Past Officers
HAPS Presidents
The Presidents Emeriti Advisory Committee (PEAC) is a committee composed of past-presidents of the organization. Its members serve as ambassadors of HAPS, help guide the organization by providing institutional memory, and are available to assist in the functions and special projects of the Society.
2022-2023 – Eric Sun, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA
2021-2022 – Kyla Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2020-2021 – Wendy Riggs, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
2019-2020 – Mark Nielsen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2018-2019 – Judi Nath, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH
2017-2018 – Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
2016-2017 – Terry Thompson, Wor-Wic Community College, Salisbury, MD
2015-2016 – Betsy Ott, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
2014-2015 – Tom Lehman, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
2013-2014 – Valerie O’Laughlin, Indiana University – Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
2012-2013 – Dee Silverthorn, University of Texas – Austin, Austin, TX
2011-2012 – Don Kelly, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
2010-2011 – Caryl Tickner, Stark State College, Canton, OH
2009-2010 – John Waters, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2008-2009 – Kevin Petti, San Diego Miramar College, San Diego, CA
2007-2008 – Margaret Weck, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St, Louis, MO
2006-2007 – Joseph Griswold, The Science Learning Workshop, Brigantine, NJ
2005-2006 – Frederic Martini, University of Hawaii, Haiku, HI
2004-2005 – Sandra Lewis, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
2003-2004 – Philip Tate, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
2002-2003 – Michael Glasgow, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2001-2002 – William Perrotti, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
2000-2001 – Henry Ruschin, Humber College, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
1999-2000 – Christine Martin, Stark State College, Canton, OH
1998-1999 – Steven Trautwein, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
1997-1998 – Kevin Patton, St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO
1996-1997 – Karen LaFleur-Stewart, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
1995-1996 – Robert Anthony, Triton College, River Grove, IL
1994-1993 – Wayne Carley, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1993-1994 – Sandra Grabowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1992-1993 – Gary Johnson, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
1991-1992 – Virginia Rivers, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
1990-1991 – Richard Welton, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1989-1990 – Richard Steadman, Clark County Community College, Las Vegas, NV
1988-1989 – John Lutz, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
HAPS Members-at Large/Regional Directors
2023-25 – Cindy Wingert, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2023-25 – Hisham Elbatarny, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada
2021-23 – Patrick Cafferty, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2020-24 – Nanette Tomicek, Jefferson university, Philadelphia, PA
2019-23 – Melissa Quinn, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2019-21 – Eric Sun, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA
2018-22 – Elizabeth Pennefather-O’Brien, Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AB
2016-20 – Elizabeth Hodgson, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
2015-19 – Rachel Hopp, Bellarmine University, Crestwood, KY
2015-19 – Steve Kish, Zane State, Zanesville, OH
2014-18 – Jon Jackson, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
2014-16 – Leslie Day, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX
2013-15 – Murray Jensen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2012-14 – Javni Mody, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2011-15 – Jason LaPres, Lone Star College – North Harris, Houston, TX
2010-14 – Anne Gellar, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2009-13 – Pat Bowne, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
2009-11 – Craig Clifford, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK
2008-10 – Amy Way, Lock Haven University, Clearfield, PA
2008-10 – Glenn Yoshida, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA
2007-09 – Mary Lou Percy, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
2007-09 – Judi Nath, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH
2005-07 – Joseph Gar, West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah, KY
2004-08 – Richard Faircloth, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2004-08 – Christine Eckel, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
2003-07 – Elizabeth Becker, Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois
2003-05 – Mary Bracken, Trinity Valley Community College, Terrel, Texas
2002-04 – Jim Pendley, Imperial Valley College, Imperial Valley, CA
2002-04 – Elizabeth Harper, Steinhardt School of Education, Red Bank, NJ
2001-03 – Deb Wiepz, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
2001-03 – Bobby Baldrige, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
2000-02 – Izak Paul, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2000-02 – Donald Kisiel, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
1999-01 – Caryl Tickner, Stark State College, Canton, OH
1999-01 – Donna Rowell White, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
1998-00 – Pamela Langley, New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH
1997-99 – Satish Chandran, Kennedy King College, Chicago, IL
1997-99 – David Parker, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
1996-00 – Sandra Lewis, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
1996-98 – Jay Druecker, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE
1995-97 – Victor Johnson, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
1995-97 – Steven Trautwein, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
1994-98 – Wlliam Perrotti, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
1994-96 – John Martin, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1993-95 – Henry Ruschin, Humber College, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
1993-95 – Sandra Uyeshiro, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
1992-94 – Karen LaFleur-Stewart, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
1992-94 – Shirley Mulcahy, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
1991-93 – Wayne Carley, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1991-93 – Jane Salisbury, Edison State Community College, Piqua, OH
1990-92 – Larry Hibbert, Ricks College, Rexburg, ID
1990-91 – Gary Johnson, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
1990-91 – Robert Anthony, Triton College, River Grove, IL
1989-90 – Sandra Grabowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1989-90 – Virginia Rivers, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
HAPS Secretaries
2021-25 – Carol Britson, University of Mississippi, University, MS
2019-21 – Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, University of Portland, Portland, OR
2018-19 – Wendy Riggs, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
2017-18 – Christine Eckel, Carroll College, Helena, MT
2013-17 – Carol Veil, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2010-13 – Lucia Tranel, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
2008-10 – Wanda Hargroder, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2005-08 – Mark Bolke, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2003-05 – Roberta Meehan, Millbrook, AL
2002-03 – Barbara Cocanour, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
1998-02 – Judi Nath, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH
1997-98 – Caryl Tickner, Stark State College, Canton, OH
HAPS Treasurers
2022-24 – Tracy Ediger, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2018-22 – Leslie Day, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX
2014-18 – Karen McMahon, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2008-14 – Elizabeth Becker, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
2002-08 – Gail Jenkins, Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, MD
2000-02 – John Waters, Penn State University, University Park, PA
1997-00 – John Martin, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
HAPS Secretary-Treasurers
[Split into two separate offices in 1997]
1996-97 – Margaret Weck, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St, Louis, MO
1995-96 – Kevin Patton, St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO
1994-95 – John Dustman, Indiana University NW, Gary, IN
1993-94 – Betsy Ott, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
1991-93 – Sandy Uyeshiro, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
1988-91 – Lew Milner, North Central Technical College, Mansfield, OH
HAPS Annual Conferences
Full archive of past Annual Conferences is here.
