Iowa Council for the Social Studies

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2023-2025 ICSS Officers

PRESIDENT

Catherine Mein

Ballard High School
Social StudiesTeacher

VICE PRESIDENT

Dan Jones
Living History Farms
Education Director

SECRETARY

Jennifer Cooley
State Historical Society

TREASURER

Todd Hospodarsky
Monticello CSD

Student Success Coordinator

7-12 Social Studies Curricular Lead

ADVOCACY DIRECTOR

Jack Vanderflught
Dallas Center-Grimes H.S.
APUSH, AP World, American Government

AWARDS CHAIR

Ben McQuade

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Chad Christopher University of Northern Iowa/Cedar Falls Schools Advisor/Social Studies Teacher

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR

HIGHER EDUCATION LIAISON

Dwight Herold
Retired Elementary Teacher
Ames Community Schools

ICSS Journal Editor

Dean Vesperman

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Teacher education

dean.vesperman@uwrf.edu

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

Kelsey Hudson 7-12 Social Studies Curriculum Lead, West Des Moines Valley High School Teacher

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Janet Wills
Southeast Valley Middle School
Social Studies Teacher
Twitter: @JanetKWills

The ICSS Executive Board can be contacted by emailing us at icssonline@gmail.com.

Jack Vanderflught, Janet Wills, Dan Jones, Past President Stefanie Wager, Catherine Mein, Todd Hospodarsky, Chad Christopher, Alisa Meggitt, Jennifer Cooley

(Ben McQuade, Kelsey Hudson, Dwight Herold, and Dean Vesperman not pictured)

The Iowa Council for the Social Studies is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.