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AHS Officers and Committees Summary, 2012
President – Julie Covington
Vice President – Brenda Macy
Chief Financial Officer – John H. (Bob) Martin
Executive Committee
. . . .Brenda Macy, Vice President and Publications
. . . .John H. (Bob) Martin, Chief Financial Officer and Finance and Compensation
. . . .Melodye Campbell, Awards and Honors
. . . .Barbara Kirby, Exhibitions
. . . .Pat Loveland, Scientific Studies
. . . .Nan Ripley, Educational Outreach
Committee/Special Committee/Administrative Staff Structure
President -– Julie Covington
. . . . Audit Committee - Members of the Board
. . . . Parliamentarian, General Counsel - Bret Clement
. . . . Portal General Manager - Mary Collier Fisher
Portal Community Manager – MaryAnn Pruden
Portal Director – Mike Longo
Portal Membership Manager – Sandy Holmes
Portal On-Line Store Manager – Ed Kraus
. . . . Technology - Mike Holmes
. . . . Webmaster - Tim Fehr (Technology and Publications Committee)
Awards & Honors – Melodye Campbell
. . . . Garden Judges Expediter – Gary Jones
. . . . Garden Judges Records – Joanne Larson
. . . . Photography and Video Awards - Andrea Weaver
Display Gardens - Mary Lou Lundblade
Educational Outreach - Nan Ripley
. . . . AHS Archives & History Committee - Ken Cobb
. . . . Photographic Media - Nikki Schmith
. . . . Popularity Poll - Tee Money
. . . . E-News - Elizabeth Trotter
Exhibitions - Barbara Kirby
. . . . Exhibition Judges Expediter – Bruce Kovach
. . . . Exhibition Judges Records – Joann Stewart
Finance & Compensation – John H. “Bob” Martin
. . . . Treasurer (Finance) – Kyle Billadeau
. . . . Endowments (Finance) – Kathleen Schloeder
Judges’ Education – Nancy Falck
. . . . Exhibition Judges Expediter – Bruce Kovach
. . . . Exhibition Judges Records – Joann Stewart
. . . . Garden Judges Expediter – Gary M. Jones
. . . . Garden Judges Records – Joanne Larson
Long Range Planning - Pat Soileau
. . . . Conventions - Eddie Raye Andrews
Marketing - Bill Maryott
. . . . Information Facilitator - MaryAnn Pruden
. . . . AHS E-News - Elizabeth Trotter (and Educational Outreach)
Membership - Joe Goudeau
. . . . Executive Secretary - Pat Mercer
. . . . International Membership Chair - Maureen Strong
. . . . Youth - Kathy D'Alessandro
Ombudsman, and Policy & Procedures - Donna Peck
Publications - Brenda Macy
. . . . Executive Editor & Advertising Sales Manager,
. . . . The Daylily Journal - Meg McKenzie Ryan
. . . . Publication Services Manager - Jimmy Jordan
. . . . Round Robins - Judie Branson
Regional Officers– Gisela Meckstroth
Registration & Special Projects - Rebecca Board
. . . . Registrar - Kevin P. Walek
. . . . Name Approval - Gary Rieben
Scientific Studies - Patricia Loveland

AHS Officers,
2012
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President
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*Julie Covington
4909 Labradore Drive
Roanoke, VA 24012-8537
540-977-1704
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Vice
President
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Chief
Financial Officer
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*John H. Martin (Bob)
1636 Sunset Avenue
Orange City, FL 32763
cfo@daylilies.org
(386) 775-0726

Board
of Directors, 2012
- Region
1
- *Nan Ripley, Educational Outreach
26391 - 595 Ave.
