2012
It was an honor and a privilege to serve as your OSPA President. During my year as OSPA President, the Executive Board used the data from the state association self-assessment (conducted by my predecessor, Aimee Kirsch, in her presidential year) to begin the process of developing a long-term Strategic Plan for our Association. It was during this time that the Executive Board approved a new framework for organizational governance, which included the creation of the Executive Director position and the reconstitution of the Planning & Development Committee. This was further refined and implemented during the presidential term of my successor, Dr. Amity Noltemeyer. I am very thankful for the leadership and partnership of both Aimee and Amity - we worked closely together over a three-year period to bring about needed changes that continue to pay dividends for OSPA. Thanks, too, to Ann Brennan and Cheryl VanDenBerge for their support in many of these restructuring efforts.
