Meet Our Board
TESL NS 2026 Officers:
- President: Rita Andraous
- Membership Secretary: Nicola Sattler
- Treasurer: Rania Ghaly
- Communications Coordinator / Newsletter Editor: Esther Tong/ David Nerio
- Members at Large: Marianne Stante, David Threadgold, Jennifer MacDonald
- TESL NS Representative to TESL Canada: Rania Ghaly
TESL Nova Scotia Leadership: Past and Present
Recognizing the leaders who have helped shape TESL Nova Scotia and strengthen our professional community over the years.
2026: Rita Andraous
2025: Evelise Rabassa
2024: Daniel Shaw
2022-2023: Krista Royal
2020-2021: Julie MacDonald
2018-2019: David Packer
2017: Kris Mitchell
2016: Mary Lou Harnish
2014-2015: Rory Leitch
2012-2014: Fe Leonor Baculi
2010-2012: Andy de Champlain
2009-2010: Julian Inglis
2007-2009: Ellen Pilon
2006-2007: Emily Amos
2004-2006: Sandee Thompson
2002-2004: Jayne Geldart
2000-2002: Norma MacSween
1998-2000: Sandra Heft
1997-1998: Betsy Kennedy
1996-1997: Kathy Burnett
1995-1996: Bernice Doucet-Pearce
1994-1995: Sherry Gardner
1993-1994: Jennifer Wallace
1992-1993: Gerry Mills
1990-1992: Margaret Page
Presidents of TESL Canada from TESL Nova Scotia:
2010-2011: Ellen Pilon
2002-2003: Maureen Sargent
Margaret Page Bequest:
In 1995 TESL Nova Scotia received a generous bequest from Margaret E. Page of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The bequest helped to fund the Plenary Speaker at each annual TESL NS Conference through 2018.