Nevada, Iowa 50201-7904
515-382-6269
educationoutreach@daylilies.org
2012**
- Region
2
- Gisela Meckstroth, Regional Officers
2122 Wagontrail Drive
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-8242
614-864-0132
regionalofficers@daylilies.org
2013 – 2nd
term
- Region
3
- *Julie Covington, President
4909 Labradore Dr.
Roanoke, VA 24012-8537
540-977-1704
president@daylilies.org
2012 – 1st term
- Region
4
- *Melodye Campbell, Awards and Honors
21 Ambleside Drive
Fairport, NY 14450-3212
585-749-7433
awards@daylilies.org
2014-1st term
- Region
5
- *Barbara Kirby, Exhibitions
102 Haag Dr
Warner Robins, GA 31093-1000
478-922-8416 (home)
exhibitions@daylilies.org
2014- 1st term
- Region
6
- Donna Peck, Ombudsman, Policies & Procedures
96 Homesteads Rd
Placitas, NM 87043
505-867-0353
ombudsman@daylilies.org or policy@daylilies.org
2013 – 2nd
term
- Region
7
- William Maryott, Marketing
PO Box 1177
Freedom, CA 95019-1177
831-722-1810
marketing@daylilies.org
2012**
- Region
8
- *Pat
Loveland, Scientific Studies
7665 NW McDonald Circle
Corvallis, OR 97330-9544
541-745-5496
science@daylilies.org
2012 – 2nd
term
- Region
9
- Joe Goudeau, Membership
11754 Blackwater Rd.
Baker, LA 70714-6725
Tel: (225) 262-8418
membershipchair@daylilies.org
2012**
- Region
10
- *Brenda
Macy, Publications
109 W Poplar St
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
270-737-9058
publications@daylilies.org
2012 – 2nd
term
- Region
11
- Mary
Lou Lundblade, Display Gardens and Daylily Cities
511 W. Ness
Valley Center, KS 67147-4920
316-755-1964
displaygardens@daylilies.org
From Dec. 1 to Apr. 1:
Unit 202
102 E. Pleasant St.
Avon Park, FL 33825
863-452-2612
displaygardens@daylilies.org
2012 – 2nd term
- Region
12
- *John H. Martin (Bob), Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Compensation
1636 Sunset Avenue,
Orange City, FL 32763
(386) 775-0726
cfo@daylilies.org
2013- 1st term
- Region
13
- Pat Soileau, Long Range Planning
P.O. Box 156
St. Landry, LA 71367-0156
planning@daylilies.org
2013**
- Region
14
- Nancy Falck, Judges Education
P.O. Box 192
Fairhope, AL 36533-0192
251-928-3340
judgeseducation@daylilies.org
2013 - 2nd term
- Region
15
- Rebecca Board, Registration & Special Projects
10 Winslow Place
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-968-4297
registrationchair@daylilies.org
2014 – 2nd term
- * Denotes
Executive Committee.
** Appointed to fill the remaining of a director who has resigned.
  
Administrative
Staff, 2012
(Overseeing
Committees are shown in parentheses)
- Executive Editor,
The Daylily Journal (Publications)
- Meg McKenzie Ryan
1936 Wensley Ave
El Centro, CA 92243
760-235-8243 (voice); 760-337-2139 (fax)
journal@daylilies.org
- Executive
Secretary (Membership)
- Pat
Mercer
P.O. Box 10
Dexter, GA 31019
478-875-4110
secretary@daylilies.org or renewal@daylilies.org
- Parliamentarian,
General Counsel (President)
- Bret
Clement
13816 Laredo Drive
Carmel, IN 46032
317-848-9062
counsel@daylilies.org
- Publication
Services Manager (Publications)
- Jimmy
Jordan
276 Caldwell Drive
Jackson, TN 38301
731-422-2208
pubsales@daylilies.org
- Registrar
(Registrations)
