The following is a list of GLPA's elected officers and committee chairs from its inception to the present day. These lists were developed using information contained in GLPA's archive of newsletters. As such, some starting and ending dates for committee chairs in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s are unknown. The exact starting times of many non-elected position changes are estimated. Please forward any corrections or additional information for this list to the GLPA Historian.
Last updated on March 4, 2022 (BB)
President
Note: All terms begin on the Vernal Equinox in the first year and end at the Vernal Equinox following the end of the last year. Elected Presidents serve as President-Elect for the two years prior to becoming President. Following their two-year presidency, they serve for two more years as Past President. The only exceptions to this occurred with GLPA’s first President, who served for three years, and in 1990, when Dale Smith began serving a 3 1/2 year term as President because of the early resignation of Dan Goins.
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1. VonDel Chamberlain -- 1965, 1966, 1967
2. Ralph Ewers -- 1968, 1969
3. Robert Elliott -- 1970, 1971
4. Don Tuttle -- 1972, 1973
5. John Soroka -- 1974, 1975
6. Dave DeBruyn -- 1976, 1977
7. Lloyd Bodie -- 1978, 1979
8. Lee Shapiro -- 1980, 1981
9. Eugene Jenneman -- 1982, 1983
10. Sheldon Schafer -- 1984, 1985
11. Gary Tomlinson -- 1986, 1987
12. Steve Bishop -- 1988, 1989
13. Dan Goins -- 1990
14. Dale Smith -- 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
15. David Batch -- 1994, 1995
16. April Whitt -- 1996, 1997
17. Dan Francetic -- 1998, 1999
18. Jeanne Bishop -- 2000, 2001
19. Gary Sampson -- 2002, 2003
20. Joe DeRocher -- 2004, 2005
21. Robert Bonadurer -- 2006, 2007
22. Cheri Adams -- 2008, 2009
23. John Schroer -- 2010, 2011
24. David Leake -- 2012, 2013
25. Garry Beckstrom -- 2014, 2015
26. Dayle Brown -- 2016, 2017
27. Geoff Holt -- 2018, 2019
28. Waylena McCully -- 2020, 2021
29. Dan Tell -- 2022, 2023
30. Mark Percy -- 2024, 2025
President-Elect
In most cases, each name listed in the President list served as President-Elect for the two years prior to their presidential years.
Past President
In most cases, each name listed in the President list above served as Past President for the two years following their presidential years.
Secretary/Treasurer
Note: The position of Secretary/Treasurer was separated into two positions in the spring of 2014.
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1. Paul Kirby -- October 1965 through March 1968
2. Maxine Haarstick -- March 1968 through November 1971
3. David Batch -- November 1971 through March 1978
4. Jerry Mansfield -- March 1978 through March 1980
5. Dorothy Angeloff -- March 1980 through October 1981
6. David Parker -- October 1981 through March 1998
7. Robert Bonadurer -- March 1998 through March 2004
8. Mary Masui -- March 2004 through March 2006
9. David Hurd -- March 2006 through March 2010
10. John French -- March 2010 though March 2014
Secretary
1. Dan Tell -- March 2014 to March 2020
2. Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht -- March 2020 to date
Treasurer
1. Cheri Adams -- March 2014 to March 2020
Note: Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, Cheri continued to serve as a de facto co-Treasurer through much of Steve’s tenure.
2. Steve Burkland -- March 2020 to March 2022
3. Shannon Schmoll -- March 2022 to date
IPS Representative [Note: a more detailed chronology appears on the next page]
Note: The position of IPS Representative was eliminated because of changes at IPS.
