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Board of Directors
The NPCA Board of Directors consists of nine member-elected and nine board-elected Directors, plus the NPCA President and the Group Leaders Forum Coordinator, both of whom serve ex officio. Directors are elected to three-year terms.
2013 Elections
The Governance Committee of the NPCA Board of Directors announces the winners of the 2013 elections for five member-elected seats on the Board with three-year terms (except as otherwise noted). The winning candidates are:
- Upper Midwest: Jane Bardon
- The Americas: Dennis Grubb
- West, Central and Southern Africa: Gary Schulze
- Southern Tier (one year): Angela Harris
- West (one year): Paulette Q. Thompson
To learn about each of the candidates, click on the names above or visit our 2013 elections page.
Elected candidates will begin their terms on the NPCA Board at the June 28 Board meeting during Peace Corps Connect – Boston 2013.
To learn more about each of our current Board members and to contact them via email, feel free to click on their names on the left.
- Committees
- Country of Service Regional Representatives (Member-Elected)
- U.S. Geographic Regional Representatives (Member-Elected)
- Responsibilities of NPCA Elected Directors
- NPCA Board Meetings Schedule
Committees
Executive Committee
Tony Barclay, Chair
Pat Wand, Vice Chair
Janet Greig, Treasurer
Gary Schulze, Secretary
Kate Schachter, ex officio
Glenn Blumhorst, ex officio
Governance Committee
Pat Wand – Chair
Darryl Johnson – Co-Chair
Jane Bardon
Jayne Booker
Kristina Owens
Glenn Blumhorst, ex officio
Anne Baker, staff liaison
Finance Committee
Janet Greig – Chair
Bruce Anderson
Tony Barclay
Teresa Devore
Steve Groff
Carolyn Kari
Tim McCollum
Glenn Blumhorst, ex officio
Emily Bello, staff liaison
Business & Development Committee
Jayne Booker, Chair
Sharon Keld, Vice Chair
Bruce Anderson
Andrea Bardach
Harris Bostic
Priscilla Goldfarb
Bob Graulich
Janet Greig
Tim McCollum
Mike Peter
Pat Wand
Glenn Blumhorst, ex officio
Emily Bello, staff liaison
Policy & Advocacy Committee
Joby Taylor, Chair
Christine Appelhanz
Darryl Johnson
Wendy Lee
David Magnani
Kristina Owens
Gary Schulze
Mark Schneider
Ravi Shah
Allegra Troiano
Glenn Blumhorst, ex officio
Jonathan Pearson, staff liaison
Country of Service Regional Representatives (Member-Elected)
The Americas – Patricia Wand
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada and Cariacou, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Suriname, Turks-Caicos, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia and the Pacific – Steve Groff
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Marshall lslands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen
Europe/North and East Africa - Sharon Keld
Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Slovak Republic, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine
West, Central and Southern Africa – Gary Schulze
Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
U.S. Geographic Regional Representatives (Member-Elected)
Northeast - Teresa Devore
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Mid-Atlantic Region and Nationwide– Kristina Owens
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Nationwide groups (voters from all states who are members of Lesbian, Gay and Bi-sexual RPCVs)
Southern Tier Region – John Blake
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Puerto Rico
Upper Midwest – Jane Bardon
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
West – Darryl Johnson
Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, US Territories
Note: Regions are defined by the NPCA Board based on the number of NPCA members per region in order to achieve some parity.
Group Leaders Forum Coordinator – Kate Schachter
Responsibilities of NPCA Elected Directors
The responsibilities of NPCA elected directors are:
- Attend Board and committee meetings
- Represent members, member groups and constituents
- Raise funds and promote membership
- Participate in NPCA activities
- Set goals, policies and budget
- Hire and evaluate the President / CEO
- Oversee performance of NPCA
NPCA also needs a strong board to assist members and groups through excellent programs and services. So, in addition, Elected Directors should:
- Contact members and groups on a regular basis to sound out their interests, concerns or other feedback that they feel should be addressed by the NPCA Board;
- Act as members’ and groups’ representative “voice” at Board or committee meetings; and
- Provide feedback to members and groups after Board meetings.
2013 NPCA Board Meetings Schedule
The Board meets at least four times per year.
- March 2, 2013 in Washington, DC
- June 28, 2013 in Boston, MA (at Peace Corps Connect – Boston 2013)
- September 30, 2013 teleconference
- December 2, 2013 teleconference
NPCA Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes from each Board meeting are reviewed and approved at the following meeting, then posted here. Below are the approved minutes from recent NPCA Board Meetings.