- Kevin P. Walek, Registrar for the ICRA for the Genus Hemerocallis
102 Manahoac Ct.
Lake Frederick, VA 22630
540-869-9592
registrar@daylilies.org
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- Treasurer
(Finance)
- Kyle Billadeau
3190 Autumn Woods Dr
Chaska, MN 55318-1137
612-298-5607
treasurer@daylilies.org
- Webmaster (President, Member
of Publications & Technology Committees)
- Timothy J. Fehr
3115 Gregory Lane
Eau Claire, WI 54703-1139
715-835-0148
webmaster@daylilies.org
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Special
Chairmen, 2012
(Overseeing
Committees are shown in parentheses)
Audit Committee (President)
Board of Directors
AHS Archives and History Committee (Educational Outreach)
Conventions (Long
Range Planning)
Endowments (Finance)
Exhibition Judges Expediter
(Exhibitions and Judges Education)
Exhibition Judges Records (Exhibitions and Judges Education)
E-News (Educational Outreach and Marketing)
Garden Judges Expediter (Awards and Honors and Judges Education)
Garden Judges Records (Awards and Honors and Judges Education)
Joanne Larson
May 1 to Oct. 1:
49 Woodland Drive
Barrington, IL 60010-1912
847-381-1484
Oct. 1 to May 1:
4400 Green Cliffs Road
Austin, TX 78746-1243
512-328-8753
gardenjudges@daylilies.org
Information Facilitator (Marketing)
International
Membership Chair (Membership)
Photographic Media (Educational Outreach)
Popularity
Poll (Educational Outreach)
Round
Robins (Publications)
Technology (President)
Video and Photographic Awards Subcommittee (Awards and Honors)
Youth (Membership)
AHS Member Portal Staff (President)

AHS 2012 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
Archives and History Committee: Ken Cobb (NC) Archivist/Historian, Chair; Betsey Clark (ME); Patsy Cunningham (RI); Sharon Cusick (OH); Rachel Flaksman (RI); Ray Houston (TX); Elizabeth Trotter (KY); John Ware (VA); and all Regional Archivists/Historians
Awards and Honors Committee: Melodye Campbell (NY), Chair; Sharon Fitzpatrick (OH); Donn Herr (PA); Tim Herrington (GA); Steve Horan (MN); Tee Money (AL); Christine Petersen (NY); and Andrea Weaver (KS)
Compensation Committee: Bob (John) Martin (FL), Chief Financial Officer, Chair; Rebecca Board (NC), Registrations and Special Projects; Julie Covington (VA), President; Joe Goudeau III (LA), Membership; and Brenda Macy (KY), Publications
Conventions: Eddie Raye Andrews (TX), Chair
Display Gardens Committee: Mary Lou Lundblade (KS/FL), Chair; Judi Aucoin (AL), Paul Aucoin (AL); and Dorothian Meyer (MI)
E-News: Elizabeth Trotter (KY), Chair; Sue Bergeron (ON, Canada); Julie Covington (VA), AHS President; Ken Cobb (NC); David Kirchhoff (KY); Nikki Schmith (IL); and Maureen Strong (ON, Canada);
Educational Outreach Committee: Nan Ripley (IA), Chair; Susan Bergeron (ON, Canada); Linda Day (IA); Karol Emmerich (MN); Mike Grossman (MN); Don Lovell (IA); Bill Maryott (CA); Karen Pierce (FL); Nikki Schmith (MI); and Karen Schock (ND)
Endowments Committee: Kathleen Schloeder (VA), Chair; Bob Brooks (HI); Ed Herringshaw (LA); Ottis Houston (FL); Gayle Nipper (FL); and Marcia Zech (WA)
Exhibitions Committee: Barbara Kirby (GA), Chair; Joanne Larson (IL/TX), Paulette Miller (VA); and Nikki Schmith (IL)
Exhibition Judges Clinics Expediter: Bruce Kovach (GA)
Exhibitions Judges’ Records: Joann Stewart (GA), Chair; Eloise Koonce (AZ); and Bruce Kovach (GA)
Finance Committee: Bob (John) Martin , Chief Financial Officers, Chair; Kyle Billadeau (MN), Treasurer, ), Julie Covington (VA), AHS President; Bob Brooks (HI), Nancy Falck (AL); Mary Collier Fisher (MA); Pam Hoffman, NY; David Jewell, (ON): Kathleen Schloeder (VA), Endowments; Gary Rieben (UT); and Kevin Walek (VA)
Garden Judges Records: Joanne Larson (IL), Chair; Mary Baker (NE); Beth Creveling (PA); and Andrea Weaver (KS)
Garden Judges Expediter: Gary Jones (CT)
Information Facilitator and Member Portal Community Manager: MaryAnn Pruden (PA)
International Membership: Maureen Strong (ON, Canada), Chair
Judges’ Education: Nancy Falck (AL), Chair; Gary Jones (CT); Bruce Kovach (GA); Joanne Larson (IL); Joann Stewart (GA)
Long Range Planning Committee: Pat Soileau (LA), Chair; Eddie Rae Andrews (TX); Kyle Billadeau (MN); Ginger Goudeau (LA); and Paul Owen (NC)
Marketing Committee: William Maryott (CA), Chair; Joe Ghio (CA); Joe Goudeau (LA); Gerald Lutterman (LA); Donna Peck (NM); and Nan Ripley (IA)
Membership Committee: Joe Goudeau (LA), Chair; Sandy Holmes (OH); Josh Jaques (LA); Bob Stassen (AR); Gerald Lutterman (LA); Virginia Lutterman (LA); Linda Winberry (AR); and Pat Mercer (GA), Executive Secretary.
