Timeline

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1974 1975 1976 19771972 1978

1972Art Worth and several members, were affiliated with the Jacksonville Chapter

1975Shirley Colmenares

1977Shannon Johnson

1974The chapter became an official affiliate of the National Association in November with Bob Chilton as our first President. We had __ total members.

1976Alex Tice

1978Alex Tice/Carol Prevaux Maier

ASTD Suncoast 1972 through 2014


1980 1981 1982 19831979 1984

1979Carol Prevaux Maier

1981Gloria James 1983

Art Worth

1980Joanne (Timmer) ZabaldoAt 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.

1982Beth Klement

1984Margene Kramer



ASTD Ethel Erickson Membership Award

In 1983, we won the first national Chapter Excellence award

1986 1987 1988 19891985 1990

1985LaDonna Hansen 1987

Brigit Berry/Bob Kerns

1989Mike Candield

1986Cindy PottsServed as treasurer before becoming president. At that time, they had betwee 500-600 members and would get 100-150 members at each meeting.

1988Jane 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.

1990Mike ShahnasarianMeetings 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.



In 1987, Art Worth won the national ASTD Contribution to employer award for his work at Lakeland Electric.

1992 1993 1994 19951991 1996

1991Todd GrubbWe 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.

1993Joan Zukowski/Judy Morris-Hardy

1995Chuck Copeland

1992Arlene Newman

1994Judy Morris-Hardy

1996Pat SmolenMembership was about 350 at this time. We moved our meetings to the Radisson and started discussing implementation of a website for the chapter.



Distinguished Service to ASTD: Jane A. RoseDistinguished Corporate Contribution: Pride of Florida – Charles CopelandDistinguished Service to ASTD: Dr. Edwin J. Nolan.

1998 1999 2000 20011997 2002

1997Joe JonesIf 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"!

1999Joy Fletcher

2001Joy Fletcher

1998Anne 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!

2000Joy Fletcher.

2002Elvis Keith Lester



2004 2005 2006 20072003 2008

2003Rod Jurado 2005

Daniel Birch/Jennifer Seavey

2007Pat SmolenMembership 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).

2004Peter Sprague

2006Jennifer Seavey/Pat Smolen

2008Ed Nolan



2010 2012 2013 20142009 2015

2009Gina Haberman 2012

Jean Seplecky

2014Steve Cascone

2011Jean Slepecky

2013Vicky 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.

2015Clara Rose



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