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About Us

  

FAPEL is the Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership. The purpose of the organization is to promote the improvement of the education of educational leaders through teaching, research, and service within a program of activities including, but not limited to the following:

  • to foster educational improvement through the inclusion of educational leadership in the teaching and learning process.
  • to provide leadership in the effective implementation and evaluation of statewide projects and programs.
  • to promote the flow of information, ideas, and services among professors of educational leadership in Florida.
  • to work cooperatively and collaboratively with similar state, regional, national, and global organizations.
  • to sponsor professional conferences and workshops on behalf of the membership.
  • to provide an organized forum for experimentation, research, and development.
  • to provide leadership in the development, implementation, evaluation, and redesign of educational leadership consistent with valued research and history, and most recent needs, research, and development.
  • to provide expertise drawn from the membership to help shape, define, implement, evaluate, and positively influence educational leadership policy and for all interested or affected stakeholders.

Board of directors

President

President-Elect

President-Elect

Zorka Karanxha, University of South Florida
Karanxha@ucf.edu

President-Elect

President-Elect

President-Elect

Bill Black, 

University of South Florida

wrblack@usf.edu

Past President

President-Elect

Past President

 Sheila Moore, University of Central Florida
Sheila.Morre@ucf.edu

Secretary

Website Editor

Past President

Daniel Eadens, University of Central Florida 

Daniel.Eadens@ucf.edu

Treasurer

Website Editor

Website Editor

 Daniel Reyes-Guerra, 

Florida Atlantic University
dreyes@fau.edu  

Website Editor

Website Editor

Website Editor

Daniel Eadens

Daniel.Eadens@ucf.edu

FAPEL COMMITTEES 2025-26

Policy Committee

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee

  

 Daniel Moraguez

Bill Black

 Dustin Robinson

John Critelli

 Laura Boilini

Larry Walker

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee

  

Sheila Moore

Pat Maslin-Ostrowski

Maysaa Barakat

By-Laws Committee

Nominating Committee

By-Laws Committee

   

Pat Maslin-Ostrowski

Chris Curran

Kevin Forehand

 Sheila Moore

Walter Balzer

Awards Committee

Newsletter Committee

By-Laws Committee

  

Zorka Karanxha

 Dan Eadens

 Carla Sparks

Newsletter Committee

Newsletter Committee

Newsletter Committee

  

Mario Jackson

Vacant

Website Editor

Newsletter Committee

Newsletter Committee

Daniel Eadens 

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