Executive Committee - Committee Chairs - Other Positions
Management of GLPA is vested in the Executive Committee consisting of the 6 officers (President, President-Elect, Past-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Inclusion and Outreach Officer) and 6 chairs of the standing committees (Membership, Development, Publications, Education, Technology, and Conference Planning). The officers are elected every other year at the annual meeting, and start their term on the following Vernal Equinox. The Chairs of the Standing Committees are appointed by the President.
Executive Committee - Elected Officers
Term of Office: Vernal Equinox, 2022 - Vernal Equinox, 2024
 President
Daniel Tell
Morrison Planetarium
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California |
 President-Elect
Mark Percy
Williamsville Spacelab Planetarium
Williamsville, New York
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 Past President
Waylena McCully
William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College Champaign, Illinois
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 Secretary
Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht Associated Universities Inc. Canfield, Ohio |
 Treasurer
Shannon Schmoll Abrams Planetarium East Lansing, Michigan |
 Inclusion and Outreach Officer
Keith Davis Notre Dame Digital Visualization Theater Notre Dame, Indiana |
Executive Committee - Committee Chairs
 Membership Chair Paulette Epstein Michigan Science Center 5020 John R Street Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 577-8400, Ext. 435 |
 Publications Chair Jackie Baughman East Amherst, New York |
 Education Chair
Peggy Hernandez
Elgin U-46 Planetarium
Elgin, Illinois
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 Conference Planning Chair Renae Kerrigan Peoria Riverfront Museum Peoria, Illinois
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 Development Chair Steve Crawford Kalamazoo Valley Museum Plm.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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 Technology Chair Steve Burkland
Adler Planetarium Chicago, Illinois |
Other GLPA Positions
GLPA has other volunteer positions that are also instrumental to its success. These include the conference-related positions (Proceedings Editor, Conference Registrar, Conference Host, Workshop Coordinator, Conference Paper Coordinator, Conference Photographer, Conference Videographer, Door Prize Chair, and Group Photo Key Designer) as well as GLPA Newsletter Editor, GLPA Gear Manager, Audio-Visual Resources Manager, Historian, and any Ad Hoc Committee Chairs.
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Proceedings Editor
Contact Proceedings Editor
Waylena McCully
William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College Champaign, Illinois
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 Conference Registrar
Geoff Holt Madison Metro School District Plm. Madison, Wisconsin
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Deputy Conference Planner
- Open Position -
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2022 Conference Host
Mark Percy
Williamsville Spacelab Planetarium
Williamsville, New York
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 2023 Conference Host
Adam Thanz
Bays Mountain Planetarium
Kingsport, Tennessee
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 Workshop / Short Course /
Panel Discussion Coordinator
Heidi Westrick
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 Conference Paper /
Poster Coordinator
April S. Whitt Fernbank Science Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact Paper Coordinator |
 Conference Photographer
Anna Green Stiftung Planetarium Berlin
Berlin, Germany |
 Conference Videographer /
AV Coordinator
John Foerch
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 Door Prize Chair
Kris McCall
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 Group Photo Key Designer
Dale W. Smith Physics & Astronomy Department Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio Contact Group Photo Key Designer |
 GLPA Newsletter Editor
Bart Benjamin
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 Audio-Visual Resources
Dave Leake Champaign, Illinois |
 Historian
Garry Beckstrom |
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