Catharine Cooke

Mill River Union High School, N. Clarendon, Vermont

Learning and teaching cohort(s):  K-12

Geographic Zone(s): Eastern

How many terms have you already served on the ACTR Board of Directors? I have never served on the Board

ACTR committee(s)/program(s) on which you currently serve or have served, with dates of service

• Bridge-building Committee (K-12 Outreach) (2023-current)
• Convener of the Middle School Sharing Group (2024-current)
  

Learning and teaching cohort(s):  Community  school/program, K-12, adult education classes

Geographic Zone(s): Midwestern

How many terms have you already served on the ACTR Board of Directors? One term

ACTR committee(s)/program(s) on which you currently serve or have served, with dates of service:

• Bridge-building Committee (Advocacy Sub-Committee Chair) (2023-present)
• Chair, Pre-college Teaching Awards Committee (2024-current)
• Member, Olympiada Development Steering Committee (2024-current)

Lara Ravitch
Dean, Lesnoe Ozero, Concordia Language Villages

Learning and teaching cohort(s):  Administrator; K-12; Post-secondary – baccalaureate
Geographic Zone(s): Midwestern, Western
How many terms have you already served on the ACTR Board of Directors? I have never served on the Board
ACTR committee(s)/program(s) on which you currently serve or have served, with dates of service:

• Member, K-12 Outreach subcommittee of the Bridge-Building Committee (2024-current) 
  

Izolda Savenkova
University of Maryland, College Park

• Post-secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award (co-chair, 2022-current) 
  
• Advanced Russian Language Conversation Meet-Ups and Summer Book Club (facilitator) (2023-current)
  

Alexandra Shapiro
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Learning and teaching cohort(s):  Post-secondary – baccalaureate
Geographic Zone(s): South
How many terms have you already served on the ACTR Board of Directors? I have never served on the Board
ACTR committee(s)/program(s) on which you currently serve or have served, with dates of service:

• Professional Development Committee (since 2/2024)
  
• Best-Practices in World Language Education for a subcommittee of the Olympiada Development Steering Committee (2024)
  
• Post-secondary Awards Selection Committee (since 8/2024) 
  
• 2025 ACTR Virtual Conference Organizing Committee, Program Planning and Scheduling Chair (2024)