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SWSPCP Committees

2020/2021 Executive Board

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

Standing Committees

Certification Standards Committee

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

Certification Review Panel

Rob Shannon, PHD, SPWS, Panel Chair, 2018-2021
Gregg Antemann, PWS, 2019-2022
Stephen W. Chu, PWS, 2019-2022
Leandra Cleveland, SPWS, 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, SPWS, Chair 2018-2021
Rhodes Robinson, PWS 2018-2021

Certification Renewal Committee

Patrick M. Frost, SPWS Emeritus, 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, SPWS, Committee Chair 2019-2021
Scott W. Jecker, CWB, PWS, 2019-2021
Yvonne Vallette, SPWS 2019-2021

Ethics Committee

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

Nomination Committee

Matt Simpson, PWS, Chair 2020-2021
Robbyn Myers, SPWS, 2021-2024
Leandra Cleveland, SPWS, 2018-2021
Charles Newling, SPWS, CWB, 2018-2021
John Lowenthal, SPWS 2020-2023

Awards Committee

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

Globalization ad hoc Committee

Matt Simpson, PWS, Committee Chair
Kimberli Ponzio, SPWS
Gillian Davies, PWS
Ben LePage
R. Harold Jones, SPWS Emeritus
Robbyn Myers, SPWS
John Lowenthal, SPWS
Kurt Philipp, SPWS
Shuqing An

SWS SWSPCP Representative

Scott Jecker, PWS, CWB

CESB Representative

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

Public Member

Marla Stelk, 2020-2025

Professional Short Course Review Panel

R. Harold Jones, SPWS, 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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