Annual Conferences Committee
The Annual Conferences Committee shall support the activities of annual conference hosts and serve as a conduit between the Conference Coordinators and the chapter. It shall maintain the Annual Conferences Guide and document templates such as speaker and hotel contracts. It shall encourage information sharing between Conference Coordinators. It shall advise the Executive Board on selection of annual conference hosts, joint conferences and other annual conference management issues. The committee shall make recommendations to the Executive Board on all policies relating to annual conferences. It shall document annual conferences policies and procedures on the chapter website and in other relevant publications. The committee chair shall prepare a report for each Executive Board Meeting and submit appropriate documentation to the chapter Archives.
The Annual Conferences Committee shall consist of at least a Chair appointed to serve a two-year term beginning in even numbered years, plus the Conference Coordinators of the current plus two upcoming Annual Conferences. As many as two additional members may be appointed to two-year terms at the request of the Chair. Additional members are to be appointed in even numbered years.
Current Roster
Chair:Carol Shannon
- Co-Chair, 2024 Conference
Co-Chair:Sarah Jane Brown
Members:- Caroline Allen, Communications Liaison and IDEA
- Merle Rosenzweig, Exhibitors
- Elizabeth Suelzer, Professional Practice
- Jolene Miller, Co-Chair, 2024 Conference
- Liz Weinfurter, Co-chair, 2025 conference
- Lisa McGuire, Co-chair, 2025 conference