| Year | Outgoing president | Fall Conference Location | Keynote Speakers | HBA Award Winner(s) |
Mary Diaz Award Winner(s) |
Journal Editors | Other info |
| 2023 | Kristina Robertson | St. Paul Rivercentre | Michelle Benegas, Suzanne G. McCurdy | ||||
| 2022 | Amy Stolpestad | St. Paul Rivercentre | Kate Kinsella, Jaylani Hussein | Ashley Karlsson | Leah Soderlund, Leiataua Robert Jon Peterson | Michelle Benegas, Suzanne G. McCurdy | |
| 2021 | Leah Kronick | St. Paul Rivercentre | Nelson Flores, Kao Kalia Yang | Brian Koland | Natalia Benjamin | Michelle Benegas, Suzanne G. McCurdy | |
| 2020 | Darren LaScotte | Virtual | Mandy Manning, Karen E Johnson | Michelle Benegas, Amy Stolpestad | Sam Ouk | Michelle Benegas, Suzanne G. McCurdy | Conference held online due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Laura Lenz | St. Paul Rivercentre | Ofelia García, Luciana de Oliveira | Kim Johnson, Anne Dahlman | Jill Watson | Jen Ouellette-Schramm, Jen Vanek | |
| 2018 | Sam Ouk | Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis | Bonny Norton, Ester DeJong | Martha Bigelow | Amy Hewett-Olatunde | Jen Ouellette-Schramm, Jen Vanek | |
| 2017 | Sam DiVita | Doubletree by Hilton, Bloomington | Tatyana Kleyn, Jaylani Hussein | Elaine Tarone, Kristi Herman-Hill | Jane Sommerville, George Thaw Moo | Jen Ouellette-Schramm | Mary Diaz Award created |
| 2016 | Amy Hewett- Olatunde | Doubletree, by Hilton, Bloomington | Shegitu Kebede Permann, Diane Staehr-Fenner | Susan Ranney
Karla Stone |
Anne Dahlman, Kim Johnson | ||
| 2015 | Michelle Benegas | Doubletree by Hilton, Bloomington | Andrea DeCapua, Steven Krashen | Lynne Ackerberg | Anne Dahlman, Kim Johnson | ||
| 2014 | Jill Watson | Doubletree by Hilton, Bloomington | Jeff Zwiers, Elaine Tarone | Jackie Smith | Anne Dahlman, Kim Johnson | Merger with MDE into MELEd Conference. | |
| 2013 | Susan Ranney | Doubletree by Hilton, Bloomington | John Segota | Patsy Egan Vinogradov
Ann Mabbott |
Anne Dahlman, Kim Johnson | St Paul hosted a TESOL academy in June 2013 | |
| 2012 | Patricia Hoffman | Univ. Hotel, U of M | Walt Wolfram | Rosemary Sharkey | Anne Dahlman, Kim Johnson | ||
| 2011 | Anne Dahlman | Univ. Hotel, U of M | Mary Lou McCloskey | Deirdre Kramer Bonnie Sweirzbin Debbie Hadas |
Mike Anderson, Bonnie Swierzbin | Began on-line membership | |
| 2010 | Astrid Liden | Northland Inn | Jeff Zwiers | Mike Anderson, Bonnie Swierzbin | |||
| 2009 | Laura Funke | Northland Inn | Elaine Tarone, Martha Bigelow, Kit Hansen |
Eric Nelson |
Mike Anderson, Bonnie Swierzbin
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Resource Center closes | |
| 2008 | Rosemary Sharkey | Univ. Of St. Thomas | Mary Ellen Vogt | Colleen Myers | Mike Anderson, Bonnie Swierzbin | Began pre- conference workshops |
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| 2007 | Andrea Poulos | Univ. Of St. Thomas | Bill Johnston | Jenise Rowecamp Betsy Parrish |
Mike Anderson, Bonnie Swierzbin | Began on-line conf. registration | |
| 2006 | Nima Salehi | MCTC | Jo Ann Aebersold | Diane Pecoraro | Don Hones, Kristie Kline Liu, Nima Salehi, Margarite Parks |
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| 2005 | Paul Magnuson | MCTC | David and Yvonne Freeman | Robin Murie | Don Hones, Kristie Kline Liu, Nima Salehi |
Executive Assistant office created | |
| 2004 | Lorilee Andreini | MCTC | Lorraine Valdez Pierce | Mike Anderson | Kristie Kline Liu, Nima Salehi, Susan Huss Lederman |
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| 2003 | Denise Harlos | MCTC | Betsy Parrish and Diane Pecoraro | Adele Hansen | Don Hones, Kristie Kline Liu, Nima Salehi |
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| 2002 | Leigh Schleicher | Thunderbird Hotel* (MW Regional) |
