ASTA Announces Officials Election Results

Alexandria, Va., July 24, 2008-ASTA announced today the following ASTA members have been certified by Mary Peters, CTC, ASTA National Vice President and Secretary, as elected to serve in the respective offices indicated.

Newly elected national directors-at-large who will serve for a two-year term, in alphabetical order:

• Lila Ford, CTC
• Mike McCulloh
• Chris Russo
• Kari Thomas
• Carol Wagner

National Directors serving the second year of their two-year terms include:

• George Delanoy
• Lynda Maxwell, CTC
• Irene C. Ross, CTC
• K. Hope Wallace, CTC

The full Board of Directors will convene in September and will elect from the above nine directors-at-large the new Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is composed of the President, Vice President & Secretary, Treasurer, the Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) President and ASTA's Executive Vice President and COO (non-voting).

ASTA's governance structure calls for a Board of Directors that consists of nine national directors elected at-large for two-year, staggered terms, three chapter presidents, the chair of the International Chapter Presidents' Council (ICPC), and two Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) members. At its recent meeting, the Chapter Presidents Council elected the following chapter presidents to sit on the Board: Scott Pinheiro (Northern California Chapter), John Lovell (Michigan Chapter) and Pat Byrne (Upstate New York Chapter).

The following is a list of uncontested chapter positions:

Arizona Chapter
President - Laura C. Rodriguez-Verbera
Vice President - Vacant
Secretary - Pat Fulton
Treasurer - Donna L. Delpier, CTC

Central and North Florida Chapter
President - Bob Robar
1^st Vice President - Ingeborg Gaitch
2^nd Vice President - Lorene Stone
Secretary - Annette C. Palmer
Treasurer - Nancy Pennington, CTC

Midwest Chapter
President - Joanne Gardner, CTC
1^st Vice President - Jorge E. Sanchez
2^nd Vice President - John Werner
Secretary - Marilyn Allegra
Treasurer - Laurette Karuhn

Missouri Valley Chapter
President - Nora Faifer
Vice President - Wilson Doak
Secretary - Vacant
Treasurer - Cheryl Kent

New Jersey Chapter
President - Ricky J. Ardis
1^st Vice President - David Spinelli
2^nd Vice President - Mark Shapiro
Secretary - Charlene Ocone-Pecora
Treasurer - Patricia McCoy

Pacific Northwest Chapter
President - Alex Trettin
Vice President - Robert Roach
Secretary - Teri L. Trettin
Treasurer - Beverly Schukar

Rocky Mountain Chapter
President - Joanne L. Thompson
1^st Vice President - Jane E. Folsom
2^nd Vice President - Tim Lange, CTC, CTIE
Secretary - Lisa A. Maddux, CTC
Treasurer - Rich Sattizahn

South Florida Chapter
President - David Gedansky
Vice President - Mike Greenwald
Secretary - Daniel Itzcovich|
Treasurer - Rosa M. Montes

Southeast Chapter
President - Susan Aft
Vice President - Pauline Rogers
Secretary - Ruth Wagner Miller, CTC, MCC
Treasurer - Rolfe D. Duggar, CTC
Director 1 - Linda Nelson
Director 2 - Arthur Salus
Director 3 - Janet G. Brown

Southern California Chapter
President - Daniel Genung
Vice President - Jason Coleman, CTC, ECCS, CLS, DS
Secretary - Donald Mentzer
Treasurer - Chris Van Beveren

Southwest Chapter
President - Frances A. (Fran) Lindsey
Vice President - Robbi J. Hamida
Secretary - Melinda Kelly
Treasurer - Yolanda Meador

Upper Midwest Chapter
President - Wendy Weigel
Vice President - Lori Raduenz, CTC
Secretary - Bonnie Lee
Treasurer - Nancy Wintermute

ABOUT ASTA
ASTA's (American Society of Travel Agents) mission is to facilitate the business of selling travel through effective representation, shared knowledge and the enhancement of professionalism. ASTA seeks a retail travel marketplace that is profitable, growing and a rewarding place to work, invest and do business.