TIFA - Leadership
President - Chip Hall (Carson Newman College)
Vice President -Erin Blankenship (East Tennessee State University)
Erin Blankenship is a lecturer for the Department of Communication at East Tennessee
State University. She teaches Public Speaking, Argumentation and Debate, and Introduction
to Communication Studies. She has her B.A. and M.A. from The University of Alabama.
Erin participated in a competitive forensics program for two years, and helped coach
that program during her time in graduate school. She currently helps coach the ETSU
Speech and Debate Team.
Secretary - Jason Stahl (Belmont University)