Meet the Candidates

Marsha Thornton, PRP seeks your support for the office of treasurer of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) . Marsha has been a member of NAP since 2008 . She obtained the RP credential in 2013 and the PRP credential in 2018 .

Marsha has a finance background with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), both from Texas A&M University – Commerce . She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Conflict Resolution from Southern Methodist University . Marsha had a 27+ year career with a Fortune 50 company . In her last role, she was the Director of Financial Analysis, supporting the company’s Business Voice Division . In that role, her responsibilities included, but were not limited to, leading a team of forecasters to develop budgets for a multibillion-dollar portfolio and conducting profit and loss evaluations . In this role, as a strategic partner to a Vice President, she provided recommendations on operational changes for margin expansion .

Marsha has served as a budget chair, treasurer and financial secretary in various groups and has served as President of the Crossroads Unit . In the treasurer’s role, she wishes to use her wealth of knowledge and experience for the benefit of NAP.

John Berg, PRP

I grew up on the 1951 Robert’s Rules of Order Revised . I discovered and joined the NAP 2007 and became a PRP in 2013 .

Before my first NAP convention, I wondered if having hundreds of parliamentarians in the same room would be like a cat fight . I was impressed with the quality of the meeting . Not everyone agreed on the issues, but they all understood and appreciated the process which is parliamentary procedure . If only we could share this understanding and appreciation with all those who are plagued with inefficient and contentious meetings .

I have been a member of three units in the Washington State Association of Parliamentarians, and currently serve as a unit president . In WSAP, I have been treasurer, vice president, president three years, and now again as treasurer . I have had seventeen articles published in the National Parliamentarian and one in the AIP’s Parliamentary Journal . I have taught workshops at the NAP National Training Conferences and Convention, and served on the NAP Edit and Review Committee .

After serving concurrently as president of three different state organizations, I was elected to the South Kitsap School Board in Kitsap County, Washington in 2019, and elected its president in 2021 .