NCPJ Committee Appointments
Conference Chairs:
Spring 2018-Dianne Yamin/Anne Meister
Fall 2018-Jim Walther, Chair/Jim Purnell, Co-Chair
Spring 2019-Brenda Thompson, Chair/Tamara Curry, Co-Chair
Fall 2019-Amy McCulloch/Brenda Thompson
Spring 2020-James P. Dunleavy/Dianne E. Yamin
Fall 2020-Anne Meister/Don Davis
Spring 2021-Jim Dunleavy/Jim Purnell
Curriculum Chairs:
Spring 2018-Brenda Thompson/Amy McCulloch
Fall 2018-Amy McCulloch, Chair/Rita Cobb, Co-Chair
Spring 2019-Anne Meister, Chair/Christine Butts, Co-Chair
Fall 2019-Dianne Yamin/Jim Purnell
Spring 2020-Jim Walther/Tim Grendell
Fall 2020-Brenda Thompson/Amy McCulloch
Spring 2021-Dianne Yamin/Jim Walther
Spring 2022-Jim Walther/Tim Grendell
Membership Co-Chairs:
Dianne Yamin/Tim Grendell
Nominations Committee:
Anne Meister, Chair (term expires 2020)
Brenda Thompson (term expires 2020)
Jack Puffenberger (2nd 3-year term – expires 2020)
Rita Cobb (1st 3-year term – expires 2021)
Ponda Caldwell (1st 3-year term – expires 2021)
Communications Committee:
Tim Grendell, Chair
James Dunleavy
Heather Galvan
Byron Macfarlane
Jerry Simoneaux
Jason Cox
Site Selection Committee:
Rita Cobb, Chair
Grace Connolly, Co-Chair
John Voorhees
Treat Award Committee:
Christine Butts, Chair
Brenda Thompson
Grace Connolly (1st 2-year term – expires 2020)
ACTEC representative – Mary Radford
Chair of ABA Section on Real Property Probate and Trust Law – David M. English
Isabella Award Committee:
Christine Butts, Chair
Anne Meister
President, National Guardianship Association – Paul Siedeman
Chairperson, National Guardianship Network – Catherine Seal
Representative ABA Committee on Law and Aging – Eleanor Crosby Lanier
Ponda Caldwell (2nd 2-year term – expires 2020)
John Voorhees (2nd 2-year term – expires 2020)
Exhibits & Sponsors Committee:
Jim Dunleavy, Chair
Jim Walther
Liaison to ABA Committee on Law & Aging:
Mary Joy Quinn
Liaison to National Guardian Network:
Mary Joy Quinn
NCPJ Liaison Contact:
Jean Stewart
Bylaws Committee:
Tamara Curry, Chair
James Dunleavy
James Purnell
