Contact Information

If you have questions about the MIAAPT, its meetings, or if you are a teacher needing physics advice, please feel free to contact one of the current or former officers listed below. If they don't know the answer they will know someone who does.

Executive Board

2021-2022 President

Robert Tarchinski (Cranbrook)

RTarchinski@cranbrook.edu

2009-2022 Treasurer

Don Pata (Grosse Pointe North High School)

Don.Pata@gpschools.org

2009-2022 Secretary/Webmaster

Steve Dickie (Divine Child High School)

falconphysics@gmail.com

2015-2022 Section Representative

Brad Ambrose (Grand Valley State University)

ambroseb@gvsu.edu

2016-2022 Liaison to MSTA

James Gell (Plymouth High School)

james.gell@pccsk12.com

Past Officers

2019-2020 Past President

Nita Kedharnath (University of Michigan)

nitaked@umich.edu

2019-2020 Past President

Alan O’Keef (Lansing Community College)

okeefea1@lcc.edu

2018-2019 Past President

Taoufik Nadji (Interlochen Arts Academy)

nadjit@interlochen.org

2015-2018 Liaison to MI State Board of Ed

Kathy Mirakovits (Portage Northern HS)

kjmirak@yahoo.com

2017-2018 Past President

Laurence Tarini (University of Michigan Flint)

laurence.tarini@gmail.com

2016-2017 Past President

David Shane (Lansing Community College)

shaned@lcc.edu

2015-2016 Past President

Les Latham (Port Huron Northern High School)

llatham@phasd.us

2014-2015 Past President

Alan Grafe (University of Michigan Flint)

grafe@umflint.edu

2013-2014 Past President

Scott Cochran (Kirtland Community College)

scott.cochran@kirtland.edu

2012-2013 Past President

James Gell (Plymouth High School)

james.gell@pccsk12.com

2011-2012 Past President

Brad Ambrose (Grand Valley State University)

ambroseb@gvsu.edu

2010-2011 Past President

Michael Faleski (Delta College)

michaelfaleski@delta.edu

2009-2010 Past President

Drew Isola (Allegan High School )

disola@alleganps.org

2008-9 Past President

Charles Henderson (Western Michigan University)

charles.henderson@wmich.edu

2007-8 Past President

Michael Faleski (Delta College)

michaelfaleski@delta.edu

2006-7 Past President

Kathy Mirakovits (Portage Northern HS)

KMirakovits@PortagePS.org

2005-6 Past President

Ernie Behringer (Eastern Michigan U)

ebehringe@emich.edu

2004-5 Past President

Michael LoPresto (Henry Ford CC)

lopresto@hfcc.edu

2003-4 Past President

Stephen Rea (Plymouth Canton HS)

sr2061@yahoo.com

2002-3 Past President

Phil Kaldon (Western Michigan U)

philip.kaldon@wmich.edu

2001-2 Past President

Alex Azima (Lansing CC)

alex@lcc.edu

2008-9 Secretary/Webmaster

Scott Schneider (Lawrence Tech University)

s_schneider@ltu.edu

200?-2012 Section Representative

Al Gibson

fziksman@yahoo.com