Five ISTA officers are elected by all voting ISTA members for a two year term starting in March of odd years.
The Elections Committee, chaired by the past-president, encourages and seeks nominations and tries to have at least two nominees for each position. Officer responsibilities are prescribed in the ISTA Bylaws. These five officers are the voting members of the executive committee.
Click here for expectations of the ISTA Elected Officers, and click here for the application form.
The Treasurer and Executive Director are appointed by the board according to ISTA Bylaws and adopted procedure. These two officers are non-voting ex officio members of the board and executive committee and their responsibilities are specifically prescribed in the ISTA bylaws.
Executive Officers
| President 2011-2013 | Vice President 2011-2013 | President-Elect 2011-2013 | |||
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Carol Baker Community High School District 218 10701 S. Kilpatrick Ave. Oak Lawn, IL 60453 708-424-2000 x 2414 cbaker@ista-il.org |
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Natacia Campbell Andrew High School 9001 W. 171St St Tinley Park, IL 60487 708-342-5836 ncampbell@ista-il.org |
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Paul Ritter Pontiac Township High School 1100 E. Indiana Ave. Pontiac , IL 61764 815-844-6113 pritter@ista-il.org |
| Past-President 2011-2013 | Secretary 2011-2013 | ||||
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Gwen Pollock 5175 Turkey Run Road Sherman, IL 62684 217-629-7791 gpollock@ista-il.org |
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Tara Bell tbell@ista-il.org |
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| Treasurer (ex officio) * | Executive Director 2011-2013 * | Membership Secretary * | |||
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Bob Wolffe 9-11a Bradley University 1501 West Bradley Avenue Peoria, IL rwolffe@ista-il.org |
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Harry Hendrickson 218 Cumberland Drive Rochester, IL 62563 Office: 217-498-8411 Cell: 217-341-5037 Fax: 217-498-8408 hhendrickson@ista-il.org |
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Pam Spaniol P.O. Box 312 Sherman, IL 62684 pspaniol@ista-il.org |
| * Non-Voting Officers | |||||
Leadership Transition
Past-president Gwen Pollock presented certificates of appreciation to outgoing ISTA Secretary Kathy Schmidt for two years and director John Clark for four year of ISTA service.

President Carol Baker and Membership Chair Kendra Carroll presented Past-president Gwen Pollock with a certificate of appreciation and an antique scale and steering wheel for serving with distinction as ISTA President



