Board of Directors

Come meet the board of directors at our monthly general membership meetings! If you are a board member, check out "Board FAQs" to help answer your questions.

Proposed Slate of Officers for EC 2007-2008

Co-President(2)	Kim Thunen	Shelley Whelan
Vice-President(2)	Lauren Leahy	Becky Froggatt
VP of Advocacy and Legislation	Stowe Sprague
Treasurer (2)	Karla Olson	Janet Kobis
Secretary (2)	Sarah Ford	Andrea Schreck

BOARD MEMBERS: Event Chairs
Event chairs are responsible for achieving budgeted revenue while managing expenses and working with operations chairs to meet events' supply needs.

Halloween Event	Jaimie Shea Jessica Schmedding	Manages the Halloween Party in Late October, including: recruiting volunteers to run admissions, games, food, product sales.
Toy Swap Event	Leslie Moore Shelly Shay	Manages the Toy Swap in Mid November, including: recruiting volunteers to run sale preparation, check-out, security, and accounting
Holidoors Event	Jill Walker Claudia Allard	Organizes the event with Senior-care facility to decorate the doors of residents during the Holidays
Preschool Fair & Fun Event	Jaimie Shea Heather Kurt Suzanne LaCross Wen	Manages the Preschool Fair & Fun Event held in January, including: recruiting volunteers to run admissions, games, food, product sales, and coordinating children's events.
Circus Event	Kim Thunen Michelle Dumler	Manages the Circus Event held in late April, including recruiting volunteers to run ticket sales, games, food, product sales, and coordinating all children's events.
Adult Social Event	Jennifer Cupic Camberly Gilmartin Kristi Caggiano	Manages the Adult Social held in spring, including: plans and budgets for event, works with auction chairs.

BOARD MEMBERS: Committee Chairs

Advocacy	Stowe Sprague	Informs MIPA re: Island events and impact on preschooler families
Art & Property	Andrea Schreck	Assists event chairs with property overhaul and creation of new signage and promotional materials
Charitable Giving	Linda Romary Megan Hand	Evaluates and recommends recipients for planned and seasonal giving; coordinates and delivers donations of used/new children's and household items to organizations serving needy families
Coffee Socials and Membership Greeter	Annie Cheng Becky Froggatt	Sends initial greeting to all new members and greets new members at meetings and events; hosts a new members' coffee and schedules monthly coffee socials
Community Outreach	Rochelle Whelan Carrie Williams	Coordinates playgroups and club hosts; schedules mom's nights out and other adult and children's events; coordinates lecture series on parenting topics
Fundraising	Julie Ogata Ciobanu	Coordinates raffles, tickets, and other fundraising efforts
Legislative Liaison	Tsering Short	Provides legislative information to the board
Mailing	Anjali Patel	Prepares monthly mailing of PocketNotes and delivers to Post Office
Membership	Michele Schuler Karla Olson	Serves as initial point of contact on MIPA programs / events / activities, sells memberships at all events, maintains member database
Member at Large		Various responsibilities given by the Executive Committee
PocketNotes	Sharon Schwartz Kim Klein	Prepares copy and edits contributions to PocketNotes; lays out newsletter in MS Publisher; coordinates print details; gathers information for PocketNotes.
Preschool Liaison	Suzanne LaCrosse Wen Jaimie Shea Heather Kurt	Maintains contact with MI preschools and child care providers; coordinates mid-winter Preschool Information Fair; manages preschool contacts for distribution of publicity; collects information from preschools for handbook reprints
Publicity	Jessica Schmedding Belinda Young	Promotes events with media; prepares advertising materials; coordinates promotion needs with event chairs; provides publicity material to preschool contacts; posts fliers throughout community; displays events on A-boards within community
Solicitations	Traci Arron	Solicits donations including goods and services from community business for events' chairs
Storeroom	Kimberly Santacroce	Responsible for signs, event property, and storeroom layout and upkeeps; assists chairs with event supplies
Volunteers (Student and Adult)		Recruits student/adult volunteers for events, coordinates student/adult activities with event chairs
Webmaster	Qian Wang Leigh Perks	Maintains and updates the MIPA website

E-mail ids and phone numbers for the board members are available in each issue of PocketNotes. They are not published here for board member privacy. You can contact MIPA at any time by sending an e-mail to mipa@mipreschoolassociation.org.