The Reach Report
My year as President of the Carolina Chapter has been phenomenal. I have had the privilege and joy of working with some of the most talented and dedicated members of our chapter. These leaders include:Amelia DeLoach ..... Vice President
Michael Harvey ..... Treasurer
Cindy Richardson Decker ..... Secretary
Amanda Worthington ..... Programs Manager
Carol Ericson ..... Hospitality Coordinator
Emily Toone ..... Membership Manager
Barb Retzlaff ..... Communications Manager
Ven Carver ..... Public Relations Manager
Kay Ethier ..... Print Newsletter Editor
Mark Hoskins ..... Web-based Newsletter Editor
Kim Flint ..... Web Site Coordinator (with assistance from Sheila Loring
on the events and summer conference pages)
on the events and summer conference pages)
Chris Benz ..... Immediate Past President
Liz Wing ..... Nominations Manager
Chuck Allen and Viola Suddaby ..... Employment Managers
Catherine Goodfellow and Stan Dicks ..... Education Liaisons
Suzanne Norris-Thomas ..... Training Manager
Jodi Pollock ..... Competitions Manager
Hope Williams ..... Technical Publications Competition Manager
Diane Feldman and Ann-Marie Grissino ..... Online Communications Competition Managers
Annie Janis ..... Summer Conference Manager
Mike Uhl ..... Strategic Planning Manager
Bill Albing ..... Related Organizations Liaison
That's quite a list of volunteers who help bring you some of the benefits of your membership. Without their volunteer efforts, we could not offer competitions, newsletters, programs, our Web site, scholarships, a summer conference, and many other networking and mentoring opportunities. The administrative council's outstanding efforts to help us reach beyond our grasp has been truly inspiring this year.
I am looking forward to another year on the Administrative Council as Immediate Past President, as Emily Toone takes over the reins as President, with Kay Ethier as her Vice President. I know that they have some great ideas brewing about what we can do with the upcoming year. Assisting Emily and Kay will be the following leaders:
Michael Harvey ..... Treasurer
Cindy Richardson Decker ..... Secretary
Alice Mann and Amanda Worthington ..... Program Managers
Catherine Goodfellow ..... Membership Manager
Doug Holzworth ..... Communications Manager
David Heath ..... Print Newsletter Editor
Mark Hoskins ..... Web-based Newsletter Editor
Kim Flint ..... Web Site Coordinator (with assistance
from Sheila Loring)
from Sheila Loring)
Michelle Corbin (that’s me) ..... Immediate Past President
Viola Suddaby ..... Employment Manager
Stan Dicks ..... Education Liaison
John Simone and Rich Vasconi ..... Technical Publications Competition Managers
Ann-Marie Grissino ..... Online Communications Competition Manager
Annie Janis ..... Summer Conference Manager
Bill Albing ..... Related Organizations Liaison
Several leaders are staying on in the same roles or as administrative council members; now that's dedication! We also have some new leaders and volunteers within our ranks, and we welcome them and thank them for reaching out to their chapter to help us achieve much more in the coming year.
The following positions are currently open, if you are interested in assisting us in the coming year:
Nominations * Competitions * Strategic Planning
Publication Relations * Hospitality Coordinator
Publication Relations * Hospitality Coordinator
If you'd like to find out more about how our chapter is run, please feel free to attend a leadership meeting next year. Those meetings are open to all members who wish to listen in, offer up opinions and ideas, or make proposals about the projects we should undertake.
We have one of the largest chapters in the society. One of the most solid, sustaining chapters. It is with the help of volunteers like those listed in this article that we continue to achieve great things for the Carolina Chapter members. It's been a great year. Thank you all for making it so very, very great.
