2025 Election Results

by Gwynn Mason, Associate Director, Marketing & Communications |

TESOL International Association (TESOL) is pleased to announce the 2025 election results. These newly elected leaders will be installed at the 2025 TESOL annual business meeting scheduled for Friday, 21 March in Long Beach, California, USA.

Congratulations to the following elected leaders:

President-Elect

The president-elect serves a 1-year term beginning in March 2025. The president-elect then serves an additional 1-year term as president beginning in March 2026, and a 1-year term as past president beginning in March 2027.

Okon Effiong 
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar 

Board of Directors

These leaders will serve a 3-year term beginning in March 2025. 

Drew Fagan 
University of Maryland
College Park, MD, USA 

James Papple 
Centennial College
Ontario, Canada 

Jorge Torres Almazan 
The American School of Tampico
Tampico, Mexico 

TESOL also extends congratulations to the newly elected members of the Nominating Committee. Nominating Committee members serve a 1-year term beginning in January 2025. 

Nominating Committee

Kashif Raza 
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada 

Michelle Kang 
Saigon International University
Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam 

Linh Phung 
Eduling International
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 

Jane Hoelker 
Nazarbayev University
Astana, Kazakhstan 

Andrea Lypka 
Education First/HULT Int’l Business School
Treasure Island, Florida, USA 

Kenneth Kuo-Pin Chi 
Fu Jen Catholic University
New Taipei, Taiwan 

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