Committees and Task Forces
  

Awards Committee

Chair: Robin Taylor Roth, PhD, CQM
Charter: Responsible for selecting the recipients for each award based on established criteria, and for presenting the awards at the Annual Conference.
Board Liaison: David Hartt, CPT
Staff Contact: Francis George

Certification Governance Committee

Chair: Rob Foshay, CPT, PhD
Charter: Responsible for developing procedures and standards for the Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) designation.
Board Liaison: Timm Esque, CPT
Staff Contact: Judith Hale, CPT, PhD

Chapter Partnership Committee (CPC)

Chair: Jim H. Craumer
Charter: Maintain and strengthen communication between chapters, leaders, and the Society. The CPC provides guidance and serves as a liaison to forming chapters and charter chapters as they work to establish and maintain local networks in support of ISPI's vision and mission.
Board Liaison: Paul Cook, CPT
Staff Contact: Francis George

Conference Program Committee 2009
(A Two Year Committee)

Co-Chairs:

Dawn Papaila and Luise Schneider

Charter:

Develop a conference program that meets the objective of the Strategic Plan. The Conference Program Committee will serve for two years. The Committee will make recommendations to the Board of Directors on changes to the conference program, format, and focus. Within the procedures established, the Committee will be responsible for selecting all the session presenters, the opening event, and special educational actvities.

Board Liaison: Matthew T. Peters, CPT
Staff Contact: April S. Davis, CAE

Conference Program Committee 2010
(A Two Year Committee)

Co-Chairs: Lisa Toenniges, CPT
Charter: Develop a conference program that meets the objective of the Strategic Plan. The Conference Program Committee will serve for two years. The Committee will make recommendations to the Board of Directors on changes to the conference program, format, and focus. Within the procedures established, the Committee will be responsible for selecting all the session presenters, the opening event, and special educational actvities.
Board Liaison: Darlene Van Tiem, CPT, CPLP, PhD
Staff Contact: April S. Davis, CAE

T. F. Gilbert Distinguished Professional Achievement Committee

Chair:

John T. Fox, CPT

Charter:

Identify and recommend to the Board qualified candidates for the Thomas F. Gilbert Distinguished Professional Achievement Award.
Board Liaison: Steven J. Kelly, CPT
Staff Contact: Roger M. Addison, CPT, EdD

Honorary Life Member Committee

Chair:

John M. Swinney, CPT

Charter:

Identify and recommend to the Board of Directors qualified candidates for the Honorary Life Member Award. A confidential list of candidate recommendations will be submitted to the Board for consideration at the January Board meeting.
Board Liaison: David Hartt, CPT
Staff Contact: Roger M. Addison, CPT, EdD

Marketing Committee

Chair:

Vicky Jarosz, CPT, MCR

Charter:

Promote ISPI, HPT, CPT, members, and chapters/regions through the identification, creation, and dissemination of internal and external marketing communications.
Board Liaison: Jeanne Farrington, CPT, EdD
Staff Contact: Keith Pew

Nominations Committee

Chair:

Sharon Gander, M.Ed

Charter:

Seek qualified candidates for the Society's elected offices, involving as many members as possible in the process. The Committee will consider the largest possible number of qualified candidates, and will evaluate their qualifications, and recommend a final slate to the Board of Directors. That the slate of candidates have a minimum of two and a maximum of three candidates for President-elect, and a minimum of two candidates over the number of Director positions available, and a maximum of two candidates per position available.

Board Liaison: Matthew T. Peters, CPT
Staff Contact: April S. Davis, CAE

Online Community Governance Committee

Chair:

Brian S. Grant
Charter: This committee is responsible for:
  • stimulating ongoing community development towards a robust, dynamic, virtual and live community. They will serve as models for, and endorse the virtues of, member participation within a professional society community on ISPI’s website
  • facilitating development of content that has professional value
  • establishing and as a last resort enforcing self-policing guidelines (e.g. removing abusers)
  • promoting virtual and live community integration, such as supporting conferences and other physical activities
  • providing sufficient back-end community administrator support for members, so that issues and requests are addressed in a reasonable timeframe and without undo burden on ISPI Staff
  • offering long-term guidance to the Board of Directors involving matters of technology, growth, interface, and user-experience
Board Liaison: Timm Esque, CPT
Staff Contact: Craig Grimm

Research Committee

Chair:

Doug Leigh, PhD

Charter:

Continually evaluate research being performed for its relevance to Human Performance Technology and show the results to the ISPI membership. To encourage HPT-oriented research in a variety of forms by ISPI members and other professionals. To cooperate with other organizations to encourage relevant research. To evaluate proposals for research that the Society may at times consider funding.
Board Liaison: Mary Norris Thomas, CPT, PhD
Staff Contact: Roger Addison, CPT, EdD

Volunteer Committee

Chair:

Bobbie M. Allaire

Charter:

Facilitate connections between members who are interested, willing, and available to volunteer with those who have volunteer opportunities. Activities to include:

  • Create a volunteer program for ISPI

  • Promote interest in volunteering through the website, publications, and interpersonal communications.

  • Recruit volunteers to engage in Society activities.

  • Create a diverse resource pool of interested and available potential volunteers.

  • Identify opportunities for ISPI members to interact with the Society and other ISPI members.

  • Facilitate matches between volunteer opportunities and available volunteers.

  • Participate in acknowledging volunteers for their contributions to the Society.

  • Review our Society's volunteer program and practices and make recommendations for improvement (once a year).

  • Provide oversight and enforcement of the Boards policies
Board Liaison: Steven J. Kelly, CPT
Staff Contact: Francis George

Branding Task Force

Chair:

TBD
Charter: Examine the gaps in branding between the Society and the Chapters and recommend a set of alternatives for greater brand alignment.
Board Liaison: Paul Cook, CPT
Staff Contact: Francis George

Conference Innovation Task Force

Chair:

TBD
Charter: Charter: To clarify the purpose and value of ISPI's Annual Conference, define our target audience, and recommend innovative approaches for ISPI conferences, including ideas for programming, speakers, attendees, marketing, scheduling, and venues.
Board Liaison: Jeanne Farrington, CPT, EdD
Staff Contact: April S. Davis, CAE

International Task Force

Chair:

Monique Mueller, CPT
Charter: Review current ISPI international efforts and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on potential future courses of action to increase membership and participation from outside North America.
Board Liaison: Darlene Van Tiem, CPT, CPLP, PhD
Staff Contact: April S. Davis, CAE

   

   

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