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Committees

Become a Member

GSOLE welcomes members and non-members alike to get involved in one of our many projects! We're eager to welcome new additions to our community to contribute to our growing body of professional development, scholarship, and service work. Reach out to president@gsole.org if you'd like to learn more about a committee or get involved!

Elected Officers

  • Cat Mahaffey, President (2022-2024)
  • Amy Cicchino, Vice President (2022-2024)
  • Tess Evans, Treasurer (2020-2023)
  • Meghan Velez, Secretary (2022-2024)
  • Dan Seward, Immediate Past President (2022-2024)

At-Large Representatives

  • Jennifer Cunningham (2021-2023)
  • Barbara D'Angelo (2021-2023)
  • Meghalee Das (2021-2023)
  • Wonderful Faison (2022-2024)
  • Kenna Grove (2022-2024)
  • Beatrice Mendez Newman (2022-2024)
  • Mary Lourdes Silva (2023-2025)

Ex Officio Attendees (non-voting)

The following members attend Executive Board meetings by virtue of their status as committee chair or appointed officer:

  • Jennifer Burke Reifman, Co-Chair Webinars
  • Justin Cary, Communication Officer
  • Nikki Chasteen, Membership Officer
  • Kevin Depew, Co-Chair Certification
  • Caitlin Fields, Co-Chair Webinars
  • Janine Morris, Co-Affiliates Liaison & Lead Content Curator
  • Tony Ricks, Chair Research Committee
  • Jason Snart, Editor, OLOR
  • Ashlyn Walden, Editor, ROLE
  • Autumn Bishard, Co-Chair IDEA Committee

Many Thanks to Past Volunteers

See names of past Executive Board members, appointed officers, and committee chairs under our listing of Past GSOLE Leaders

Executive Sub-Committees

GSOLE Steering Committee

  • Cat Mahaffey, President
  • Any Cicchino, Vice President
  • Tess Evans, Treasurer
  • Meghan Velez, Secretary
  • Dan Seward, Immediate Past President

Past Steering Committee Members

  • Jennifer Burke Reifman
  • Beth Hewett
  • Scott Warnock

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity , and Access (IDEA) Committee

  • Meghan Velez, Co-Chair
  • Autumn Bishard, Co-Chair
  • Jennifer Burke-Reifman
  • Meghalee Das
  • Kevin Depew
  • Miranda Egger
  • Jason Snart
  • Molly E. Ubbesen

Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

Current Projects and Initiatives

  • 2022 IDEA funds allocation

Past Projects and Initiatives

  • 2022 Election Ballot Review
  • 2021 IDEA Audit

Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

Dan Seward (2020-2022) 



Digital GSOLE Committee

  • Angie Carter, Digital Platforms Manager, Co-Chair
  • Janine Morris, Lead Content Curator, Co-Chair
  • Elle Tyson, Content Curator, ROLE
  • Mary Lourdes Silva, OLOR Reviews
  • Jessie Clay, Content Curator
Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

Current Projects and Initiatives

  • Migrate Research in Online Literacy Education to new OLOR site.
  • Developing accessible and sustainable resource publication guidelines for OLOR and archives. 

Past Projects and Initiatives

  • Migrate old site from Weebly to Wild Apricot
  • Migrate OLOR Effective Practices and OLOR Reviews

Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

Amanda Bemer (2018-2022) 

Standing Committees

Certification Committee

  • Amy Cicchino, Co-chair
  • Kevin Depew, Co-chair
  • Nitya Pandey, Co-chair
Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

Current Projects and Initiatives

  • Revising course offerings

Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

Barry Maid (2018-2020, chair) 

Conference Committee

  • Amy Cicchino, Co-chair
  • Tess Evans, Co-chair
  • 2025 Committee forming this summer
Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

Current Projects and Initiatives

  • Planning GSOLE's 2025 Online Conference

Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!


Outreach Committee

  • Cat Mahaffey, Chair
  • Justin Cary, Communication Officer
  • Nikki Chasteen, Membership Officer
  • Janine Morris, Affiliate's Co-chair
  • Meghan Velez, Affiliates Co-chair
  • Kenna Groves, K-12 Affiliate Liaison
    Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

    Current Projects and Initiatives

    • Develop blog-posting protocols for affiliates and members

    Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

    Amy Cicchino, Kim Fahle Peck, Jude Miller

    Publications Committee

    • Cat Mahaffey, Chair
    • Janine Morris, Lead Content Curator
    • Beatrice Mendez Newman, Editor, OLOR Reviews
    • Jason Snart, Editor, OLOR Effective Practices
    • Ashlyn Walden, Editor, ROLE
    • Michelle Stuckey, Associate Editor, ROLE
    • Angela Laflen, Assistant Editor, OLOR Reviews
    • Moira Connelly, Assistant Editor, OLOR Reviews
    • Sarah Lacey, Assistant Editor, Effective Practices
    • Jen Cunningham, Assistant Editor, Effective Practices
    • Michael Madson, Assistant Editor, Effective Practices
    • Janine Morris, Assistant Editor, Effective Practices
    • Elle Tyson, Content Curator, ROLE
    • Mary Lourdes Silva, Content Curator, OLOR Reviews
    Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

    Current Projects and Initiatives

    • Migrate Research in Online Literacy Education to new OLOR site.
    • Developing accessible and sustainable resource publication guidelines for OLOR and archives. 

    Past Projects and Initiatives

    • Migrate OLOR Effective Practices and OLOR Reviews
    • Migrate OLOR Reviews

    Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!


    Michael Greer (Editor, ROLE, 2017-2021) 

    Mikala Jones, Content Curator, OLOR EP

    Brendan Hawkins, Content Curator, OLOR EP

    Research Committee

    • Tony Ricks, Chair
    • Barbara D'Angelo

    Visit committee collaboration page (restricted access).

    Current Projects and Initiatives

    • Calling for Research Proposals for 2022-2023

    Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

    Beth Hewett (2018-2020), Alice Horning (2018-2020),  Barry Maid (2018-2020, chair) 

    Webinars Committee

    • Jennifer Burke Reifman, Co-Chair
    • Linford Lamptey, Co-Chair
    • More members are welcome

    This committee's collaboration page is still under construction

    Current Projects and Initiatives

    • Calling for Webinar Proposals for 2022-2023 series

    Many Thanks to Past Volunteers!

    Jenae Cohn (2017-2020, Co-Chair), Mary Stewart (2018-2020, Co-Chair)

    Ad Hoc Committees

    More Committee Information Coming Soon!

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