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ACTR Board of Directors

Officers:
All terms are from the Annual Membership Meeting to the Annual Membership Meeting in the years listed

President: Olga Klimova, 2026-2028, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Vice-President: Elizabeth Lee Roby, 2026-2028, Friends School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
 Secretary: Susan Kresin, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
 Treasurer: Kristen Welsh, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Executive Director: Dan Davidson, CEO, Emeritus Professor, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Board Members:
All terms are from the Annual Membership Meeting to the Annual Membership Meeting in the years listed


Cori Anderson
2026-2029

  • ACTR Newsletter Editorial Board
  • Olympiada Level Division Sub-Committee
  • Associate Editor, Russian Language Journal
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ



Anna Asadova-Ossowska
2026-2029

  • Regional Chair, Olympiada of Spoken Russian
  • Olympiada Materials Preparation and Innovation
San Diego Russian School, San Diego, CA



Emil Asanov (Graduate Student Representative)
2026-2028

  • Co-chair, Bridge-Building Committee, Graduate Outreach and Support Committee
  • Davidson-Brecht Research Support Award


Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL


Brooke Ballenger
2025-2028

  • National co-chair, Olympiada of Spoken Russian
  • ACTR Newsletter Editorial Board
Central High School, Bellevue Middle School, TN



Catharine Cooke
2025-2028

  • Co-chair, National Russian Essay Contest Committee
  • Convener of the Middle School Professional Sharing Group
  • Bridge-building Committee (K-12 Outreach)
  • Writing Contests Steering Committee
Mill River Union High School, N. Clarendon, Vermont


Dan Davidson
 Executive Director

  • Summer Russian Language Teacher Professional Development Program (Almaty)
  • Editorial Consultant, Russian Language Journal
  • Official Delegate of ACTR to MAPRYAL
Emeritus Professor, Bryn Mawr College,  Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA


Julia Denne 
​2025-2028

  • Chair, Secondary Teaching Excellence Awards Committee
  • Bridge-Building Committee, Advocacy Sub-Committee 
  • Bridge-building Committee (K-12 Outreach)
  • Supervisor, undergraduate summer internship
  • Olga E. Kagan Professional Development Grant Committee
  • Heritage Olympiadas and Heritage Materials Sub-Committee

By the Onion Sea Program, Chicago, IL


Olga Gotta 
​2026-2029

  • Co-chair, The ACTR Secondary Laureate Award
  • Pre-college Teaching Awards Committee
  • Olympiada Judging and Rubrics Sub-Committee

Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT


Raquel Greene
 2024-2027

  • Committee for Community Values
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA


Maria Khotimsky
 2024-2027

  • Chair, Bridge-Building Committee, Mentorship Program Sub-Committee
  • Co-chair, National Russian Post-Secondary Essay Contest
  • Professional Development Committee
  • Writing Contests Steering Committee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA


Olesya Kisseleva
 2026-2029

  • Chair, Davidson-Brecht Research Support Award
  • Post-secondary Teaching Awards Committee 
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC