State Officers 2023-24

Elizabeth MacQueen
​President

12th Grade - St. Mary's Episcopal

Favorite Latin Quote: ​"Ad Astra per Aspera"
​​​Favorite Part of JCL: The people!

Additional Hobbies: Writing, Painting, and Dungeons & Dragons​
Comfort Food: Ben and Jerry's the Tonight Dough (starring Jimmy Fallon)​​
Favorite Restaurant: Casablanca​​
Favorite Movie: The Sound of Music
Favorite TV Series: All Creatures Great and Small
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Plans for Office:
​Salvete omnes! As your 2023-2024 TJCL president, I plan to strengthen communication among TJCLers to help everyone feel a little bit more involved in the wonderful community that is JCL. I also plan to increase cooperation between officers through increased communication and more frequent meetings, allowing TJCL to run more smoothly as we transition out of the pandemic.

Hughes Putnam
​1st VP

12th Grade - Houston High School
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Favorite Latin Quote: "Aere Perennius"​
Favorite Mythological Character: Astraia​
Favorite Part of JCL: The community of people!
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Additional Hobbies: Running, Golfing, Reading, and Working on Cars
Comfort Food: Garlic Bread​​
Favorite Movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly​
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Plans for Office:
My plan as your 1st Vice President is to expand our membership through school outreach. I want to create booklets that will make the creation of chapters and involvement in state convention as easy as possible. Additionally, I want to further TJCL’s commitment to community service by expanding our state community service project. ​

Evie Todaro
​2nd VP

11th Grade - Hume-Fogg Academic High School

​Favorite Latin Quote: "Alis Volat Propiis"
Favorite Mythological Character: Minerva
Favorite Part of JCL: Spirit (duh!)
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Additional Hobbies: Painting, Backing, Listening to Music, and Debate​​​
Favorite Movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off​​
Favorite Restaurant: J. Alexander's​

Plans for Office:
My overall goal as second vice president is to give all TJCLers a lively and welcoming spirit experience. I hope to lead our delegation successfully at nationals this year and do everything I can to ensure that everyone has the best spirit experience possible. ​​

Isabella Ochoa
Parliamentarian 

11th Grade - Rossview High School

Favorite Part about JCL: Playing Certamen
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Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice

Plans for Office:
I would love to make running for office more advertised so more people know about running and when to submit applications etc. I think having a wider scope of applicants will improve the elections/executive board as a whole and that starts with more people knowing about how to run. Finally I plan on maintaining the constitution as the previous parliamentarians have done.​

Jackson Carver
​Communications Coordinator 

12th Grade - Houston High School

Favorite Latin Quote: "Deus ex machina."
Favorite Part about JCL: Certamen (despite my utter lack of skill).

Additional Hobbies: Coding, Streaming on Twitch, and Making YouTube Videos
Comfort Food: Fried Ravioli 
Favorite Restaurant: Chuy's Mexican
Favorite Movie: Triangle
Favorite TV Show: Arrested Development
Favorite Book: A Tale of Two Cities
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Plans for Office:
As Communications Coordinator, I would like to revolutionize the TJCL online experience. I want to make all resources and information easier to access, while reorganizing the webpages so as to reduce clutter in the navigation menu. Of course, like my fellow previous Coco's, I will work with the Torch Editor, Historian, and Parliamentarian to keep an updated Constitution and Torch Publication easily available on the website.​

Joseph Nardo
​Torch Editor

10th Grade - Blessed Sacrament Homeschool Group

Favorite Latin Quote: "Vae Victis"
Favorite Mythological Character: "Orpheus"
Favorite Part of JCL: Mythology Spelling Bee

Additional Hobbies: Writing Sword and Sorcery YA Fantasy, Reading, and Playing Flute
Comfort Food: Applesauce
Favorite Restaurant: Huey's
Favorite TV Series: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power


Plans for Office:
I plan to publish a fourth edition of the Torch to include more information from Nationals, supply more updates, and add Certamen tips and resources, as well as recordings and tips from top-scoring competitors in fields like Dramatic interpretation so new students can learn from experts.​​

Ella Curlin
​Historian

12th Grade - St. Mary's Episcopal School
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Favorite Latin Quote: ​"Ars longa, Vita brevis"
​​Favorite Mythological Character: ​Circe
Favorite Part of JCL: The Enthusiastic and Genuine Community!
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Hobbies: Writing, DND, Violin, Knitting, Reading​​
Favorite Book: The Secret
Comfort Food: ​Mac n Cheese
Favorite Restaurant: ​Huey's​
Favorite TV Series: Bojack Horseman

Executive Board - Adults

TJCL State Co-Chair Mr. Tim Russell ([email protected])
​TJCL State Co-Chair Mr. Ryan Vinson ([email protected])
​TJCL Publicity Chair Ms. Reagan Ryder ([email protected])
TJCL Academics Chair Mr. Jim Long ([email protected])
TJCL Treasurer Dr. Pat McFadden ([email protected])
TJCL West Tennessee Area Sponsor Dr. Abigail Braddock-Simone ([email protected])
TJCL Middle Tennessee Area Sponsor Mr. Ed Long ([email protected])
TJCL East Tennessee Area Sponsor Mr. Alex Mangone ([email protected])