2026 Annual Conference Program Committee
Objective
The Program Committee is responsible for the development, arrangement, and delivery of the following year's Annual Meeting program.
Roles and Responsibilities
- The Committee recommends the theme of the Annual Meeting to the Board for approval. The Committee Chair, in consultation with the Chair of the Host Committee, develops a budget for approval by the Board and manages the program portion of the overall conference budget.
- The Committee identifies the speakers for the Annual Meeting and makes recommendations to the Host Committee on program format.
- The Committee works closely with the Host Committee and Information Exchange Committee to facilitate speaker arrangements and sponsorships, respectively.
- The Committee is responsible for corresponding with the speakers in order to obtain pictures and biographies, to keep the speakers informed of the progress of the program, to identify speaker requirements and to assist the speakers, if needed, with transportation and accommodations at the Annual Meeting.
- During the Annual Meeting, the Committee is responsible for the speakers and for helping the speakers with transportation requirements, meeting room setups, and audiovisual needs.
Members
- Dean Calvo, Chair, Scripps College
- Vanessa Aguirre, The Claremont Colleges Services
- Anthony Airhart, University of Colorado
- Ashley Carr, UC Davis
- Barbara Cevallos, University of California
- Ashley Cheri, University of California Irvine
- Lori Church, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Celeste Day-Drake, Scripps College
- Kristen de la Rosa, University of California San Francisco
- Kori Donaldson, University of Colorado
- Wendy Gamboa, University of California San Francisco
- Cassandra Gross, Hawaii Pacific University
- Mary Jo Hayes, College of Western Idaho
- Monica Kane, University of Texas El Paso
- Douglas Kroll, UC San Diego
- Erin Legat, Scripps College
- Gil Lorenzo, University of California Davis
- Darren Marshall, Salt Lake Community College
- Alexandra Nikolich, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Kelley Ogden, University of Colorado
- Heather Ortiz, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Robyn Pennington, California State University
- Jeff Ratje, University of Arizona
- Patricia Realo, University of California Irvine
- Becky Schlafer, Chapman University
- Lori Seager, Colorado College
- Matthew Skinner, Washington State University
- Jean Vock, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Sommer Weatherby, Northern Arizona University
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