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alumni association. She also serves the professional organization, the Connecticut Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (CTAHPERD), as the conference program coordinator. Marybeth has presented at various conferences at the state, regional, national, and international levels over the past fifteen years and has published peer-reviewed articles in various educational journals. She has two beautiful children, Jacquelyn, twenty-five, and John, twenty-four. She is an active person who practices what she preaches and loves to dance, golf, and ski, not necessarily in that order.

Carol M. Ciotto
Carol M. Ciotto is an associate professor at Central Connecticut State University in the Department of Physical Education and Human Performance Department and has been teaching in the teacher preparation field for the past eleven years. Prior to teaching at CCSU she spent twenty-three years serving as a physical education teacher, an assistant principal, and a principal in the public school setting. She holds a BS in physical education, an MS in school administration, and a sixth year supervisory/administrative certificate. Carol has served on the Connecticut Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CTAHPERD) executive council as a vice president of physical education, vice president of dance, and the 2013–2014 president. She is currently the executive director of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) Eastern District and is a member of the Connecticut Cadre of Physical Education Trainers. Carol has presented at various conferences at the state, regional, national, and international levels over the past thirty-four years and has published peer reviewed articles in various educational journals. Throughout her career, she has received several awards and recognitions for her service to the profession and her excellence in teaching, including Teacher of the Year. Carol has a true passion for teaching and learning and is committed to continuous service to the field.

Dr. Marybeth H. Fede
Dr. Marybeth Fede is an associate professor of exercise science at Southern Connecticut State University. Alumni of SCSU, she holds a BS in physical education (’79), MS in human performance (’86), sixth year in school health (’87), and she also earned her EdD in adult education from Nova Southeastern University (’09). She has been teaching at Southern as an adjunct and now as a full-time professor in the teacher preparation field for the past twenty-seven years. She is on the board of directors and is the secretary of the alumni association. She also serves the professional organization, the Connecticut Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (CTAHPERD), as the conference program coordinator. Marybeth has presented at various conferences at the state, regional, national, and international levels over the past fifteen years and has published peer-reviewed articles in various educational journals. She has two beautiful children, Jacquelyn, twenty-five, and John, twenty-four. She is an active person who practices what she preaches and loves to dance, golf, and ski, not necessarily in that order.