We are a dedicated team of employees, volunteers, and funders who contribute time and resources to support NAMLE’s mission.
Our Staff
Donnell Probst
Executive Director
Donnell leads the organization’s strategic, operational, and financial management, as well as its national partnerships and initiatives advancing media literacy education across sectors. [full bio]
Carson Clements
Digital Communications Manager
Carson oversees NAMLE’s digital communications, leading strategy across social media, newsletters, website management, and organizational partnerships to amplify NAMLE’s mission and reach. [full bio]
Justine Veras
Operations Manager
Justine Veras became part of the NAMLE team in November 2022 as the Office Coordinator. She assists NAMLE with administrative tasks, financial operations, and human resource needs. [full bio]
Our Extended Team
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Senior Advisor
Michelle is a globally recognized leader in media literacy education. [full bio]
Kayla Meyers
Event Manager
Kayla Meyers is the Event Manager for the National Association for Media Literacy Education and the Programming Specialist for SXSW EDU. [full bio]
Youth Advisory Council
NAMLE engages a Youth Advisory Council to extend the reach of NAMLE and accelerate its mission by creating a formal collaboration with youth leaders of media literacy and education. Learn more about the Youth Advisory Council here.
Meet The Youth Advisory Council
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
Kimberly Moffitt, Ph.D.
President
Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
[full bio]
Stephanie Flores-Koulish, Ph.D.
Vice President
Professor, Education Specialties
Program Director, Curriculum & Instruction for Social Justice Master of Arts program
Loyola University Maryland
[full bio]
Michael Fragale
Secretary
Vice President,
Education and Children’s Content
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
[full bio]
Tony Streit
Past President
Managing Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc.
[full bio]
Kristy Roschke, Ph.D.
Development Chair
Executive Director,
McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies at Vanderbilt
[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:
Educational Development Center
GBH
Google
Meta Platforms
Microsoft
Nickelodeon
Roblox
Thomson Reuters
TikTok
Trend Micro
YouTube