We are a dedicated team of employees, volunteers, and funders who contribute time and resources to support NAMLE’s mission.
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Executive Director
Michelle has helped NAMLE grow to be the preeminent media literacy education association in the U.S. She launched the first-ever Media Literacy Week in the U.S., developed many strategic partnerships, and restructured both the governance and membership of the organization. [full bio]
Donnell Probst
Associate Director
Donnell has worked with NAMLE in a variety of capacities since 2014. She has served as Editor of NAMLE’s newsletters, Program Coordinator for U.S. Media Literacy Week, Communication and Operations coordinator, and Program Co-Chair for the 2019 NAMLE Conference. [full bio]
Sumi Dey
Office Coordinator
Sumi joined NAMLE as the Office Coordinator in February 2021. An artist and designer by trade, she was introduced to NAMLE’s growing work in media literacy education when she was onboarded as the Lead Designer for the Mapping Impactful Media Literacy project in June 2020. [full bio]
Kyle Plantz
Program Assistant
Kyle Plantz is NAMLE’s Program Assistant. He handles communications with NAMLE’s membership, manages Organizational Partnership relationships, curates and writes monthly newsletters, and oversees NAMLE’s social media channels. [full bio]
Jimmeka Anderson
Project Manager
Jimmeka Anderson is a Ph.D. student in the Curriculum and Instruction Urban Education program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is also the Project Manager of the Cyber Citizenship Initiative. [full bio]
Sherri Hope Culver
Project Manager
Sherri serves as Director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) at Temple University. She is also the Project Manager for NAMLE’s International Research Initiative. [full bio]
Board of Directors
NAMLE is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors that oversee the organization’s activities. Individuals who sit on the board are responsible for developing the organization’s strategic plan as well as maintaining financial accountability.
Meet The Board
Tony Streit
President
Senior Project Director,
Education Development Center, Inc.
[full bio]
Kimberly Moffitt
Vice President
Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program, and Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies
Univ. of Maryland – Baltimore County
[full bio]
Gonca Latif-Schmitt
Treasurer
Global Head,
Commercial Card, Citi
[full bio]
Lynette Owens
Secretary
Founder and Global Director,
Internet Safety for Kids and Families Program
Trend Micro
[full bio]
Erin Reilly
Past President
Dir. of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Moody College of Communication
University of Texas, Austin
[full bio]
Founding Board Member – Green Below 14, Southampton Arts Center
[full bio]
Professor, Education Specialties
Program Director, Curriculum & Instruction for Social Justice Master’s of Arts program
Loyola University Maryland
[full bio]
Vice President,
Education and Children’s Content
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
[full bio]
Manager of Employee Experience,
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
[full bio]
Bylaws
The Board meets every year for a three-day board retreat and monthly by conference call. New members are elected by existing board members according to guidelines in NAMLE’s bylaws.
Policies
NAMLE’s policies are designed to ensure that the Board represents the members who elect it regarding all policy decisions. Read our NAMLE Policies below.
Responsibilities
Our dedicated Board members have extensive roles and responsibilities. They work collectively, as well as individually, and are NAMLE’s trusted representatives and overseers.
Our Funders
NAMLE believes that media literacy education is strengthened by the involvement of a broad coalition of people and groups. As a 501C3 nonprofit, NAMLE is able to receive funding from a variety of sources, including foundations, government agencies, individuals, and corporations. Recognizing the need for both credibility and independence as an organization, NAMLE takes care to ensure that funders understand the separation between funding support and editorial input.
Funders may not require changes to NAMLE content, policies, professional development, media literacy activities, or any other NAMLE work in exchange for funding. Funders may provide input in an advisory capacity only. We hope that funders support the kind of work NAMLE does and that their funding is meant as a statement of that support. NAMLE seeks funding to support its strategic goals, not the goals of a particular corporate funder. To review NAMLE policies in full, please click here.
The following companies and foundations have given to NAMLE in the past fiscal year:
Adobe
Amazon Studios
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Facebook
Nickelodeon
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
Thomson Reuters
TikTok
Trend Micro
Twitter
U.S. Department of State