Iowa Council for the Social Studies

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2021-2023 ICSS Officers

PRESIDENT

Catherine Mein

Ballard High School
Social StudiesTeacher

VICE PRESIDENT

Dan Jones
Living History Farms
Education Director

SECRETARY

Jennifer Cooley
State Historical Society

TREASURER

Todd Hospodarsky
Monticello CSD

Intervention Specialist

7-12 Social Studies Curricular Lead

ADVOCACY DIRECTOR

Jack Vanderflught
Dallas Center-Grimes H.S.
APUSH, AP World, American Government

AWARDS CHAIR

Ben McQuade

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Kelli Hutt

Dallas Center-Grimes CSD

PK-12 Curriculum Facilitator

Twitter: @Kjmhutt

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR

Alisa Meggitt

7th grade global studies teacher

HIGHER EDUCATION LIAISON

Dwight Herold
Retired Elementary Teacher
Ames Community Schools

ICSS Journal Editor

Dean Vesperman

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Teacher education

dean.vesperman@uwrf.edu

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

Chad Christopher
University of Northern Iowa/

Cedar Falls Schools

Advisor/Social Studies Teacher

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Janet Wills
Southeast Valley Middle School
Social Studies Teacher
Twitter: @JanetKWills

The ICSS Executive Board can be contacted by emailing us at icssonline@gmail.com.

Jack Vanderflught, Janet Wills, Dan Jones, Past President Stefanie Wager, Catherine Mein, Todd Hospodarsky, Chad Christopher, Alisa Meggitt, Jennifer Cooley

(Ben McQuade, Kelli Hutt, Dwight Herold, and Dean Vesperman not pictured)

The Iowa Council for the Social Studies is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.