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2015 Candidates
2015 SDP CANDIDATES
MEET THE CANDIDATES
BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE
To read our Q&A with the candidates and learn everything you need to know about the process, visit decorativepainters.org.
VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT Kathy Swigon
Tampa, Florida
Years with SDP: 28
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 19
SDP Involvement (past and present): I have served on the SDP board for two years as the recording secretary and for the past two years as a board member-at-large. Other committees I have served on include: Volunteer, Chapters, Awards, Certification room docent, and Teller.
Chapter Affiliation: Florida Suncoast Decorative Artists, Heart of Pinellas Decorative Artists
RECORDING SECRETARY Linda Sharp cda Livermore, California
Years with SDP: 28
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 9
SDP Involvement (past and present): Current board member-at-large, 2nd
term; Certification Committee liaison; 40th Anniversary CD Committee; 40th Anniversary Heritage Display Committee; Juried Art Exhibition Committee; SDP Teacher 2010; Chapters Committee; Conference volunteer, Certification Booth volunteer and demonstrator; and Smithsonian ornament participant. Achieved CDA in 2007; passed Master Decorative Stroke entry 2010; passed Master Floral entry 2014.
Chapter Affiliation: Northern California Decorative Artists (NCDA), Grapevine Tolers, Monterey Peninsula Decorative Artists, Toling Belles of Santa Clara County, Toll Bridge Tolers, Silver State Tole and Decorative Painters
BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE Toni M. Hoffer
Bartow, Florida
Years with SDP: 13
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 6
SDP Involvement (past and present): SDP board member-at-large, Chapters Committee, Volunteer, Teller.
Chapter Affiliation: Heart of Pinellas Decorative Artists, Citrus Ridge Decorative Artists
BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE Allison M. Leeds
Jonesville, NC
Years with SDP: 16
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 14
SDP Involvement (past and present): For two years, I have served on the SDP Executive Board as recording secretary, a highly involved, complicated position. Previously I have volunteered at Conference assisting instructors and with packing the Certification entries. My ornament was included in the 2009 Smithsonian project. I have been and continue to be a Business Member of SDP and enjoyed the chance to work with fellow board members to initiate the Holiday Catalog.
Chapter Affiliation: Triad Decorative Painters
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Jeanie Miller
Phoenix, Arizona
Years with SDP: 30
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 28
SDP Involvement (past and present): I have served on the Volunteer Committee at two SDP Conferences, the Awards Committee, and a Teller numerous times at the Annual Meeting.
Chapter Affiliation: Cactus Wrens Decorative Artists
BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE Susan Phillips
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Years with SDP: 18
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 13
SDP Involvement (past and present): 2014-2015 PR/Marketing Committee chair, 2013-2014 Nominating Committee chair, 2011-2013 board member-at-large, 2010-2011 Chapter Gathering chair on Chapters Committee, and 2009-2010 Chapter Committee Chapter Affiliation: Cactus Wren Decorative Artists
BOARD MEMBER-AT-LARGE Carol O’Connor-Eisenberg Manorville, NY
Years with SDP: 8
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 0
SDP Involvement (past and present): None Chapter Affiliation: Harbour Lights Chapter
NOMINATING COMMITTEE Linda Chaffee
Akron, New York
Years with SDP: 10
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 9
SDP Involvement (past and present): Volunteer at numerous Conferences Chapter Affiliation: Buffalo Snowbirds, Genesee Country Decorative Painters
NOMINATING COMMITTEE Carolyn Findlay
Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada Years with SDP: 21
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 4
SDP Involvement (past and present): None Chapter Affiliation: No local chapter
NOMINATING COMMITTEE Sandra Reynolds
Waterloo, Illinois
Years with SDP: 6
Number of SDP Conferences attended: 2
SDP Involvement (past and present): Public Relations Committee, Freedom Card Program, Teacher Certification Program, and attended SDP 2009 and 2012 Conference Chapter Affiliation: Gateway Decorative Artists
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