Leadership Team

Board of Directors

J. TERRY GATES, President and Chief Executive Officer

Former Director, Teacher Education Institute, Graduate School of Education, SUNY at Buffalo
43 years of K-20 teaching, administration, and teacher education at flagship universities in four states
Internationally known in music education
Ed.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in secondary education, foundations of music education; M. Music and B.S.Ed. Northern Illinois University at DeKalb

MARY E. BICKEL, Secretary/Treasurer and Program Coordinator

35 years of successful K-12 music teaching, curriculum and program development in public and parochial schools
Designs and presents parent-child education workshops in music in partnership with public libraries
Ed.D. University of Rochester in curriculum, specializing in adolescent children's music response; M.Music Eastman School of Music; B.Mus. Webster University, St. Louis
Expert interviewer and analyst of ideas from children

SARA FABICK

37 years of leadership in elementary classroom teaching, most at primary grades level
Two years of undergraduate work, Illinois State University
Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master's Degree and Reading Specialist certification, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Member of educational collaborative Cadre in Missouri

A. SCOTT HAGIN

Award-winning teacher of mathematics and robotics, Edwardsville High School, Illinois
Master of Science in Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Ohio; graduate work in education, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Expert in computer-based modeling and simulation, robotics education, statistics, high school peer teaching strategies in math
Winner of 2006 - 2007 Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force after 22-year career

WENDY G. TROXEL

Associate prof. of Educational Administration and Foundations, Illinois State University
Doctoral degree in educational leadership, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Master's degree in athletics administration, Illinois State University; B.A. in music, Muskingum College
Internationally-known leader in action research
Former Director of the University Assessment Office, Illinois State University; Director of Admissions, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kimberly AdyMcDonald - Nerinx Hall High School, Webster Groves, Missouri - high school world languages: French, German, and Yoruba
Jerri Davenport - Principia Upper School, Town and Country, Missouri - high school English and Reading
Linda Evans - West Ridge Elementary School, Greece, New York - multi-age third-fifth grade (retired)
Sara Fabick - Long Elementary School, Lindbergh, Missouri - second grade (retired)
Sr. Ginny Flowers - Immacolata Elementary School, Clayton, Missouri - first grade
Sandra Fultz - Watershed Nature Center, Edwardsville Public Schools, Illinois - outdoor science educator
Julie Good - Montgomery County Schools, Maryland - elementary coordinator
A. Scott Hagin - Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville, Illinois - mathematics, technology
Lynley Harrison - LeClaire Elementary School, Edwardsville, Illinois - second grade
David Houser - Christian Outreach School, Hillsboro, Missouri - high school social studies
Fritzi Smith - Living Water Academy, Glencoe, Missouri - elementary classroom