MCPA Board of Directors
2020-2021

​President
Miguel A. Ovies-Bocanegra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
movies at umn.edu 

Vice President
Stephanie Gandy
Management HQ
morr0451 at umn.edu

Past President
Quinn Nelson
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
qnelson at umn.edu 

Communications and Social Media Coordinator
Mai Lee
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
leex7177 at umn.edu 
LGBTQIA+ Commission Chair
Seth Rueter
Augsburg University
rueter at augsburg.edu

Professionals of Color Commission Chair
Precious Palmer
St. Cloud State University
pdpalmer at stcloudstate.edu

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Deanna Loggins
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
loggins001 at umn.edu
Conference Co-Chair
Katy Peper
Walden University
kathrynpeper at live.com

​​Conference Co-Chair
Lindsay Gilbertson
Walden University
lindsay.gilbertson at mail.waldenu.edu

​Legislative and Policy Advocate
Ann Garvey
a9garvey at gmail.com
​Graduate Liaisons
Emily O'Connell 
University of St. Thomas
oconn783 at umn.edu

Roxanne Krietzman
University of St. Thomas
roxanne.krietzman at stthomas.edu
Click here for a list of previous MCPA Board members. 
Approved Organizational Chart 

Proposal
At this past annual conference, we introduced a new organizational chart that we have since refined.  Currently, MCPA operates with a large board of 24 directors, with many positions having a disproportionate workload compared to others.  The large size also presents challenges in filling all open positions, finding time to meet, establishing a quorum, and moving agenda items forward.     
The proposed changes would reduce the board from 24 to 15 positions. In addition to reducing the number of director positions, several roles have been restructured and condensed for efficiency. The reduction and condensing of roles will make the work and positions more appealing to future board members. 
ACPA Consideration 
The proposed organizational chart will work regardless of whether we affiliate or not with ACPA.  The board has discussed at length both the proposed organizational chart and the affiliation with ACPA.  We have also consulted ACPA in terms of organizational regulations and found that this proposed org chart will indeed be compliant. We are finalizing items related to this matter, and will have updates available within the coming months. 

Please see attached image for visual representation of the approved organizational chart.  

Position Changes:
  • Vice-President: Added as NEW position 
    • Assists/oversees all programming.
  • Professionals of Color Commission Co-Chairs (2):
    • Reduced from 2 to 1 position
  • LGBTQIA+ Commission Co-Chairs (2):
    • Reduced from 2 to 1 position
  • New Professionals Commission Co-Chairs (2):
    • Reduced from 2 to 1 position
  • Delegates at Large (3): 
    • All 3 positions removed
  • Graduate Liaisons (4): 
    • Reduced from 4 positions to 3
Position Merges:
  • Records Coordinator (1)  AND  Treasurer (1)
    • Merged into: Finance and Membership Coordinator
  • Communications & Social Media Coordinator (1) AND  Webmaster (1)
    • Merged into: Communications Coordinator
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