2008 - 2009 FSPA Board

Executive Director

The College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida is the sponsoring institution for FSPA, housing the FSPA office and providing a portion of faculty member's time to serve as executive director.

Professor Wayne Garcia (wgarcia@jou.ufl.edu)

Officers

The membership vote on a president and vice president at the convention business meeting. These officers serve two-year terms. The past president then serves a two-year term on the board.

President - Mr. Joe Humphrey (joseph.humphrey@sdhc.k12.fl.us)

Vice President - Ms. Judy Cannaday (cannadayj@pcsb.org)

Past President - Ms. Jill Maassen (massenje@usa.net)

District Directors

The seven district directors serve two-year terms, with elections on odd-numbered years for odd-numbered districts and even-numbered years for even-numbered districts. Elections are held during the advisers' business meetings at the fall district workshops. Any FSPA-member adviser may serve as district director.

District 1 - Ms. Katie Lane - klane@escambia.k12.fl.us
West Florida High School of Advanced Technology
2400 Longleaf Drive
Pensacoloa, FL 32526

District 2 - Mr. Steven S. Lindgren - Stevenlindgren@yahoo.com
Buchholz High School
5510 NW 27th Ave.
Gainesville, Florida 32606

District 3 - Ms. Dianne Burd - Dianne_Burd@scps.k12.fl.us
Lake Mary High School
655 Longwood-Lake Mary Rd.
Lake Mary, FL 32746

District 4 - Ms. Tiffany Baricko - tbaricko@pasco.k12.fl.us
J.W. Mitchell High School
2323 Little Rd.
New Port Richey, FL 34655

District 5 - None

District 6 - Ms. Mary Kay Sullivan - mksullivan@dadeschools.net
Dr. Michael M. Krop High School
1410 Countyline Rd.
Miami, FL 33179

District 7 - Mr. Steven Jay Thor - steven.thor@browardschools.com
Deerfield Beach High School
910 SW 15th St.
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

Student Co-Chairs

At the spring convention, two of the seven student representatives are selected to serve as student chair and vice-chair for the following school year.

Liz Godwin (District 1)
Michael Naughton (District 7)

Student Representatives

The seven student representatives serve one-year terms, and are elected at the fall district workshops and hold office through the next fall's workshop. To be eligible for candidacy, a student must be a junior and on an FSPA-member publication.

District 1 - Allison Smith
District 2 - Chip Lowe
District 3 - Sarah Landers
District 4 - Alan Toussaint
District 5 - None
District 6 - Lorenzo Atkinson
District 7 - Julia Bomfim