OBTA Directors

Connecticut

Barbara Nicholson 
Central Connecticut State Univ.  
New Britain, CT
Nicholsonb@ccsu.edu

Maine

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Massachusetts

Cara Bak
Chelmsford High School
Chelmsford, MA
bakc@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

New Hampshire

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Rhode Island

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Vermont

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

Toby Horn
Washington, DC  
tmh20009@gmail.com

Maryland

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New Jersey

Rob Richard
Biology Teachers Assn of New Jersey
Flemington, NJ  
rrichard@btanj.org

New York

Kathy Hoppe
khoppe17@gmail.com

Pennsylvania

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Virginia

Kathy Frame
Papillion Educational Services
Oak Hill, VA 
chuckframe@aol.com

Illinois

Amy Inselberger
Wheaton, IL
ainselberger@d125.org

Indiana

Jason Cox
New Washington Middle High School
Scottsburg, IN
jasonwesleycox@gmail.com

Michigan

Rebecca Brewer
Troy High School
Troy, MI 
obta.mi@gmail.com

Ohio

Jon Darkow
Seneca East High School 
Amherst, OH
jdarkow@se-tigers.com

Wisconsin

Kevin Niemi
WISCIENCE (Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement), UW-Madison
Cambridge, WI  
kjniemi@wisc.edu

Iowa

Doug Herman
Iowa City West High School (retired)
Iowa City, IA 
dhsphawk@msn.com

Kansas

Andrew Taylor
Olathe West High School
Lawrence, KS  
and.taylor07@gmail.com

Minnesota

Jim Lane 
Mantomedi, MN  
Jim.Lane@KnowlesTeachers.org 

Missouri

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Nebraska

Daryle La Fleur
Elkhorn Public Schools
Omaha, NE 
dlafleur@epsne.org

North Dakota

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South Dakota

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Kentucky

Cathy Sammons
Lexington, KY
catherina.sammons@fayette.kyschools.us

North Carolina

Dillon Crockett
Sanford, NC 
dcrockett@lee.k12.nc.us

South Carolina

Kathy Seastead
Nation Ford High School
Fort Mill, SC 
SeasteadK@fortmillschools.org

Tennessee

Donald Shaw, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee at Martin 
Martin, TN  
donalds@utm.edu

West Virginia

Brian Morgan 
bmcneel@k12.wv.us

Alabama

Jennifer Hutchison
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Huntsville, AL 
jhutchison@hudsonalpha.org

Florida

Dr. Claudia Ochatt
Ransom Everglades School
Miami, FL
ochattc@hotmail.com

Georgia

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Louisiana

Blake Touchet
Maurice, LA
btouchet7@gmail.com

Mississippi

Abigail Warden
Ovett, MS  
abigail_warden@yahoo.com

Arizona

Daryn Stover 
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
dastover@arizona.edu

Arkansas

Mary Katherine Parson
Little Rock, AR  
parsonmk@gmail.com

New Mexico

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Oklahoma

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Texas

Sharon Hamilton
Fort Worth Country Day School (retired)
Forth Worth, TX 
shamilton16@gmail.com

Colorado

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Idaho

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Montana

Kim Popham 
Belgrade, MT
kimpopham13@gmail.com

Nevada

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Utah

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Wyoming

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Alaska

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California

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Hawaii

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Oregon

Cheryl Ann Hollinger
Portland, OR
biobabe07@hotmail.com

Pacific Territories

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Washington

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Eastern Region

(NB, NL, NS, PE, QC)

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Central Region

(MB, ON)

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Western Region

(AB, BC, SK)

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