Board and committees. |
2022-2024 NAPT Board Member Roles |
President: Nick Mazza
Vice President: Laura Santner
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair: Eric Kreuter
Secretary: Jazmin Hamilton
Conference Chair: Catherine Tanguis
Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice Committee Chair: Akeera Peterkin
Regional Representative Chair: Vacant
Public Relations and Social Media Chair: Cynthia Holloway-Kelvin
Membership Chair: vacant
Education Chair: Sherry Reiter
Publications Chair: Karen vanMeenen
Journal of Poetry Therapy Editor: Nick Mazza
Board Members-at-Large Jenna Robinson and Stacey Z. Lawrence
NAPT Liaison to IFBPT: Laura Santner
Awards Committee (Standing Chair): Karen vanMeenen
IFBPT Liaison to NAPT: Nancy Scherlong
NOTE: Committee members can be drawn from membership and do not need to be Board Members.We encourage your participation!
2022-2024 BOARD MEMBER BIOS |
President |
Vice President |
Treasurer
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Secretary |
Conference Committee Chair |
Inclusion, Equity, and Social Justice (formerly Diversity) Committee Chair
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Membership Committee Chair
Education Committee (formerly Academic/Institutional Outreach) Chair |
Public Relations and Social Media Committee Chair |
Cynthia Holloway Kelvin, Psy.D., RDT, has worked in community mental health as well as in private rehabilitation with people at various stages of healing and self-exploration. Cynthia facilitates poetry therapy and creative performance workshops with the overall goal of helping participants cultivate a healthy, creative, and inspired life. More information can be found at www.evolvingstage.com. |
Publications Committee Chair |
Board Members-at-Large |
Board Members-at-Large |
Standing committees.Academic/Institutional Outreach Committee makes recommendations to the Board about the development and implementation of the educational outreach of the Association and its membership. This committee generates and maintains an annotated list of academic and non-academic resources related to poetry/bibliotherapy/expressive writing. Conference Committee plans and implements the annual NAPT conference, and engages in long-range conference planning. Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice Committee expands both the diversity of membership, as well as that of conference attendees. This committee is dedicated to promoting the involvement, within the Association membership, of practitioners and/or professionals of diverse ethnic, gender identity, sexual orientation, linguistic, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. Finance Committee oversees and reviews the funds of the Association and presents a proposed budget for approval at the annual meeting of the Board. Membership Committee makes recommendations regarding membership procedures and focuses on recruitment, retention, marketing, and member services — in support of NAPT’s vision of cultivating poetry therapy throughout the world. Public Relations Committee develops communications as deemed desirable for the general public, which explain the role, purpose, and objectives of the Association. The Committee’s responsibility is to increase public awareness and acceptance of poetry therapy and related forms of expressive writing. Regional Representative Chair helps to connect regional reps with each other and with their communities and encourages and assists in the implementation of local events in order to promote the healing effects of poetry therapy. Social Media Committee posts and monitors materials and responds to or fields inquires emerging from various social media sites and platforms relevant to poetry/bibliotherapy/expressive writing. Publications Committee oversees the publication of the NAPT e-newsletter, The Museletter, and coordinates any other publications that the Board initiates. Current Ad Hoc Committees include Nominating Committee, By-Laws Committee, Awards Committee and Website Revision Committee. |