Voice and Speech Trainers Association
The Voice and Speech Trainers Association is an international non-profit membership organization for voice and speech trainers. It is an international organization whose mission is to advancing and promoting of the voice and speech profession. Founded in 1987, VASTA is both an independent, multidisciplinary organization and a focus group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. The first president was Dorothy Runk Mennen.
VASTA publishes the Voice and Speech Review, holds workshops, and organizes an annual conference.