Committee Members 2011-2012 ***NOTE: 2012-2013 COMMITTEE CHANGES COMING SOON***
Committee membership is open to active members

If you have a committee preference, contact the current ILA President.

The Purpose of the Association is to advance the practice, teaching, and research of listening throughout the world.

The purpose of the Association will be accomplished in the following ways:

           1.  The Association will establish a network of professionals committed to promoting the study and development of effective listening.

           2.  Members will exchange information by sharing teaching objectives, learning activities, promotional methods, materials and additional professional experiences.

           3.  Members are encouraged to pursue listening research as listening affects humanity on multiple levels of economic, educational, racial, cultural, and international relations.

           4.  Members will pursue management strategies and efforts promoting effective listening in government and business.

The Vision of the Association is to be the international leader of listening practices, teaching and research.

Ad Hoc Committee
Purpose:  To establish guidelines and procedures for International Listening Student Associations (ILSA)

Chair: TBA
Members: TBA 

Archives Committee
Chair: Nanette Johnson-Curiskis
Harvey Weiss 

Awards Committee
Chair: Melissa Beall

Nan Johnson-Curiskis
Tuula-Riitta Välikoski
Angela Bules
Sheila Bentley

Business Committee
Susan Eliot
Christopher Fama

Susan Timm

Linda Eve Diamond

Lou Hampton
Sheila Bentley
Rick Bommelje
Alan Ehrlich
Manny Steil

Marian Thier
Will Powers

Certification Committee
Donna Renaud

Dick Halley
Lori Joubert
Susan Timm

Constitution and By-Laws Review Committee
Co-Chair: Debra Worthington
Co-Chair: Michelle Pence

Education Committee
Pam Cooper; Chair

Angela Bules
Vahid Aryadoust
Thomas Wirkus

Carol Christy
Nan Johnson-Curiskis

Walter Fisher
Michael Gilbert

Margarete Imhof

Janice Newton

Kathy Thompson
Teruko Akita-Aso
Melissa Beall
Barbara Penington
Josef Walker
Beth Walters

Financial Review Committee
Co-Chair: Debra Worthington
Co-Chair: Michelle Pence

Global Outreach Committee
Chair: Teruko Akita
Vice Chair: Terri Redpath
Carol Christy
Teri Redpath

Pam Cooper
Yoshio Asano
Vincenne  Waxwood    

Healthcare Committee
Chair: Helen Meldrum

Walter Fisher
Nadine Marsnik

Christa Arnold
Yoshio Asano

Graham Bodie
Christopher Bond
Linda Eve Diamond
Alan Ehrlich

Michelle Pence
Catherine Thompson 

Local Arrangements Committee for 2012
Alan Ehrlich
Vincenne Waxwood

Membership Committee
Chair: Philip Tirpak
Karroll Alexander
Wayne Bond
Dick Halley
Kay Lindahl
Steve McCord
Janice Newton
Kae VanEngen

Nominating Committee
Chair: Wayne Bond
Jim Floyd
Kae Van Engen
Tachen Akasaka
Dwight Harfield

Program Planning / Local Arrangements for 2012
Chair: Ehrlich
Chris Gearhart (Research Committee)
TBA (Business Committee)
TBA (Education Committee)
Helen Meldrum (Healthcare Committee)
Sheila Bentley (Business Committee)

Public Relations Committee
Chair: Susan Timm
Molly Stoltz
Philip Tirpak

Barbara Nixon

Publications Committee
Chair: Molly Stoltz, Listening Post Editor
Debra Worthington, First Vice-President
Pam Cooper, International Journal of Listening Editor
Margarete Imhof, Listening Education Editor
Shaughan Keaton, Web Editor
Linda Jurzcak, Social Media Editor
Susan Timm, Member-at-Large Public Relations
Two Members at Large: Appointed, TBA
Vacant: The Listening Professional Editor

Research Committee
Chris Gearhart: Chair
Jerry Catt-Oliason

Debra Worthington
Graham Bodie
Steven Gibson

Carol Christy
Christopher Bond
Dick Halley
Margaret Fitch-Hauser
Diana Corley Schnapp

Margarete Imhof
Laura Janusik

Shaughan Keaton
Michelle Pence
Will Powers
Tuula-Riitta Välikoski
Andrew Wolvin

Vahid Aryadoust
Andrea Vickery
Terri Redpath

Site Selection Committee for 2014       
Chair: Donna Renaud
Teri Redpath
Shelia Bentley