2023 – Albuquerque, NM (J. Mark Danley, Central New Mexico Community College)
2022 – Fort Lauderdale, FL (Chasity O’Malley and Cheryl Purvis, Nova Southeastern University)
2021 – Virtual Conference (Melissa Quinn, The Ohio State University)
2020 – Ottawa, ON (Jackie Carnegie, University of Ottawa, became virtual because of COVD-19)
2019 – Portland, OR (Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, University of Portland)
2018 – Columbus, OH (Jennifer Burgoon & Melissa Quinn, The Ohio State University College of Medicine)
2017 – Salt Lake City, UT (Mark Nielsen, University of Utah)
2016 – Atlanta, GA (Kyla Ross, Georgia State University and Adam Decker, Georgia Tech)
2015 – San Antonio, TX (Anita Moss, UT-San Antonio and Jason LaPres, Lone Star College)
2014 – Jacksonville, FL (Lourdes Norman, Florida State College)
2013 – Las Vegas, NV (Kebret Kebede, Nevada State College)
2012 – Tulsa, OK (Karen McMahon, University of Tulsa)
2011 – Victoria, BC, Canada (Peggy Hunter, Camosun College)
2010 – Denver, CO (Terry Harrison, Arapahoe Community College)
2009 – Baltimore, MD (Ellen Lathrop-Davis, Community College of Baltimore County)
2008 – New Orleans, LA (Judy Venuti, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)
2007 – San Diego, CA (Kevin Petti, San Diego Miramar College)
2006 – Austin, TX (Mary Lou Percy, Navarro College)
2005 – St. Louis, MO (Margaret Weck, St. Louis College of Pharmacy)
2004 – Calgary, AB, Canada (Izak Paul, Mount Royal College)
2003 – Philadelphia, PA (Lakshmi Atchison, Chestnut Hill College)
2002 – Phoenix, AZ (Philip Tate, Phoenix College)
2001 – Maui, HI (Frederic Martini, Maui Community College)
2000 – Charlotte, NC (Nishi Bryska, University of North Carolina – Charlotte)
1999 – Baltimore, MD (Robert Smoes, Towson University)
1998 – Fort Worth, TX (Theresa Page, Texas Woman’s University)
1997 – Toronto, ON, Canada (Henry Ruschin, Humber University)
1996 – Portland, OR (John Martin, Clark College)
1995 – St. Louis, MO (Kevin Patton, St, Charles Community College; St. Louis University School of Medicine)
1994 – Portsmouth, NH (Pam Langley, New Hampshire Technical Institute)
1993 – Beaumont, TX (Wayne Carley, Lamar University)
1992 – San Diego, CA (Shirley Mulcahy, San Diego Mesa College)
1991 – Greenville, SC (Karen LaFleur-Stewart, Greenville Technical College)
1990 – Madison, WI (Gary Johnson, Madison Area Technical College)
1989 – Reno, NV (Virginia Rivers, Truckee Meadows Community College)
1987/1988 – River Grove, IL (Robert Anthony, Triton College)
HAPS Newsletter and HAPS-Educator Editors
2020- – Jacqueline Carnegie, University of Ottawa, ON and Brenda del Moral, Edgewood College, WI
2016-20 – Kerry Hull, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC and Sarah Cooper, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2012-16 – Jennelle Malcos, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Sarah Cooper, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2008-12 – Marsha Sousa, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
2000-08 – Susan Baxley, Troy State University – Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
1998-00 – Caryl Tickner, Stark State College, Canton, OH
1992-98 – Theresa Page, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
1990-92 – Sandra Grabowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1987-90 – Paul Holmgren, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Initially compilation by Gary Johnson at the request of the HAPS Board
Spring 2014, updated annually.