

Barry Smith

Mississippi University for Women

commdoctor@gmail.com

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

Mary Meares - Co-Chair

University of Alabama

mmmeares@ua.edu

 

Xiaoti Fan - Co-Chair

University of Alabama, Huntsville

xiaoti.fan@uah.edu

 

Niya Pickett Miller

Samford University

nmiller@samford.edu

 

Kimberly Johnson

Tennessee State University

kjohns65@tnstate.edu

 

Janine Armstrong

Southern Illinois University

janine.armstrong@siu.edu

Finance Committee

Lesli K. Pace - Chair

Southeast Missouri State University

 lkpace@semo.edu

 

Nakia Welch

San Jacinto College

nakia.welch@sjcd.edu

 

Eletra Gilchrist-Petty

University of Alabama, Huntsville

eletra.gilchrist@uah.edu

 

Nominating Committee

Ann E. Burnette

Texas State University

annburnette@txstate.edu

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(Consists of Immediate Past Chairs from all Divisions)

Publications Committee

Hsiu-Jung (Mindy) Chang - Chair

Western New England University

mchang@wne.edu

 

Keven James Rudrow

Mississippi State University

kjr357@msstate.edu

 

Jenny Crowley

University of Tennessee

jcrowle3@utk.edu

Resolutions committee

Joshua Pederson - Chair

University of Alabama

 jrpederson@ua.edu

 

Breann Murphy

Jacksonville State University

 bmurphy5@jsu.edu

 

Laurie Metcalf

Blinn College

lauriedmetcalf@gmail.com 

 

Resource Development committee

Carrie Reif-Stice - Chair

Augusta University

creifstice@augusta.edu

 

Michelle Groover

Georgia Southern University

mgroover@georgiasouthern.edu

  

Chad Tew

University of Southern Indiana

crtew@usi.edu

 

Elizabeth Hanson Smith

Director, Member Services

ehansonsmith@yahoo.com

  

 (Strategic Communication Director - De Facto Member)

University

 

Time and Place committee

Abby Brooks - Chair

Eastern Kentucky University

abby.brooks@eku.edu

 

Pamela Bourland-Davis

Georgia Southern University

pamelabg@georgiasouthern.edu

 

Scott Christen

Tennessee Technological University

schristen@tntech.edu