For Members: 

 

2011-12 Board of Directors

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: 
Chris Young

Chief of Protocol
State of Georgia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia
(2nd term: 2012)

Vice President:
Lanie Denslow
Principal
World Wise Intercultural Training & Resources
Los Angeles, California

Secretary:
Marsha Hamilton
Manager of the Office of International Protocol
State of Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
(1st term: 2012)
Vice President, Forum Logistics:
Donna Moloney
Advisor for Government Initiatives
Alltech, Inc.
Lexington, Kentucky
(2nd term: 2014)
Treasurer:
Rod Ballance
KBR Global Strategies
Riverside, California
(2nd term: 2012)

Vice President, Membership:
Monica Earley
USAF Special Operations Command
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
(1st term: 2013)

Immediate Past President:
Sonia Garza-Monarchi
Garza Protocol Associates, LLC
Houston, Texas
(term: 2012)

Founder:
Ann Beard
PDI-POA
Solana Beach, California

BOARD MEMBERS
Rebecca Aguilar
Grants Committee Chairperson
Senior Manager, Customer Relations - Protocol Services
The Boeing Company
Seal Beach, California
(2nd term: 2014)
Robert Hickey
Deputy Director
The Protocol School of Washington
New York, New York
(1st term: 2014)

Diane Brown
Protocol Solutions LLC
East Liverpool, Ohio
(1st term: 2014)

Leslie Lautenslager
Executive Assistant
Washington Speakers Bureau
Alexandria, Virginia
(1st term: 2014)
Helena Burger
Director
Helena Burger & Associates Pty Ltd
Pretoria, South Africa
(1st term: 2014)

Deanea LeFlore
Gifts Committee Chairperson
Executive Director
Houston International Protocol Alliance
Houston, Texas
(2nd term: 2012)

Beverley Cathcart, QSM, JP
Gifts Committee Co-Chairperson
Executive Officer, Functions and Protocol
New Zealand Parliament
Wellington, New Zealand
(2nd term: 2012)
Teresa Martinez
Protocol Officer
City of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
(1st term: 2014)
Tom Corcoran
Manager, Travel & Visits Liaison
Embassy of Australia
Washington, D.C.
(2nd term: 2014)
Florine Postell
Communications Committee Chairperson
Program Director
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
(2nd term: 2012)
Danny Darnell
Technology Committee Chairperson
Chief of Staff
AISG, Inc
Kabul, Afghanistan
(1st term: 2013)
Kathleen Ryan
2012 Forum Chairperson
Assistant Deputy for Diversity Integration
Department of the U.S. Air Force
Washington, D.C.
(1 year term: 2012)

 

ADVISORY BOARD

Ginger Barnard, Chair
Ginger Barnard & Associates, International Protocol & Business Etiquette Consulting
Playa del Rey, California

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

The Honorable Nancy Brinker
Former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (2007-2009)

The Honorable Mary Mel French
Former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (1997-2001)

Ralph Munro
Former Secretary of State, State of Washington
The Honorable Selwa Roosevelt
Former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (1982-1989)

 

Perspectives

Eight things to not take for granted

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