ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Three candidates are vying for the post of
national treasurer in the 2000 ASTA elections, which also will
determine contested races in seven even-numbered areas.
Candidates for treasurer are: Rolfe Duggar, Area 6, Southeast
Chapter, Duggar Travel Agency, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Vicky
Sanmartino, Gordon Travel Service, Pittsburgh, and Mary Louise
Selfert, Area 16, Arizona & Rocky Mountain Chapter, Welcome
Aboard Vacation Center, Scottsdale, Ariz.
ASTA vice president, Richard Copland, Eltee Travel, Bronx, N.Y.;
secretary Kathryn Sudeikis, All About Travel, Mission, Kan., and
treasurer Eric Ardolino, A&S Travel Center, Wallingford, Conn.,
are uncontested for president, vice president and secretary,
respectively.
Contested races include:
Area 2 director: Franklin Curhan, Southern Nevada Chapter,
Preferred Travel Services, Las Vegas, Nev., and Susan Dushane,
Southern California Chapter, Travel by Greta, Northbridge, Calif.
Both are members of the Chapter Presidents Council.Area 6 director: Joseph Bouknight, Forest Lake Travel,
Columbia, S.C.; Gerry Conway, Southeast Chapter President,
CWT/Peachtree Vacations, Dawsonville, Ga., (a member of the Chapter
Presidents Council), and Anne Neroni, Carolina Travel, Calabash,
N.C.Southeast Chapter:Vice president: Susan Aft, First Discount, Atlanta, Ga., and
Vickie Greenlee, For Travelers Only, Jackson, Miss.
Southwest Chapter:President: Erma Bridges, Affordable Travel , Benton, Ark., and
Betty Clement, Southwest Chapter president, Adventure in Travel,
Paris, Texas.
First vice president: Carol Forrester, the Travel Store,
Amarillo, Texas, and Darby Ann Trovato, Darby's Travel,
Houston.
Second vice president: Doris Champion, active associate
independent member, Lockhart, Texas; Lynda Lemke, Lynda's Travel
Service Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark.
Secretary: Dawn Buckley Ellzey, Midway International Travel,
Grand Prairie, Texas, and Micki Sander, Leisure Travel Desk,
Dallas.
Treasurer: Nita Shuhart Alexander, Allen Travel Service, Allen,
Texas, and Fran Lindsey, Oasis Travel, Palestine, Texas.
Central & North Florida Chapter:Vice president: Nancy Morris, VIP World Travel of Florida,
Sarasota, Fla.; Sylvia Reina, Getaway Travel, Tampa, Fla.; Lloyd
Miller, Canterbury Travel, Winter Park, Fla., and Robert Robar,
Travel Center of Gainesville, Fla.
Secretary: Geraldine Gregorian, Travel Hub, Port Saint Lucie,
Fla., and Sandra Dunn, Old Town Travel, Punta Gorda, Fla.
Area 18 director: Kay Penn, Kay Penn Village Travel, Decatur,
Ill., and Walter Durso, Travel Dynamics, Waukesha, Wis.Midwest Chapter:First vice President: Kathleen Brandeis, Grove Travel, Downers
Grove, Ill., and Chaim Limor, ICI-Israel Connection, Naperville,
Ill.
Second vice president: Cynthia Albright, (active associate
independent), Geneva, Ill.; Guy Bernacchi, Best Travel & Tours,
Chicago, and Nancy Peklo-Nosal, Design Travel, Arlington Heights,
Ill.