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#OKCTE Executive Board 

if you are interested in serving on the okcte board, please EMAIL: [email protected]!
ELECTED OFFICERS
2026-2027 President - Lauren Vandever
Immediate Past President (2025-2026) - Kristi Sturgeon
President Elect - Tamesha Rayes
Vice President - Open
Executive Secretary - Jolie Hicks
Executive Treasurer - Jo Flory
Lauren Vandever
Kristi Sturgeon
Tamesha Rayes
Jolie Hicks
Jo Stafford

SECTIONAL OFFICERS
Professional Development Chairs - Jinan ElSabbagh & Kristi Sturgeon
Elementary Sectional Officer - Christie Barris
Secondary Sectional Officer - Jason Stephenson
New Teachers Sectional Officer - Brianne Johnson
Higher Education & Student Affiliates Sectional Officer - Anika Rohla
Librarian - Michelle Waters

Historian - Crag Hill
OK/OSU Writing Project Coordinator - Shaista Fenwick
Webmaster & Social Media - Bethany Farley


Jinan ElSabbagh
Kristi Sturgeon
Christie Barris
Jason Stephenson
Brianne Johnson
Anika Rohla
Michelle Waters
Crag Hill
Shaista Fenwick
Bethany Farley

PUBLICATIONS
Young Writers Contest & Anthology Coordinator - Jolie Hicks
Oklahoma English Journal Editors - Jolie Hicks, Jinan ElSabbagh, Tamesha Rayes
Jolie Hicks
Jinan ElSabbagh
Tamesha Rayes

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
​Diversity Committee - Jennifer Williams and Shaista Fenwick (Co-Chairs);
Brogan Spears, Lisa Smith & Jinan ElSabbagh (Committee Members)

Jennifer Williams
Shaista Fenwick
Brogan Spears
Lisa Smith

REGIONAL OFFICERS
  • Region 1 - open
  • Region 2 - Mary Sloat
  • Region 3 - Jennifer Williams
  • ​Region 4 - Bethany Farley
  • Region 5 - Angie Wren
  • Region 6 - Tamesha Rayes
  • Region 7 - Shanna Mellott
  • Private Schools - open
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OKCTE PAST PRESIDENTS ARCHIVE
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WEBSITE: www.okcte.org  
EMAIL: [email protected]  
FACEBOOK: OKLACTE 
TWITTER: @oklacte  
HASHTAG: #OKCTE

OKCTE is a proud affiliate of NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
  • Home
  • About
    • Executive Board
    • #OKCTE Awards >
      • Geraldine Burns Winners
  • Membership
  • Professional Learning
    • 2026
  • Writing Contest
    • Contest Details
    • 2026 Anthologies
    • Past Anthologies
  • Publications
    • OK English Journal
    • OKCTE Voices
  • Resources
    • teachOK
    • Online Unit Plans
    • Book Reviews >
      • The Black God's Drums >
        • The Black God's Drums Reviews
        • Black God's Drums Lesson Plans
      • Review of Cicada
      • Child of the Dream
      • A drop of hope
      • Wish you all the best
      • Music of What Happens
      • Riverdale
      • Homegoing
      • Maybe This Time
      • Moon Within
      • The Outwalkers
      • Focused
      • Take the Mic
      • Merci Suárez Changes Gears
      • Guts
      • Bone Hollow
      • The Book of Boy
      • #NotYourPrincess
      • It's a Whole Spiel
      • A Spark of Light
      • Six Goodbyes We Never Said
      • The Forgotten Girl
      • Inhuman