Executive Council

The Executive Council consists of 5 elected officers and all of the committee chair appointments. Its purpose is to handle the strategic direction and managergial oversight of the local chapter. The EC enforces and improves our governing rules, plans of action, and approves budgets at an organizational and committee level, as well as ensuring individual tasks and responibilities under their positions are upheld and completed.

See below for an incomplete but growing list of our current and previous council members.

2011-2012

• Chair: Isaac Christoffersen
• Vice-Chair: Andrew Conklin
• Treasurer: Ken Spokas
• Secretary: James Imanian
• Member-At-Large: George Romas
• Programs Chair: Eric Noriega

2010-2011

• Chair: Isaac Christoffersen
• Vice-Chair: Dr. Kent Miller
• Treasurer: Ben Schultz
• Secretary: Andrew Conklin
• Member-At-Large: George Romas
• PD Chair: Eric Noriega
• Communications Chair: Andrew Conklin

2009-2010

• Chair: Benjamin Schultz
• Vice-Chair: Dr. Kent Miller
• Treasurer: Teresa Hone
• Secretary: Andrew Conklin
• Member-At-Large: Mackenzie Morgan
• Programs Chair: William Fielder
• Communications Chair: Cora Dickson
• PD Chair: Eric Noriega
• Membership Chair: Isaac Christoffersen

2008-2009

• Chair: William Fielder
• Vice-Chair: Isaac Christoffersen
• Treasurer: Teresa Hone
• Secretary: Ben Schultz
• Member-At-Large: Rebecca Prather
• Communications Chair: Cora Dickson
• Programs Chair: William Fielder
• PD Chair: Eric Noriega
• Membership Chair: Dr. Kent Miller

2007-2008

• Chair: William Fielder
• Vice-Chair: Bill Spees, Ph.D
• Treasurer: Jeff Poretsky
• Secretary: Ben Schultz
• Member-At-Large: Rebecca Prather
• Programs Chair: William Fielder
• Communications Chair: Cora Dickson

2004-2007

• Chair: Charles Youman (acting)

1992-2004

• Chair: Ruth Mellen

1991-1992

• Chair: Charles Youman
• Publications Chair: James Pottmyer

1990-1991

• Chair: Charles Youman

1988-1990

• Chair: Zalman Shavell
• Parliamentarian: James Pottmyer

1986-1988

• Chair: Richard Muller
• Parliamentarian: James Pottmyer

1984-1985

• Chair: Charlene Woody

1983-1984

• Chair: James Pottmyer

1982-1983

• Chair: James Pottmyer
• Program Chair: James Pottmyer

1981-1982

• Chair: Chuck Bridges
• Program Chair: James Pottmyer
• Historical Chair: James Pottmyer

1980-1981

• Chair: Willard Edwards
• Public Relations Chair: James Pottmyer

1979-1980

• Chair: Willard Edwards
• Special Interest Activities Chair: James Pottmyer

1977-1979

• Chair: David Wood
• Secretary: James Pottmyer

1975-1977

• Chair: Helmut Thiess
• Publications Chair: James Pottmyer

1974-1975

• Chair: Paul Oyer

1973-1974

• Chair: William Wenker

1971-1973

• Chair: Herbert Maisel

1970-1971

• Chair: David Hoffman

1969-1970

• Chair: Jack Roseman

1968-1969

• Chair: Dick Reed

1966-1967

• Chair: Carl Hammer

1964-1966

• Chair: Dick Lemons

1963-1964

• Chair: Joe Easley

1960-1963

• Chair: Sol Rosenthal

1959-1960

• Chair: Bruce Oldfield

1958-1959

• Chair: Lowell McClung

Early DC ACM History:

Records indicate that a committee for the formation of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery came together in February 1958 that included Lowell McClung (JHU-APL), Saul Gass (IBM), Joseph Wegstein (NBS), Elizabeth Cuthill (DTMB); and William Orchard-Hays (C-E-I-R Inc.). The first organizational meeting was called in May, 1958. Approximately 75 persons attended a presentation by Richard Hamming, President of the National ACM, on “Computers of the Future,” and commissioned a Bylaws Committee and Officers Pro Tempore.

Over the years, the notable accomplishments of this chapter have included annual Technical Symposiums, dozens of Special Interest Groups, and the establishment of the Professional Development Seminars.