TIE News & Notes

Following are the officers for the 2025-2026 TIE Executive Committee; the length of each officer's remaining term is shown in parentheses:

Chairperson
Larry Paska, Ph.D., CAE
Executive Director, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
(Three years)

Colin Sharkey
Executive Director, Association of American Educators (AAE)
(Two years)

Secretary
Grace Parish
TIE Secretary, Director of National Affinity
(Ex officio)

Members At-Large

Joe McClary, CAE
Executive Director, National Business Education Association (NBEA)
(Three years)

David Schmus
Executive Director, Christian Educators (CEAI)
(Three years)

Kelly Dooley
Executive Director, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
(Three years)

The 2026 TIE Annual Meeting will be held in Louisville, Kentucky from September 13-17, 2026. TIE's annual business meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 15, beginning at 9 a.m., Eastern Time.

Members of the TIE Account Team are employees of Forrest T. Jones & Company who provide service to the TIE associations and their members.

Forrest T. Jones & Company is pleased to offer online ordering of customized marketing materials that associations can use to promote their member insurance program. The available marketing materials are printed on demand, and there is no cost to associations for this program.

To begin an order, visit our print vendor, ProPrint Digital, using the button below. Choose your association acronym from the drop-down menu on the ordering website to see the materials that are available for your association.

Features of the online ordering system include:

• User-friendly interface
• Online proof of your association's brochure displays exactly how your brochure will print before you order.
• Order as often as you need.
• Order only what you need for immediate use (minimum order is 100)
• History of your past orders, including dates and quantities.

You will receive an order confirmation at the end of the ordering process. If you do not see an order confirmation number on the final screen, your order was not received. Contact your account executive (Grace Parish or Mike Williams) for assistance.

Please allow up to 10 business days for production and delivery of your order.

The Trust for Insuring Educators was founded more than 50 years ago. Learn more about the TIE's roots and history.