Board of Directors
Officers (Elected)
 
Committee Leadership
| Certification Examination Development | 
Naomi Ruff, PhD, ELS (Board Liaison); Ginger Peschke, PhD, ELS (Chair) | 
 
| Certification Maintenance | 
Thomas Gegeny, MS, ELS
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| Diplomate Examination Development | 
Yateendra Joshi, ELS(D) | 
 
| Registrar and Examination Administration | 
Leslie E. Neistadt, ELS | 
 
| Membership | 
Carrie Thurber, PhD, ELS (Board Liaison); Judy Orvos, ELS (Chair) | 
 
| Marketing | 
Kim Mankiewicz, PhD, ELS | 
 
| Professional Development | 
Stephen Bublitz, ELS | 
 
 
  
Non-Voting Members
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Executive Director 
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 Sheryle Hazard, CAE  2345 Rice Street, Suite 220, St. Paul, MN 55113 651.925.5528 | 651.317.8048 fax [email protected] 
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Past Presidents
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  Norman Grossblatt, 1991-1999 Bobbie Reitt, 1999-2001 Shirley Peterson, 2001-2003 Walter Pagel, 2003-2005 Kim Berman, 2005-2007 Mary Ann Schmidt, 2007-2009 Carol Kakalec-Kohn, 2009-2011 Susan Aiello, 2011-2013 Mary Anne Mitchell, 2013-2015 Tom Gegeny, 2015-2017 Hope Lafferty, 2017-2019 Kristina Wasson-Blader, 2019-2021 (calendar year-end) Melanie Fridl Ross, 2022-2023 
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