Voice and Speech Trainers Association

For more information about VASTA, click here to send an e-mail to the VASTA leadership.

VASTA Mission Statement:
VASTA is an international organization whose mission is to advance the art, research, and visibility of the voice and speech profession.

Goals:

• SERVE the needs of voice and speech specialists, teachers, and students in training and in practice.
• ADVOCATE for those who work and study in the field.
• PROMOTE the vital role of voice and speech specialists for all professional voice users.
• BROADEN public understanding of the nature and importance of voice and speech use and training.
• CREATE opportunities for ongoing education, and the exchange of knowledge and information among professionals in the field.
• CULTIVATE diversity within our membership, and encourage a liveliness of thought and opinion.
• UPHOLD and advance the highest standards of voice and speech. 

Find out more about VASTA and its activities.

• Click here to view the mid-year report (2009-2010).
• Click here to view the annual report (2009-2010).

Representative Officers:

President / Interim Focus Group Representative
Patricia Raun (Virginia Tech)
praun@vt.edu

President-Elect
Mandy Rees (California State University - Bakersfield)
mrees@csub.edu

Past President
Beth McGee (Case Western Reserve University)
pastprez@vasta.org

Founding President 

Dorothy Runk Mennen

Secretary 2009-2011
Anne Schilling
secretary@vasta.org

Treasurer 2010-2012
Antonio Ocampo-Guzman
treasurer@vasta.org

Newsletter Editor 2009-2010
Guy William Molnar (Florida State University)
voice.editor@vasta.org

Director of Technology/Internet Services 2005- 

Michael J. Barnes (Wayne State University)
techdirector@vasta.org

Director of Membership
Hilary Blair (Denver Center for the Performing Arts)
dir.membership@vasta.org

ATHE Conference Planner 2009-2011
Tammy Meneghini (Creighton University)
athe.planner@vasta.org

Editor of Voice & Speech Review 

Dudley Knight (Professor Emeritus, University of California Irvine vsr.editor@vasta.org

Check our website for more details about programs, conferences, and a full list of board members and officers: www.vasta.org

NEWS OF NOTE
For this years VASTA conference, we collaborated in Mexico City with Mexico's national center for voice studies. It was our first bilingual conference. The conference, titled Muchas Lenguas Una Voz (Many Languages One Voice) focused on the membership of both organizations--proving that a pedagogical exchange across cultures can better enrich the world of voice training globally.