2011-2012 Committee Roster

Nominating Committee: 

Heather Hundley (Immediate Past President), Chair; Pam Lutgen-Sandvik and Melissa Tafoya (elected by the Legislative Assembly); Glenda Balas (2010-2012) and Bill Sharkey (2011-2013) (elected by the Executive Council); and Elizabeth Richard (Communication Theory), Patti O'Keefe (Community Colleges), Christina Yoshimura (Interpersonal), Beth Bonnstetter, (Media Studies) Stacey Sowards (Environmental Communication).

Finance Committee:

Tracey Holden, Chair; Rodney Reynolds and Stacy Young (appointed by the President); Brian Ott (First Vice President); and John Reinard (Executive Director).

Publications Committee:

Jody Koenig Kellas, Chair , Cindy Griffin and Leah Ceccarelli (appointed by the President); Brian Ott (Editor, Western Journal of Communication) and Bill Eadie (Editor-Elect, Western Journal of Communication), William Sharkey (Editor, Communication Reports), and Michele Jackson (Editor, WSCA News).

Time and Place Committee:

Paul Mongeau, Chair, Sue Pendell, and Marnel Niles (elected by the Executive Council); Bob Becker (Speech Activities Coordinator) and John Reinard (Executive Director).

Member Services Committee:

Anne Bialowas Chair; Kurt Lindemann, Robert Leonard (appointed by the President); Ann Darling, (Second Vice President).

Distinguished Service Award:

Brian Heisterkamp (Chair), Greg Dickinson (appointed by the President), Sue Pendell (President of the Executives Club), Heather Hundley (Immediate Past President).

Model Teaching Program Award:

Karen Lovaas, Chair , Amy Edwards (Chair of Community College Interest Group), and John Caputo (Chair of Communication & Instruction Interest Group), and Mary Claire Morr Serewicz.

B. Aubrey Fisher Award:

Brian Ott, (Editor, Western Journal of Communication), Chair; TBA (four current members of the editorial board selected by the Executive Council and two members of the Association selected by the Executive Council).

WSCA Scholar Award Committee:

Brian Ott (First Vice-President), Chair; Greg Dickenson (2010-2012), Beth Bonstetter (2011-2013) (elected by the Legislative Assembly); Dan Brouwer (appointed by the Executive Council); Dan Canary (appointed by the President).

Futures Committee:

Heather Hundley (Chair), Kirsten Broadfoot, Michele Jackson, Kerk Kee, and Charles Soukup.

Master Teaching Award Committee:

Brian Ott, Chair; Ann Darling; JoAnna Grant, and Valerie Manusov.

WSCA Representatives to NCA 2010-2011

NCA Legislative Council (elected by the WSCA Legislative Assembly):

Bob Becker, representing Community Colleges, 2011 through 2013
Belle A. Edson, representing Four-Year Universities and Colleges, 2010 through 2012 Robert Stockton, representing K-12, 2009 through 2011

NCA Nominating Committee: 

Heather Hundley, Immediate Past President

Elected Representatives to the Legislative Assembly 2012 & 2013:
Belle A. Edson, Amy Bippus, Robert G. Leonard, Michele L. Hammers, Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik