Organization
The Organization Structure of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is based on that found in the Plymouth Colony. It is headed by a Governor who has an Assistant Governor (now called Deputy Governor) and a board consisting of Officers and a Board of Assistants.
Its 2020-2021 officers, Board of Assistants, committee chairs, appointees, colony officers and past governors are as follows:
Note - Any SMDPA member with an interest in open positions may contact Deb G Miller.
Officers | |
Governor: Reed Kneale, Sr * | Deputy Governor: Deborah Yingst (effective 10/10/2020) * |
Secretary: Laura Tyndall * | Assistant Secretary: Pam Palchowski * |
Treasurer: Scott Bond * | Assistant Treasurer: Judi Biederman * |
Lead State Historian: Ginny Fossa * |
Co-Historian: Keith Kammenzind, Lois Howanec, Sharyn Davis
Assistant to Historian: Mark Lanyon, Laurie Preiss
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Registrar: Pamela A. Kolyer * | Assistant Registrar: Sue Henning* |
Elder/Thanksgiving Service: Jim Buckner * | Captain: Keith Kammenzind* |
Counselor: Thomas Kellogg, Esq * | Membership Officer: Nancy Larsen* |
Elder: James Buckner * | GSMD DGG - Reed Kneale |
Surgeon: Ronald Simonsen, MD * | GSMD Acting AG: Deborah Yingst (to be confirmed at 2021 GBOA) |
* Voting Member
The Board of Assistants | |
Lois M Howanec * (2021) | Melanie Lynagh * (2022) |
Lauren Klein * (2023) | Debbie Markowitz * (2022) |
Sharyn Davis * (2021) | Todd Geissinger * (2021) |
Cynthia Jordan * (2022) | Adam Biedrzycki * (2023) |
Brian Atwood * (2023) | |
* Voting Member |
Colony Governors |
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Western (Pittsburgh Area) Colony Governor - Patricia Hill |
Susquehanna (Harrisburg Area) |
Committee Chairpersons ** |
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Audit: Lauren Klein | Nominating: Chair: Joan Miller**, Dot Lees, Debra G Miller, and Dr. Robert Heinsohn |
Archivist: open | Parlimentarian (ad Hoc) Chair: Tom Kellogg, Esq |
Bylaws Committee (ad hoc): Deb Miller | Photographer: open |
Education: James Buckner (Chair), Debra G. Miller | Membership Officer/Chair: Nancy Larsen |
Finance Committee: Scott Bond (Chair), Melanie E. Lynagh, Reed Kneale, Sr, Lauren Klein | Publicity/Community Relations: Chair: Brian Atwood |
Junior Membership Co-Chairs: Deb Markovitz, open | Registry Chair: Sue Henning |
Elder Thanksgiving Service: James Buckner | |
Newsletter: Pam Palchowski |
Scholarship: Chair: James Buckner |
Newsletter Co-Editor: Sharyn Davis |
Social Media: Adam Biedrzycki |
Sales (adhoc)**: Bruce Miller (Chair), Layton Fireng | TIS Coordinator: Debra G. Miller |
Social Events (adhoc): Debbie Markowitz (Chair) | Web Committee: Laura Tyndall (Co-Chair) Scott Bond (Co-Chair), Todd Geissinger |
**No voting rights |
Past Governors of the SMDPA
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Charlemagne Tower, Jr. | 1896 - 1903 |
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Francis Olcott Allen | 1904 - 1908 |
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Charlemagne Tower, Jr. | 1909 - 1910 |
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George Champlin Mason | 1911 - 1920 |
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George Fales Baker, M.D. | 1921 - 1922 |
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Ashbel Welch | 1923 - 1924 |
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Georges Fales Baker, M.D. | 1925 - 1926 |
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Joseph Wharton Lippincott | 1927 |
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Herman Vandenburg Ames | 1928 - 1929 |
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Louis Iungerich Matthews | 1930 - 1931 |
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Samuel Leonard Kent | 1932 - 1933 |
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Tristram Coffin Colket, 2nd | 1934 - 1935 |
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Laurence Howard Eldredge | 1936 - 1937 |
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Frank Worthington Melvin | 1938 - 1939 |
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Leon Stauffer Oliver | 1940 - 1941 |
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Alexander Reed McIntire | 1942 - 1943 |
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Margaret Antoinette Lennig | 1944 - 1945 |
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George Scott Castle | 1946 - 1947 |
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Louis Iungerich Matthews | 1948 - 1950 |
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Ralph Dornfield Owen | 1951 - 1953 |
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Bertram Lippincott | 1954 - 1956 |
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Ledyard Hart Hecksher | 1957 - 1959 |
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Arthur Thatcher Lukens | 1960 - 1961 |
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Norman Joy Greene | 1961 - 1962 |
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Henry Martin Justi, Jr. | 1963 - 1964 |
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Donald Weston Darby | 1965 - 1967 |
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Charles Brunner Barclay | 1968 - 1970 |
Lynmar Brock, Jr. | 1971 - 1973 | |
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Arthur Thatcher Lukens, Jr. | 1974 - 1976 |
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Roosevelt Schuyler Lippincott | 1977 - 1978 |
Donald Weston Darby, Jr. | 1979 - 1980 | |
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Conrad Wilson | 1981 - 1982 |
Henry Kellogg Justi | 1982 - 1983 | |
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Joseph Lanktree Castle, II | 1984 - 1985 |
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Barbara Brock Kidder | 1986 - 1988 |
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William Brewster | 1989 - 1990 |
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Constance Flynn Lagerman | 1991 - 1992 |
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Randolph Dickinson Zelov | 1993 - 1995 |
Frederick Tomson Jones Clement, Jr. | 1996 - 1997 | |
Edward Augustus Parker, IV | 1998 - 2000 | |
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Stacy Budd Campion Wood, Jr. | 2001 - 2003 |
Mimi Barclay Johnson | 2004 - 2004 | |
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Winchell S. Carroll | 2005 - 2007 |
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Norman P. Robinson | 2008 - 2010 |
Joan C. Miller | 2011 - 2012 | |
Scotti Sawyer-Kershner | 2013 - 2016 | |
Peter Adams | 2017 - 2018 |