Executive Council

2026-2027

President
Jillyen Curry-Mathis
Mountain Post Soldier Center
Fort Carson, CO | USA 


 

President-Elect
Andy Merkley
DOD Hearing Center of Excellence
Gunpowder, MD | USA


Immediate Past President
Sridhar Krishnamurti
Auburn University
Auburn, AL | USA 
 




Secretary/Treasurer
Valerie Pavlovich Ruff 
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH | USA 


Director of Education
Melanie Hayes

Rockville, MD | USA


  
Director of Membership
Frank Wartinger
Earmark Hearing Conservation
Broomall, PA | USA


 
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Stephanie Karch
Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
Groton, CT | USA


 

Director of Communication
Devon Kulinski 
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD | USA


 


Director of Commercial Partnerships
Jesse Norris
Edare LLC
Lebanon, NH | USA


Historian
Theresa Schulz 
College Station, TX | USA


Member-at-Large
Kristy Deiters
SASRAC
Portage, MI | USA 


Member-at-Large
John Johnson
J3 Group LLC
Ridgefield, WA  | USA


Executive Director
Ashley Montoya
National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
Aurora, CO | USA


Association Manager
Kelly Torres
National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
Gulf Shores, AL | USA


Past Presidents

2025-2026

Sridhar Krishnamurti

2024-2025

Elizabeth Masterson

2023-2024

Rachel Bouserhal

2022-2023

Gayla Poling

2020-2022

Theresa Schulz

2019-2020

Amy Blank

2018-2019

Vickie Tuten

2017-2018

Colleen LePrell

2016-2017

James Jerome

2014-2016

Kristen Casto

2014

Beth Cooper

2013-2014

Jennifer Tufts

2012-2013

Laura Kauth

2011-2012

Tim Rink

2010-2011

Susan Griest

2009-2010

Rick Neitzel

2008-2009

Deanna Meinke

2007-2008

Theresa Schulz

2006-2007

John Casali

2005-2006

Laurie Wells

2004-2005

Ted Madison

2003-2004

Tim Bailey

2002-2003

James Lankford

2001-2002

Doug Ohlin

2000-2001

Myrna Stephens

1999-2000

Lee Hager

1998-1999

Merlyn Lubiens

1997-1998

Mary McDaniel

1996-1997

Dennis Driscoll

1995-1996

Barbara Garrett

1994-1995

Susan Cooper Megerson

1993-1994

Elliott Berger

1992-1993

Brad Witt

1991-1992

Andrew Stewart

1990-1991

Jim Banach

1989-1990

Carolyn Tolley

1988-1989

Don Gasaway

1986-1988

Don Wolfe

1984-1986

Rena Glaser

1982-1984

Robert Connelly

1979-1982

John Balko

1976-1979

Alan Feldman