Member Portal Management: Mary Collier Fisher (MA), General Manager; Sandy Holmes (OH); Portal Backend Membership Manager; Ed Kraus (OH), Portal On-line Store Manager; Mike Longo (HI), Portal Technical Director; Pat Mercer, Executive Secretary, Membership (GA ; MaryAnn Pruden (PA), Portal Community Manager and Portal Sales Manager
Ombudsman: Donna Peck (NM), Chair; Michael Bouman (KY); Eloise Koonce (AZ); Brenda Macy (KY); Bill Maryott (CA): Gwen Pennington (TX); and Gary Rieben (UT),
Photographic Media: Nikki Schmith (MI), Chair
Photography and Video Awards Subcommittee of Awards and Honors: Andrea Weaver (KS), Chair; Di DiCaire (NY); Debi Kral (NY); and Susan Okrasinski (TN)
Policy & Procedures: Donna Peck (NM), Chair; Jim Petty (NM) and Maureen Valenza (TX)
Popularity Poll: Tee Money (AL), Chair; All Regional Publicity Directors and Regional Popularity Poll Tabulators
Publications Committee: Brenda Macy (KY), Chair; Bob Martin (FL), CFO and Finance Chair; Ken Begnaud (LA), Long Range Planning Chair; Kyle Billadeau (MN); Oliver Billingslea (AL); David Kirchhoff (KY); Mary C. Fisher, (MA); Non-voting members: Meg McKenzie Ryan (CA), Sr. Editor, The Daylily Journal; Jimmy Jordan (TN), Publication Services Manager; Tim Fehr (WI), Webmaster; Bret Clement (IN), General Counsel; Julie Covington (VA), AHS President (Ex-Officio)
Regional Officers Committee: Gisela Meckstroth (OH), Chair; Ken Cobb (NC) Newsletter Awards Subcommittee Chair, All Regional Officers and Regional Editors
Registration Committee: Rebecca Board (NC), Chair; Gary Rieben (UT), Name Review Subcommittee of Registrations, Chair; Gary Colby (UT), Gail Korn (NB); Melanie Mason (NY); Lanny Morry (ON, Canada); Maureen Strong (ON, Canada); Bob Schwarz (NY); and Kevin Walek (VA), Registrar
Round Robins: Judie Branson (AR); Mark Breaux (LA); Audra Burns (MI); Mark Cook (FL); Sharon Fitzpatrick (OH); Rachel Flaksman (RI); Erling Grovenstein, Jr. (GA);
David Hansen (NE); Cheryl Miller (IA); Janet Quarles (KY); Jill Reynolds (WI); Charmaine Rich (VT); Cynthia Stilphen (ME); Carol Trego (PA); Robert M. Turley (LA)
Scientific Studies Committee: Patricia Loveland (OR), Chair; Dr. Linda Sue Barnes (NC); Sue Bergeron (ON, Canada); Dr. Maurice Dow (ON Canada); Dr. Gus Guzinski (MI); Dr. Pat Crooks Henley (OH); Mike Huben (MA); Dr. Wayne J. McLaurin (MS); Charmaine Rich (VT); Patrick Stamile (CA); James E. Shields (IN); and all regional liaisons
Technology Committee: Mike Holmes (OH), Chair; Rebecca Board (NC), Michael Bouman (MO); Claude Carpenter (GA); Charles Dorsey (OH); Karol Emmerich (MN): Tim Fehr (WI); Mary Collier Fisher (MA); Mike Longo (HI); MaryAnn Pruden (PA); Nikki Schmith (IL); and Kevin Walek (VA)
The Daylily Journal Editorial Board: Bret Clement (IN), General Counsel; Mary Collier Fisher (MA), Member-at-Large; Julie Covington (VA), AHS President; Mike Huben (MA), Assistant Editor and Scientific Liaison; David Kirchhoff (KY), Assistant Editor at Large; Brenda Macy (KY), Publications Chair; Margo Reed (VA), Member-at-large; Nikki Schmith(IL), Member-at-Large; and Kevin P. Walek (VA), AHS Registrar
The Daylily Journal Proofreaders: Gay Fehr (WI), Duane Hurlbert (OH), Jane Unger (WV) and John Ware (VA)
Youth Committee: Kathy d’Alessandro (PA), Chair; Audra Burns (MI); Lisa Klette (OH); Betty Roberts (CO); Elizabeth Shooter (SC); Grace Stamile (CA); Patrick Stamile (CA); Elliot Turkiew (MD); and Wendy Nicholds (ON, Canada)
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