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Board of Directors and Staff


Current Board of Directors:

Winslow Yerxa -- President

L.J. Atkison -- Vice President

Elizabeth Atkison -- Convention Director

Deb Anderson -- Treasurer

Barbara Cleverdon -- Secretary

Phil Franklin --  Membership Director

Jp Pagán -- Editor & Publisher, Harmonica Happenings

Staff:

Kent Allen -- Webmaster

Paul Davies -- Advisor

Norm Dobson -- International Liaison

Paul Metris -- Sergeant-at-Arms

Christopher Richards -- Staging and Production

Tom Stryker -- Advisor

Three Stone Media -- Web Site Hosting / SEO company

Manfred Wewers -- Web Content Manager and Convention Seminar Coordinator

Danny Wilson -- Historian

Winslow Yerxa -- Entertainment Director


Previous Board Members:

 President:
1963 Earl Collins; 1964-6 Unknown; 1967-8 Gordon Mitchell; 1969 Vince Melosky; 1970-1 Fred Stowers; 1972-4 Dan Eberle; 1975-7 Gordon Mitchell; 1978-9 Stan Kerly; 1980-96 Gordon Mitchell; 1997-2000 Bob Williams; 2000-5 Douglas Tate; 2005-6 Paul Davies; 2006-12 Tom Stryker; 2012- Winslow Yerxa.
 
Honorary President:
1967- Earl Collins.
 
Executive Vice President:
1980-93 Danny Wilson; 1994-6 Bob Williams; 1997-99 Gordon Mitchell; 2000-3 Jack Ely; 2003-6 Paul Davies.
 
Vice President:
1967 Dominic Boscarino; 1968 Vince Melosky; 1969 Eugene Hansen; 1970-1 Dan Eberle; 1972-3 Fred Merrill; 1974 Fred Stowers; 1975-6 Danny Wilson; 1977 Stan Kerley; 1978-9 Gordon Mitchell; 2007-9 Herb Eck; 2009- L.J. Atkison.
 
2nd Vice President:
1987-8 Nick Vorona; 1989-2004 Norm Dobson.
 
Secretary:
1967 Ruth Berger; 1968 Ginny Melosky; 1969 Celeste Mitchell; 1970-4 Gordon Mitchell; 1975-7 Larry Morris; 1978-9 Doris Michelin; 1980 Ted Miller; 1981 Louis Schneider; 1982-7 Stan Kerley; 1988-94 Billie Hopkins; 1995-2001 Larry Eisenberg; 2001-3 Paul Davies; 2003-7 Roger Bale; 2007-12 Elizabeth Atkison; 2012- Barbara Cleverdon.
 
Treasurer:
1967-8 Eugene Hansen; 1969 Richard Harris; 1970-7 Celeste Mitchell; 1978-9 Mady Kerley; 1980 Paul Van Rossen; 1981-3 Fred Merrill; 1984 Paul Van Rossen; 1985-9 Richard Harris; 1990-2012 Eugene Hansen; 2012- Deb Anderson.
 
Membership Director:
1967-77 Dick White; 1978-89 Rudy Michelin; 1990-95 Beverly O’Connor; 2000 Ruthe Davis; 2001-4 Karin Merit; 2004-12 Roger Bale; 2012- Phil Franklin.
 
Harmonica Happenings Editor:
1967-88 Alex Fogel; 1989 Board of Directors; 1990-3 Richard Harris; 1994-7 Susan Williams; 1998-2004 George Davis; 2004-5 Douglas Tate; 2005-7 Roger Bale; 2007- J.P Pagan.
 
Sergeant at Arms:
1967 Fred Stowers; 1968 Celeste Mitchell; 1969 Fred Stowers; 1970-2 Larry Prost; 1973 Fred Stowers; 1974 Larry Morris; 1975-6 Gus DeQuatro; 1977 Clem Goldman; 1978-9 Don Allen; 1980 Bert Reeves; 1981- Paul Metris.