Allentown

CONTENTS

WELCOME

Program Chair’s Message President’s Message Meeting/Registration Information 4 4 5

EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS

Exhibitors & Sponsors 10

EDUCATION PROGRAM & MEETING SCHEDULE

Program Overview 6 Opening General Session and General Membership Meeting 8 Sunday 14 Monday 20 Tuesday 30 Wednesday 38 Thursday 46

MEETING NEWS & EVENTS

Registration & Travel Info Technician Events Swing Into Science Contest Branch & District Information Hotel Map 50 50 51 52 54

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair: Temeri Wilder-Kofie Vice Chair: Jennifer S Wood Seminars Chair: Sean C Adams Vice Chair: Karen L Lencioni Special Topic Lectures Chair: Crystal Howard Johnson Vice Chair: Tanya L Herzog Panel Discussions Chair: Sarah Hansen Vice Chair: Derek Fong Workshops Chair: Fakhrid-deen S Muhammad Vice Chair: Kristin D Evans Facilitators Chair: Verda A Davis Vice Chair: Erin McWhorter Local Arrangements Chair: Stacy R Cantrell BOT Liaison, President, ex oficio: Marc Hulin Abstract Review Subcommittee Chair: Karen Strait Platform Session: Wanda West Poster Session: Sharoll L’Italien Karuna Patil, James B Finlay, Lauren Habenicht, Adam Murphy, Kristin Weisbrod

EXHIBITOR ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chair: Eugene Marino Vice Chair: Perry Spires Warren Ball, Merryl Cramer, Karen Froberg Fejko, William McDonald, Donna Monroe, Temeri Wilder-Kofie, Joseph Guider

Past President: Doug Taylor BOT Liaison: Kenneth Shapiro

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ann Turner

ADVERTISER INDEX

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