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1974 1975 1976 19771972 1978
1972
Art Worth and several
members, were
affiliated with the
Jacksonville Chapter
1975
Shirley Colmenares
1977
Shannon Johnson
1974
The chapter became an
official affiliate of the
National Association in
November with Bob
Chilton as our first
President. We had __
total members.
1976
Alex Tice
1978
Alex Tice/Carol Prevaux
Maier
ASTD Suncoast 1972 through 2014
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3. 1980 1981 1982 19831979 1984
1979
Carol Prevaux Maier
1981
Gloria James 1983
Art Worth
1980
Joanne (Timmer)
Zabaldo
At my first meeting as
president, we had a new
high for attendance, 60
people…and a new topic:
Stress Management. We
met monthly at different
hotels.
1982
Beth Klement
1984
Margene Kramer
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ASTD Ethel Erickson
Membership Award
In 1983, we won
the first national
Chapter Excellence
award

4. 1986 1987 1988 19891985 1990
1985
LaDonna Hansen
1987
Brigit Berry/Bob Kerns
1989
Mike Candield
1986
Cindy Potts
Served as treasurer
before becoming
president. At that time,
they had betwee 500-
600 members and
would get 100-150
members at each
meeting.
1988
Jane Gschwender -- Sr. HRD
was formed as the first SIG, there
were 520+ members of the
Chapter at that time. In the 80’s
we were known as the “Award
Winning” Suncoast Chapter
throughout the country because
we were always winning the top
awards for chapter recognition.
1990
Mike Shahnasarian
Meetings were held at the Rusty
Pelican, with 80+ members at
each meeting. Locke Haney was
the National Coach at the time.
The benefits of being a member
were learning new developments
in the field, a diverse network of
professionals, and a congenial
environment.
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In 1987, Art
Worth won the
national ASTD
Contribution to
employer award
for his work at
Lakeland Electric.

5. 1992 1993 1994 19951991 1996
1991
Todd Grubb
We had some 550 members at the
time and over 600 members in
1992. Publications included: The
ASTD Suncoast Chapter
Newsletter, The Vision, Emerald
Pages, and the Suncoast Training
and Development Journal.
1993
Joan Zukowski/Judy
Morris-Hardy
1995
Chuck Copeland
1992
Arlene Newman
1994
Judy Morris-Hardy
1996
Pat Smolen
Membership was about
350 at this time. We
moved our meetings to
the Radisson and
started discussing
implementation of a
website for the chapter.
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Distinguished
Service to ASTD:
Jane A. Rose
Distinguished
Corporate
Contribution:
Pride of Florida –
Charles Copeland
Distinguished
Service to ASTD:
Dr. Edwin J.
Nolan.

6. 1998 1999 2000 20011997 2002
1997
Joe Jones
If there is one personal insight
gleaned from my year as
president of the Suncoast
chapter it's " don't sweat the
small stuff, and keep looking
forward because better times
are on the horizon"!
1999
Joy Fletcher
2001
Joy Fletcher
1998
Anne Marie Campbell
Membership was about 350 in
1998, meeting attendance was
high, 40-60 on average. The
IRS had selected our chapter
for an audit. The “Tech SIG”
was brand new with a mission
to design our first Web page!
2000
Joy Fletcher.
2002
Elvis Keith Lester
ASTD Suncoast 1972 through 2014
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7. 2004 2005 2006 20072003 2008
2003
Rod Jurado
2005
Daniel Birch/Jennifer
Seavey
2007
Pat Smolen
Membership was very
low. Meetings were
poorly attended (6).
The board decided to
work on meeting topics
to bring more members
to the meetings
(average 25 by the end
of the year).
2004
Peter Sprague
2006
Jennifer Seavey/Pat
Smolen
2008
Ed Nolan
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8. 2010 2012 2013 20142009 2015
2009
Gina Haberman
2012
Jean Seplecky
2014
Steve Cascone
2011
Jean Slepecky
2013
Vicky Allen -- Our Suncoast
Chapter is so lucky to have talented
members who give so much of their
time and expertise to continuing to
improve the Chapter. We added an
online orientation program, started
an E-SIG, strengthened the Sarasota
SIG and moved closer to the SrHRD
SIG. We are active in Social Media.
We increased membership and
attendance at our meetings.
2015
Clara Rose
ASTD Suncoast 1972 through 2014
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