SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Division

Current Officers & Committees

Executive Board
Appointed Positions
Medical Section
Natural History Caucus

Liaisons
To Medical Library Association
To IAMSLIC
To ASIST

Annual Meeting
Philadelphia PA 2011 Program Committee
Chicago IL 2012 Program
Committee

Committees
Awards Committee
Biofeedback Committee
Career Guidance & Employment Committee
Continuing Education
Contributed Papers Committee
Contributed Posters Committee
Diversity Chair
Fund Development Committee
Home Page Committee
Membership Committee
Nominations & Elections Committee
Public Relations Committee
Publications Committee
Recommended Practices
SLA Alignment Ambassador
SLA Ethics Ambassador
Student Relations Committee
Vendor Relations Committee

Executive Board

CHAIR
Nancy Dickenson
Nancy Dickenson
CHAIR-ELECT
Christopher Hooper-Lane
Christopher Hooper-Lane
SECRETARY
Tony Stankus
Tony Stankus
TREASURER
Rebecca Kuglitsch
Rebecca Kuglitsch
DIRECTOR
Nancy Curtis
Nancy Curtis
PAST CHAIR
Diane Carol Schmidt
Diane Carol Schmidt

Appointed Positions

ARCHIVIST
Christopher Hooper-Lane
BIOFEEDBACK
Susan Kendall, Editor
BIOFEEDBACK
Buzz Haughton, Associate Editor
SLA-DBIO (Email List)
Carol Vreeland
PHOTOGRAPHER
Christopher Hooper-Lane
 

Awards Committee (3)

Michele Tennant ('07-'11)
Chair
Ramune Kubilius ('09-'11) Alicia Livinski ('09-'11)

Biofeedback Committee

Susan Kendall
Editor
Buzz Haughton
Associate Editor
Bonnie Chojnacki ('10-'11)
Alanna JJ Cambell ('10-'11)

Career Guidance & Employment Committee (2)

Gillian Kumagai ('10-'11)
Chair

Chicago IL 2012 Program Committee

Jonathan Nabe
Chair
Christopher Hooper-Lane
Fund Development
Lisa Chow
Medical Section
Nalini Mahajan
Vendor Relations
Dorothy Barr
Membership
Alicia Livinski
Contributed Papers
Eleanor MacLean
Contributed Posters
Dean Walton
Natural History Caucus
Christine Whitaker
Continuing Education

Continuing Education (formerly Professional Development Committee) (4)

Christine Whitaker ('10-'11)
Chair
Bonnie Chojnacki('10-'11) Sandy Crumlish ('10-'11)

Contributed Papers Committee4 (4)

Alicia Livinski ('08-'12)
Senior Co-Chair
Amy Donahue ('09-'13)
Junior Co-Chair
Kevin R. Messner ('10-'14)
First Year Member
Vacant ('11-'15)
Second Year Member
   

Contributed Posters Committee (1)

Eleanor MacLean ('09-'12)
Chair

Diversity Chair

Jennifer McDaniel ('11-'13)    

Fund Development Committee (8+)

Christopher Hooper-Lane
Chair
Nancy Dickenson
Past Chair
Lisa Chow
Medical Section Chair
Nalini Mahajan
Vendor Relations Chair
Linda Maddux Melissa Gustafson
Elaine Dean

Home Page Committee

Monica Kirkwood ('11-)
Webmaster/Co-Chair
Claudia Lascar ('11-)
Home PageContent Manager/Co-Chair
Tony Stankus ('07-)
Blogmaster
Rajiv Nariani ('10-'11)
Resources Content Manager
Alanna JJ Campbell ('11-'12) Yasmeen Shorish ('10-'11)

Liaisons1 (1)

TO MLA
Darra Ballance ('09-'11)
TO IAMSLIC
Vacant
TO ASIST
Vacant

Medical Section

CHAIR
Lisa Chow
SECRETARY
Vacant
PAST CHAIR
S. Layla Heimlich

Membership Committee (4)

Dorothy Barr ('09-'12)
Chair
Donna Kafel ('09-'10) Lori Bronars ('10-'11)

Natural History Caucus

CONVENER
Dean Walton ('09 -'11)
   

Nominations & Elections Committee (3)

Diane Carol Schmidt ('11)
Chair
Jean Crampon ('11-'12) John Tebo ('10-'11)

Philadelphia PA 2011 Program Committee

Howard Fuller
Chair
Nancy Dickenson
Fund Development
Lisa Chow
Medical Section
Nalini Mahajan
Vendor Relations
Dorothy Barr
Membership
Tara Tobin Cataldo
Contributed Papers
Eleanor MacLean
Contributed Posters
Dean Walton
Natural History Caucus
Christine Whitaker
Continuing Education

Public Relations Committee (6)

Vacant Chair

Publications Committee (4)

Diane Hummel ('09-'11)
Chair
Alanna JJ Campbell ('10-'11) Lorri Zipperer ('10-'11)
Dorothy Barr ('10-'11) Claudia Lascar ('10-'11)

Recommended Practices (formerly Procedures Manual) (2)

Nancy Curtis ('10-'11)
Chair

SLA Alignment Ambassadors (3)

Tara Tobin Cataldo ('09-'11)
Chair

SLA Ethics Ambassadors (3)

Diane C. Hummel ('11-'13)
Chair
Bonnie Chojnacki ('08-'10) Ellen Schellhause ('08-'10)

Student Relations Committee3 (3)

Allison Scripa ('10-'11)
Chair
Cheryl Dee ('09-'10)

Vendor Relations Committee (4)

Nalini Mahajan ('09-'10)
Chair
Douglas Macbeth ('07-'09) Christy Hightower ('09-'10)
Janet Weiss ('09-'10)    

Notes:

** indicates needs to be filled or needs more members.
1. Liaisons are 3-year terms max.
2. All committees are 2-calendar year terms with optional renewal for a total of 4 years max. To stagger, some members can be appointed for 1-year terms.
3. The Student Relations Committee should have at least one student member on it.
4. Contributed Papers Committee has a 4-fiscal year cycle, beginning in July (1st year, 2nd year, junior, senior)
5. Archivist, Biofeedback Editor(s), SLA-DBIO Dicussion List Moderator(s), Home Page Committee Chair(s), and Blogmaster have no set terms.

Rev. June 2011