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Certification Committees

2019/2020 Executive Board

Kimberli J. Ponzio	President
Gillian Davies	President-Elect
Matthew Simpson	Immediate Past President
Robbyn Myers	Secretary General
Yvonne Vallette	Treasurer

Standing Committees

Certification Standards Committee

John Lowenthal Committee Chair, 2019-2021
Patrick M. Frost, PWS, 2018-2021
R. Harold Jones, PWS Emeritus, 2019-2022
Kurt R. Philipp, PHD., PWS, 2018-2021
Robert D. Shannon, PHD, PWS, 2018-2021

Certification Review Panel

Rob Shannon, PHD, PWS, Panel Chair, 2018-2021
Gregg Antemann, PWS, 2019-2022
Stephen W. Chu, PWS, 2019-2022
Leandra Cleveland, PWS, 2018-2021
David Davis, PWS, 2018-2021
Donna Jacobs, PWS 2021-2023
Jim Haney, PWS, 2021-2023
Ingeborg Hegemann, PWS, 2019-2022
James A. Thomas, PWS, 2018-2021

Certification Appeals Board

John Lowenthal, PWS, Chair 2018-2021
Rhodes Robinson, PWS 2018-2021

Certification Renewal Committee

Patrick M. Frost, PWS, Committee Chair 2018-2021
Paul Anderson, PWS, 2021-2023
Vikki Jackson, PWS, 2021-2023
Robert J. Jontos, PWS, 2021-2023
William Kirchner, PWS, 2021-2023
David G. Purkerson, PWS, 2018-2021
Amy W. Rollins, PWS, 2018-2021
D. J. Silverberg, PWS, 2018-2021

Outreach Committee

Robbyn Myers, PWS, Committee Chair 2019-2021
Scott W. Jecker, CWB, PWS, 2019-2021
Yvonne Vallette, PWS 2019-2021

Ethics Committee

Matt Schweisberg, PWS, Chair, 2018-2021
John Lowenthal, PWS, 2021-2023
Janet Nunley, PWS, 2018-2021
Pat Frost, PWS, 2018-2021
Amy Rollins, PWS, 2018-2021
Rob Shannon, PWS, 2018-2021

Nomination Committee

John Lowenthal, PWS, Chair 2018-2021
Leandra Cleveland, PWS, 2018-2021
Charles Newling, PWS, CWB, 2018-2021

Awards Committee

Robbyn Myers, PWS, Committee Chair, 2018-2021
Stephen Chu, PWS, 2018-2021
Paul Julian, PWS, 2018-2021
Pam Tennison-Rindt, PWS, 2018-2021

SWS SWSPCP Representative

Scott Jecker, PWS, CWB

CESB Representative

Kurt R. Philipp, PHD, PWS, 2018-2021

Public Member

Jon Kusler, Esq., PHD, 2012-2017

Professional Short Course Review Panel

R. Harold Jones, PWS, Emeritus, Chair, 2019 - 2022
Scott W. Jecker, CWB, PWS, 2019 - 2022
Janet Morlan, PWS, 2019 - 2021
Charlie Newling, PWS, CWB, 2021 - 2023
James Wakeley, PHD., PWS, 2019 - 2021
Steve Walls, PWS, 2021 - 2023

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