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The Online Publication of SIPA

SchoPress

The Online Publication of SIPA

SchoPress

The Online Publication of SIPA

SchoPress

Leadership

The Southern Interscholastic Press Association is housed at the University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications. Organizational leadership includes college staff and the Executive Committee composed of scholastic media advisers and students officers.

 

Staff

Director: Dr. Nina Brook

Scholastic Media Programs Manager: Amy Smedberg

 

Executive Committee Members

Chair: David Ragsdale- Adviser, Clarke Central High School

Vice Chair: Vacant

Past Chair: Phillip Caston- Adviser, Wando High School

Secretary: Katrina Berry-Ivy, Adviser, Tupelo High School

Student President: Noah Iverson, Wando High School

Student Vice President: Samaya Ellis, Clarke Central High School

Student Members-at-large: Jolen Mckenzie and Abigail Sanders, Tupelo High School

Brenda Gorsuch- Hendersonville, NC

Sarah Lerner- Adviser, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Larry Steinmetz- Adviser, Bullitt East High School

Beth Swann- Adviser, Nation Ford High School