Board of Directors

Officers (Elected)

President Erica Goodoff, ELS(D)
Secretary Michelle Sauer Gehring, PhD, ELS 
Treasurer Christine Wogan, MS, ELS
Immediate Past President; Nominations and Elections Chair Steve Palmer, PhD, ELS

Committee Leadership

Certification Examination Development Naomi Ruff, PhD, ELS (Board Liaison); Ginger Peschke, PhD, ELS (Chair)
Certification Maintenance Lisa Kisner, ELS, CAE (Board Liaison); Thomas Gegeny, MS, ELS (Chair)
Distinguished Editor Examination Development Yateendra Joshi, ELS(D)
Registrar and Examination Administration Leslie E. Neistadt, ELS
Membership Wim DHaeze, PhD, ELS (Board Liaison); Judy Orvos, ELS (Chair)
Marketing Kim Mankiewicz, PhD, ELS (Board Liaison); OPEN (Chair)
Professional Development Stephen Bublitz, ELS
Newsletter Editor Margaret Mathes, ELS

Non-Voting Members

 

Executive Director

Sheryle Hazard, CAE
2345 Rice Street, Suite 220, St. Paul, MN 55113
651.925.5528 | 651.317.8048 fax
[email protected]


Past Presidents


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
Stephen Palmer, PhD, ELS, 2024–2025