Current Officers
NESTA leadership includes those elected and appointed to office. Current office holders are listed here. These include Executive Committee members, Regional Directors, Directors at Large, Appointed Directors, and Appointed Officers.
Executive Committee
| Name | Office | Contact Information | Term |
| Dr. Richard Jones | President | Kapolei, HI |
2020-2022 |
| Belinda E. Jacobs | Past-President | Pflugerville, TX |
2020-2022 |
| John-Henry Cottrell | President-Elect | Murietta, CA |
2020-2022 |
| Howard Dimmick | Treasurer and Merchandise Coordinator |
Ft. Collins, CO |
2020-2022 |
| Dr. Missy Holzer |
Secretary | Somerset, NJ |
2020-2022 |
| Parker Pennington, IV |
Board Member Representative to the Executive Committee |
Ann Arbor, MI |
2020-2021 |
| Tom Ervin |
Board Member Representative to the Executive Committee |
LeClaire, IA |
2020-2021 |
| Peg Steffen |
Interim Executive Director | West Liberty, IA |
2020- |
Regional Directors
| Name | Office | Contact Information | Term |
| Susan Meabh Kelly | Director of Region I (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
Litchfield, CT |
2020-2022 |
| Andrew Boyd | Director of Region II (New York) |
New Hartford, NY |
2019-2021 |
| Billy Goodman | Director of Region III (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia) |
Montclair, NJ |
2020-2022 |
| Chris Campbell | Director of Region IV (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee) |
Ruston, LA |
2019-2021 |
| Jay Sinclair | Director of Region V (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio) |
Milan, MI |
2020-2022 |
| Dana Smith | Director of Region VI (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Kansas) |
Nicollet, MN |
2019-2021 |
| Matthew Haverty | Director of Region VII (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming) |
Tuscon, AZ |
2020-2022 |
| vacant | Director of Region VIII (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington) |
2020-2021 |
Directors at Large
| Name | Office | Contact Information | Term |
| Joe Monaco |
Director at Large Volunteer Coordinator Membership Chair |
Highland, CA |
2019-2021 |
| Parker Pennington, IV | Director at Large | Ann Arbor, MI |
2019-2021 |
| Kimberley Norris-Jones | Director at Large | Columbia, SC |
2020-2022 |
| Diane Tom-Ogata | Director at Large | Honolulu, HI |
2020-2022 |
Appointed Directors
| Name | Office | Contact Information | Term |
| Ardis Herrold |
Appointed Director Professional Development Chair |
Oro Valley, Arizona |
2019-2021 |
| Pradip Misra | Appointed Director |
Bagdad, Arizona |
2019-2021 |
| David Thesenga | Appointed Director Facebook Curator |
Erie, CO 80516 |
2019-2021 |
| Deborah Ezell | Appointed Director STEM + Arts = STEAM |
Erie, CO |
2019-2021 |
| Eric Pyle | Appointed Director NSTA Liaison |
Harrisonburg, VA |
2019-2021 |
| Tina Harte | Appointed Director NASA Liaison |
Surry, VA |
2020-2022 |
| Tom Ervin | Appointed Director Historian Awards Co-Chair |
LeClaire, IA |
2020-2022 |
| Elaine Bohls-Graham | Appointed Director Website Coordinator |
Austin, TX |
2020-2022 |
| Enrique Reyes | Appointed Director Diversity & Equity in Earth Sciences Coordinator |
Austin, TX |
2020-2022 |
Appointed Officers
| Name | Office | Contact Information | Term |
| Bev Berekian | Associate Editor, The Earth Scientist | Long Beach, CA |
2020-2022 |
| Don Haas | Climate Change Education Liaison Paleontological Research Institution |
Ithaca, NY |
2020-2022 |