AAUW-PA 86th
Annual Meeting
Photo Memories
State College
April 10-11, 2015
Rights: By Women, For Women
AAUW-PA
Board
Photo
Prior to the start of the meeting on Friday afternoon,
we posed for a last photo of the 2014-2015 board.
Row 1: Deb Roney, College/University Liaison; Toni Hoffman, Public Policy Co-Chair; Barbara Price,
Bylaws & Nominations Chair; Cathy Weiland, Central District Coordinator; Linda Tozier,
Membership Co-VP (outgoing).
Row 2: Susan Norris, Secretary (outgoing); Susan McNamara, Public Policy Co-Chair; Rosemary
Baker, AAUW Funds Chair; Jackie Heaney, Membership Co-VP (outgoing); Nancy Weinstein,
Western District Co-Coordinator, Patricia Byerly, Administrative Director; Dot McLane, President;
Linda Robbins, Conference Coordinator.
Row 3: Suzanne Kerlin, Outstanding Woman Chair, Sherry Crassweller, Conference Registrar;
Connie Schroeder, Keystoner Editor; Margaret McGrath, Past President.
Missing: Talat Azhar, Program VP (outgoing); Susan Donahue, Treasurer; Marcie Czop, Eastern
District Coordinator; Cheryl Towers, Western District Coordinator.
Registration
Thank you to State College
Branch for running meeting
registration.
AAUW National Board of Directors member Eileen Hartmann
provided an update from the national organization.
Eileen is a avid fan of
Susan B. Anthony, who
she discovered on our
yearbook cover.
AAUW
National
Update
AAUW-PA Student Advisory Council members and AAUW-PA
Emerging Leader Interns provided a student panel.
College
Student
Panel
Bottom Row: Selena Bennett, Student Advisory Council (East); Julia McMurry,
AAUW Juniata College; Deb Roney, AAUW-PA College/University Liaison;
Jordan Glover, AAUW Penn State University; Brittny Zeller, Emerging Leader
Intern. Top Row: Kaitlin Sweeny, Emerging Leader Intern; Katie Physher,
AAUW Penn State University; Meghan Mausteller, AAUW Lock Haven
University. Missing: Heather Fallon, Student Advisory Council (Central), and
Hali Santiago, Student Advisory Council (West).
Creamery
& Campus
Tour
Sixty attendees went
on the Penn State
Creamery & Campus
Tour, courtesy of
fourteen drivers from
within the group—
thank you, drivers!
We had a great time
and the ice cream
was yummy, too.
Saturday breakfast provided a chance
to check out the Public Policy table
(left) and time for visiting.
Saturday
Breakfast
About 40 people attended each of our concurrent
sessions, Human Trafficking with Shoba Wadhia,
and Voter Rights with Jeffrey Helffrich. The sessions
were informative and well-received.
Concurrent
Sessions
Saturday
Lunch
Above: Dot McLane
presented Special Honoree
awards to Claire Passantino
(Let’s Read Math) and Louise
Tukey, State College.
Right: Keynote Speaker
Susan Russell (pictured
with Jordan Glover)
livened things up with
her remarks on Dignity.
The Penn State Humphrey Fellows spoke about human
rights and women’s rights in their countries.
Pictured left to right: Arjana Blazic, Croatia; Wafaa Shakir,
Iraq; Pei-Wei Lee, Taiwan.
Penn State
Humphrey
Fellows
Total Giving to AAUW Funds – Top Ten Branches
AAUW
Funds
Awards
Bottom Row: Makefield Area (Kate Sweeney); State College (Billie Willits);
Huntingdon (Deb Roney); Allentown (Karen Peiffer); Allentown (Karen
Peiffer and Susan Nenstiel).
Top Row: Lansdale (Lee Wolfe); York (Betty Hooker); Bethlehem (Ruth
Skoglund); Harrisburg (Barbara Warfel and Mary Lou McDowell); Erie,
(Sigma Toth).
Per Capita Giving to AAUW Funds – Top Ten Branches
AAUW
Funds
Awards
Bottom Row: State College (Billie Willits); York (Betty
Hooker); Allentown (Karen Peiffer and Susan Nenstiel).
Top Row: Lansdale (Lee Wolfe); Harrisburg (Barbara
Warfel and Mary Lou McDowell).
Branches Achieving Membership Growth
Membership
Growth
Bottom Row 1: Susan Wheatley, Indiana; Kate Sweeney, Makefield Area, Arlene
Umstead, Pottstown Area; Morgan Pickands, Doylestown.
Top Row: Deb Roney, Huntingdon; Betsey Gensamer, NEMCO; Lee Wolfe, Lansdale;
Diane Whitaker, Lock Haven.
Top Row:
Julie Fether, Johnstown;
Jennifer Taylor, Lock Haven;
Holle Canatella, Lock Haven
Bottom Row:
Susan Shenberger, Doylestown;
Linda Tozier, North Hills-McKnight
Spotlight
Award
Outstanding
Woman
Award
Bottom Row: Joan Comer, Lansdale; Susan Wheatley, Indiana.
Top Row: Patsy Ann Johnson, Butler; Andrea Challis, Beaver
Valley; Shirley Yannich, Doylestown; Charlene Harrison, State
College.
Congratulations to our newly installed
AAUW-PA Board Officers!
Officer
Installation
Left to right: Susan Wheatley (Indiana), Secretary;
Sandy Homel (Doylestown), Program Vice
President; Cathy Wieland (Lebanon Valley),
Membership Vice President). Missing: Susan
Donahue (Lansdale), Treasurer.