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 International Planetarium Society Representative) 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, 2018 -- Vernal Equinox, 2020
 President
Geoff Holt
Madison Metro School District Plm. Madison, Wisconsin |
 President-Elect
Waylena McCully
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 Past President
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 Secretary
Daniel Tell Morrison Planetarium California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California |
 Treasurer
Cheri Adams Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Dayton, Ohio
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 I.P.S. Representative
Mike Smail Adler Planetarium Chicago, Illinois |
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 Bart Benjamin Bloomingdale, Illinois
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 Education Chair
Peggy Hernandez
Elgin U-46 Planetarium
Elgin, Illinois
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 Conference Planning Chair Gary Tomlinson Comstock Park, Michigan |
 Development Chair Dave Leake William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College Champaign, Illinois |
 Technology Chair Tom Dobes
Merrillville Community Planetarium
Merrillville, Indiana |
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 GLPA Gear Manager) as well as Audio-Visual Resources Manager, Historian, and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs.
 Proceedings Editor
Dale W. Smith Physics & Astronomy Department Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio Contact Proceedings Editor |
 Conference Registrar
Janet Beckstrom Flint, Michigan |
 Deputy Conference Planning Chair
Renae Kerrigan
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Peoria, Illinois
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 2018 Conference Host
Shannon Schmoll
Abrams Planetarium
East Lansing, Michigan
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 Workshop / Short Course /
Panel Discussion Coordinator
Mark Reed
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 Conference Paper /
Poster Coordinator
April S. Whitt Fernbank Science Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact Paper Coordinator |
 Door Prize Chair
Kris McCall
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 2018 Conference Photographer
Dan Goins Martinsville, Indiana |
Conference Videographer /
AV Coordinator
Tom Dobes |
 GLPA Gear Manager
Todd DeZeeuw Gary E. Sampson Planetarium Wauwatosa, Wisconsin |
Audio-Visual Resources
Dave Leake William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College Champaign, Illinois |
 Historian
Garry Beckstrom |
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Group Photo Key Designer
Dale W. Smith Physics & Astronomy Department Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio Contact Proceedings Editor |
Technologies Ad-Hoc Committee
Waylena McCully
William M. Staerkel Planetarium
Parkland College Champaign, Illinois Contact Technologies Ad-Hoc Committee Chair |