Bill Holm, Marguerite Ann Snow, Linda Harklau |
Nina Mosser | Don Hones, Susan Gillette, Randy Gwin |
Hosted MW Regional Conf. (Adele Hansen, Joyce Biagini, Chair) | |
| 2001 | Dawn Reilly | MCTC | Frank Sharry | Don Hones, Susan Gillette, Patricia Eliason |
June 2001 workshop, Rebecca Oxford | ||
| 2000 | Karla Stone | Hamline Univ. | Else Hamayan, Elaine Tarone, Dee Tedick | Don Hones, Susan Gillette, Patricia Eliason |
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| 1999 | Adele Hansen | Hamline Univ. | Tina Edstam, Jean McConochie |
Suellen Rundquist, Don Hones |
Website created | ||
| 1998 | Pat Eliason | Hamline Univ. | Ruth Spack, Andrew Cohan | Thomas Upton, Suellen Rundquist |
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| 1997 | Judith Strohl | Hamline Univ. | Sandra Hagman | Lisa Boehlke | Robin Murie, Thomas Upton, Suellen Rundquist |
Friday afternoon workshop with Sandra Hagman | |
| 1996 | Lisa Boehlke | Hamline Univ. | Helen Jorstad, Kathryn Heinze | 1995-96 (one year) Robin Murie, Adele Hansen, Thomas Upton |
MinneWI- TESOL Journal collaboration | ||
| 1995 | Carole Evenrude | Hamline Univ. | Susan Griffin Berely Enns | Jon Neumann | Friday afternoon workshop | ||
| 1994 | Wendy Weimer | Hamline univ. | Susan Gillette Eric Nelson Linda Mrowicki | Adele Hansen, Robin Murie | |||
| 1993 | Thomas Upton | Hamline Univ. | Jeanne Blake, Robin Scarcella |
Adele Hansen, Diane Tedick | Spring: Jaime Meyer Sue Thao Ayia Thao | ||
| 1992 | Janet Dixon | Hamline | Diane Tedick, Carolyn Graham, Pat Rigg (Spr.) |
Adele Hansen, Diane Tedick | Official Name Change: MinneTESOL | ||
| 1991 | Yolanda Dewar | Adele Hansen, Diane Tedick | |||||
| 1990 | Bruce Downing | St. Paul Hotel* (MW Regional) |
Jim Cummins Jodi Crandall, Jim Cummins |
Helen Jorstad, Thomas Upton | Hosted 7th MW Regional Conf. (Tina Edstam Chair) | ||
| 1989 | Karen Dudley | Hamline Univ. | Irene Kaplan Adele Hansen |
1987-89 (one issue) Helen Jorstad, Thomas Upton, Kim Brown |
Hamline Univ. Agrees to manage the Resource Center | ||
| 1988 | Audrae Coury | Hamline Univ. | Spring Conf held in conjunction with The Center for Refugee Ethnography | ||||
| 1987 | Mildred Sprunck (deceased, 2011) |
Linda Crawford Lange | Incorporated as MinneTESOL | ||||
| 1986 | Kathryn Heinze Hanges | Eric Nelson | |||||
| 1985 | Kim Brown | Eric Nelson | |||||
| 1984 | Mark Landa | Eric Nelson | |||||
| 1983 | Mary Jane Lipinski | Mark Landa | Hosted 3rd MW Regional Conference, Joyce Biagini, Chair | ||||
| 1982 | Lynn Massey Oehler | Regency Hotel, Mpls. | Mark Landa | Began word-processing publications | |||
| 1981 | Joyce Biagini | Leamington Hotel, Mpls. | John Fanselow | Mark Landa | Journal First Published |
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| 1980 | Jan Smith | Macalester College | Incorporated as Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages | ||||
| 1979 | Deirdre Kramer | Macalester College | |||||
| 1978 | Kathleen Jacobson | Macalester College | Resource Center established | ||||
| 1977 | Kathleen Jacobson | Macalester College | Newsletter begins publication |
In October, 1976, Kathleen Jacobson, Joyce Miller Biagini and Wendy Weimer called the first MinneTESOL Affiliate organizing meeting. On Dec. 7, 1976, the proposed constitution of the Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages was approved and the first officers were elected:
- President: Kathleen Jacobson
- First Vice President: Deirdre Bird Kramer
- Second Vice President: Jan Smith
- Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Gibbons
- Members at Large: Pat Rogosheske, Ellen Doege Comer, Dick Teachout. Joyce Miller Biagini, Mary Jane Lipinski, and Mark Landa