MSPE - Western Chapter

2017-2018 Officers

Western Chapter BOD:

1.    President              Dena Mezger, PE*
2.    President-Elect     Kyle Roberts, PE*
3.    Treasurer              Tom Greer, EIT*
4.    Secretary               Eric Stack, PE*
5.    Chapter Director    Jim Guthrie, PE
6.    Chapter Director    Sheryl Gallagher, PE
7.    Chapter Director    Kevin Rohner, PE
8.    Chapter Director    Charles Loughman, PE
9.    Chapter Director    Mike Skeens, PE
10.  Chapter Director    Clint Mason, PE
11.    State Director      Derek Vap, PE
12.    State Director      Kyle Schomaker, PE
*  Officers = 4;  Quorum = ⅓ BOD = 12÷3 = 4 members

ARTICLE V - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.  Composition of Board:  
There shall be a Board of Directors consisting of the elected Officers, the elected Chapter Directors, the State Directors, and one duly authorized representative from each Practice Section.  

Section 2.  Duties of the Board:  
The duty of the Board of Directors shall be to transact the necessary business to carry on the activities of the Chapter and perform such other duties as are set forth in the Bylaws.  It shall meet at the call of the President.  Its quorum shall be one-third of the Board; however, vacant positions shall not count toward determination of a quorum.

Committees:

13.    Ad Hoc                             Committees As Assigned
14.    Arrangements                  Andrew Dorman, PE   
15.    E-Week                            Dena Mezger, PE
16.    Program                           Jordan Freborg, PE

17.   Communications & PR     Charles Loughman, PE

18.    Young Engr                      Charles Loughman, PE        

19.    Audit & Budget                 Jim Steele, PE    
20.    Membership                     Mike Laney, PE

21.   Legislative                       Derek Vap, PE
22.    STEM                               Jim Guthrie, PE 

23.    Auxiliary                            Jim Guthrie, PE

24.    UMKC Student Chapter    Jim Guthrie, PE  

25.    Bridge Building                 Tom Greer, EIT  
26.    MathCounts                      Eric Stack, PE      
27.    Education                         Clint Mason, PE    
28.    By-Laws                           Mike Skeens, PE    

Education Foundation BOD:

1.    President                                       Dena Mezger, PE*
2.    President-Elect                              Kyle Roberts, PE*
3.    Treasurer                                       Tom Greer, PE*
4.    Secretary                                       Eric Stack, PE *
5.    Chair- Education/Voc Guidance    Clint Mason, PE

 Quarum = >50%, 5/2 = 3 members

ARTICLE I - MEMBERS AND MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

Section 1.    Membership.  The members of the corporation shall be those persons who are the officers of the Western Chapter Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and the Chair of the Education and Vocational Committee of the Western Chapter Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.

ARTICLE II - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.    Composition of the Board.  The business and property of the corporation shall be managed and controlled by a Board of Directors, consisting of those persons who are members of the Corporation as stipulated in Article I, Section 1.  Each Corporation Director shall hold office for a term coextensive with the respective term as a Director of the Western Chapter Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, except that the Chairman of the Education and Vocational Guidance Committee will serve a one-year term consistent with the term in the Western Chapter Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.

Section 7.    Quorum.  At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by these bylaws.