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Information on National & Divisional Officers

The national officers shall consist of President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer Divisional Presidents and two Members at Large. Together with the Past President, they shall constitute the Board of Directors.

National Officers

President

Dr. Michael Votta Jr.
Director of Bands
University of Maryland

School of Music
2531 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park, MD 20742

mvotta@umd.edu
Phone: 919-201-1036
Phone: 301/405-5542

Past President

Mark Spede
Director of Bands
Clemson University

119 Brooks Center
Clemson, SC 29634

mspede@clemson.edu
Phone: 8646508111
Phone: 8646563380

Secretary

Thomas Verrier
Senior Band Conductor
Blair School of Music – Vanderbilt University

2400 Blakemore Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212

thomas.verrier@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615/322-7651

Treasurer

Dr. Douglas Stotter
Director of Bands
UTA

712 Gunnison Ct
Arlington, TX 76006

dstotter@uta.edu
Phone: 817-454-7948
Phone: 8172723471
Fax: 8174547948

Member at Large

Dr. Cormac Cannon
Director of Bands
University of South Carolina

813 Assembly Street, Room 117
Columbia, SC 29208

cormac@mozart.sc.edu
Phone: 5177559161
Phone: 8037774278

Member at Large

Barry Houser
Associate Director of Bands, Director of the Marching Illini
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Harding Band Building
1103 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820

bhouser2@illinois.edu
Phone: 517-304-5322
Phone: 217-333-3027

Divisional Officers

Eastern Div. President

Jared Chase
Director of Wind Studies
Nazareth University

School of Music
4245 East Ave.
Rochester, NY 14618

jchase6@naz.edu
Phone: 3035061114
Phone: 5853892698

North Central Div. President

Erica Neidlinger
Wind Conductor
DePaul University

804 West Belden Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

eneidlin@depaul.edu
Phone: 7088707346
Phone: 773-325-4368

Northwestern Div. President

James Smart
Professor of Music, Director of Bands
University of Montana

32 Campuse Drive
School of Music
Missoula, MT 59812

james.smart@umontana.edu
Phone: 406-243-4382
Phone: 406-214-6704

Southern Div. President

Robert Ambrose
Director of Bands
Georgia State University

School of Music
75 Poplar Street, 5th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

robertambrose@gsu.edu
Phone: 404/413-5961

Southwestern Div. President

Caroline Beatty
Director of Bands
Texas State University

601 University Dr
San Marcos, TX 78666

ccbeatty@txstate.edu
Phone: 703-593-9393
Phone: 512-245-2485

Western Div. President

Paul Cummings
Emeritus Professor of Music
Cal Poly Humboldt

1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521

pcc6@humboldt.edu
Phone: 707-616-5092
Phone: 707-826-5435