We are pleased to welcome Trisha Rulewicz as our new Membership Administrative Assistant. She joined the team on April 22. She has experience in the nonprofit, for-profit, and educational sectors, assisting in classrooms, providing administrative and human resource support, and event planning.

Trisha will maintain the TAA member database, assist members with their inquiries, and provide support to other TAA staff members.

She is excited to be part of TAA and support the needs of academic and textbook authors.

TAA members Donna Battista and Tasha Egalite have been elected to the TAA Council, the association’s governing board. Their three-year terms will begin on July 1, 2024.

Battista is Managing Director of Top Hat and is responsible for the strategic vision and execution of the Learning Solutions go-to-market with a focus on growing Top Hat into a leading provider of affordable and engaging courseware in key disciplines. Egalite is a professional learning specialist and trusted collaborator to all professionals from executives to learning managers to assistants who seek solutions and a more engaged professional experience.

Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of seven TAA Council Awards. These awards, which recognize individual achievements in writing or in service to TAA or fellow authors, are selected each year by the TAA Council of Fellows and Awards Committee.

The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2024.