1. VonDel Chamberlain
2. Don Tuttle
3. John Soroka
4. Dave DeBruyn
5. Lloyd Bodie
6. Doris Forror
7. David Hoffman -- October 1983 through April 1985
8. Steve Bishop -- April 1985 through March 1986
9. Sheldon Schafer -- March 1986 through March 1990
10. Gary Tomlinson -- March 1990 through October 1991
11. Dayle Brown -- October 1991 through March 1996
12. Susan Button -- March 1996 through March 2004
13. Chuck Bueter -- March 2004 through March 2006
14. Dave Weinrich -- March 2006 through March 2010
15. Jeanne Bishop -- March 2010 through March 2016
16. Mike Smail -- March 2016 to March 2022
Inclusion and Outreach Officer
1. Keith Davis -- March 2022 to date
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Development Chair
1. Bill Buckingham -- October 1990 through October 1993
2. Jeffery Bass -- October 1993 through April 1997
3. Robert Allen -- April 1997 through April 1998
4. Art Klinger -- April 1998 through October 2003
5. Elisabeth Hudnutt -- October 2003 through March 2007
6. Fran Rifici -- March 2008 through March 2009
7. Robert Bonadurer -- March 2009 through March 2016
8. Dave Leake -- March 2016 through March 2020
9. Kris McCall -- March 2020 through October 2021
10. Steve Crawford -- October 2021 - date
Membership Chair
1. Gail Bouslog -- October 1979 through March 1986
2. G. Robert Thomson -- March 1986 through October 1990
3. Sheldon Schafer -- October 1990 through October 1991
4. Eric Schreur -- October 1991 through March 1995
5. Gene Zajac -- March 1995 through July 2001
6. Chris Janssen -- July 2001 through October 2007
7. Deb Lawson -- October 2007 through October 2008
8. John Potts -- October 2008 through March 2016
9. Paulette Epstein -- March 2016 to date
Instructional Materials Chair
1. Don Tuttle
2. Ron Cobia
3. Gail Bouslog -- October 1980 through July 1982
4. Gail Bouslog and David Parker -- July 1982 through October 1982
5. Gail Bouslog and Jerry Mansfield -- October 1982 through July 1983
6. Jerry Mansfield -- July 1983 through March 1986
7. Gail Bouslog -- March 1986 through October 1986
8. Jerry Mansfield -- October 1986 through March 1990
9. Gary Sampson -- March 1990 through April 1999
10. Geoff Holt -- April 1999 through October 2012
Technology Chair
1. Geoff Holt -- October 2012 through March 2015
2. Dayna Thompson -- March 2015 through March 2018
3. Tom Dobes -- March 2018 to March 2022
4. Steve Burklund -- March 2022 to date
Education Chair
1. Dennis Sunal
2. John Curtin
3. Larry Sabbath
4. Jeanne Bishop
5. Jeff Hunt
6. Rod Thompson -- October 1984 through March 1990
7. Dave DeRemer -- March 1990 through October 2011
8. Sue Batson -- October 2011 to April 2018
9. Peggy Hernandez -- April 2018 to date
Conference Planning Chair
1. Bill Rush
2. Robert Gardner -- April 1984 through October 1987
3. Gregg and Barb Williams -- October 1987 through July 1991
4. Gary Tomlinson -- July 1991 to October 2019
5. Renae Kerrigan -- October 2019 to date
Publications Chair
1. David DeBruyn -- March 1966 through July 1974
2. Dave Hoffman -- October 1974 through July 1981
3. Carl Wenning -- July 1981 through April 1984
4. James Brown -- April 1984 through October 1985
5. Jeanne Bishop -- October 1985 through March 1988
6. Bart Benjamin -- March 1988 through April 2021
7. Jackie Baughman -- April 2021 to date
Note: The Publications Chair also served as the Newsletter Editor until Jackie Baughman assumed that position in the spring of 2021.
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Note: Although the Newsletter Editor and Proceedings Editor are not Executive Committee positions, they are still included in this listing for documentation purposes.
Newsletter Editor
David DeBruyn -- Spring 1966 through Summer 1974
Dave Hoffman -- Winter 1974 through Summer 1981
Carl Wenning -- Autumn 1981 through Spring 1984
James Brown -- Summer 1984 through Autumn 1985
Jeanne Bishop -- Winter 1985 through Winter 1987
Bart Benjamin -- Spring 1988 to date
Proceedings Editor
John Boesche -- 1984
Bart Benjamin -- 1985
Bart Benjamin, Dave Hoffman -- 1986, 1987
Dale Smith -- 1988 to date