For Members: 

 

2009 Board of Directors

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: 
Chris Young

Chief of Protocol
State of Georgia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia

Vice President:
Kathleen Ryan
U.S. Air Force
Alexandria, Virginia

Secretary:
Lanie Denslow
Los Angeles, California
Vice President, Annual Meeting:
Donna Moloney
Advisor for Government Initiatives
Alltech, Inc.
Lexington, Kentucky
Treasurer:
Rod Ballance
KBR Global Strategies
Riverside, California
Vice President, Membership:
Ginger Barnard
Former Deputy Chief of Protocol
County of Los Angeles
Playa del Rey, California
Immediate Past President:
Sonia Garza-Monarchi
Garza Protocol Associates, LLC
Houston, Texas
Vice President, Technology:
Florine Postell
Program Director
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
FOUNDER
Ann Beard
Solana Beach, California
BOARD MEMBERS
Rebecca Aguilar
Senior Manager, Customer Relations - Protocol Services
The Boeing Company
Seal Beach, California
Monica Earley
USAF Special Operations Command
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
Elizabeth Branson
Washington, D.C.

Marsha Hamilton
Manager of the Office of International Protocol
State of Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi

Karen Bryk
Deputy Chief of Protocol
Government of Manitoba
Winnepeg, Canada
Deanea LeFlore
Executive Director
Houston International Protocol Alliance
Houston, Texas
Beverley Cathcart, QSM, JP
Executive Officer, Functions and Protocol
New Zealand Parliament
Wellington, New Zealand
Joanne Sokolski
Chief of Protocol
Orange County
Santa Ana, California
Tom Corcoran
Manager, Travel & Visits Liaison
Embassy of Australia
Washington, D.C.
 

 

HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD

Sandra J. Ausman
Chief of Protocol, County of Los Angeles, California

The Honorable Nancy Brinker
Former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Leslie Lautenslager
Former Assistant Chief of Protocol for Ceremonials, U.S. Department of State
Ralph Munro
Former Secretary of State, State of Washington
The Honorable Selwa Roosevelt
Former Chief of Protocol, United States (1982-1989)

 

Perspectives

Eight things to not take for granted

Rod Ballance
Treasurer, PDI-POA
Riverside, California, USA