MMACJA Committees

The chair of each committee appears at the beginning of the list and in bold font.

Annual Conference

This conference committee presents the annual conference and is responsible for arranging speakers, preparation of the announcement, etc. The Vice President of the Association chairs the committee.

• Traci Fann
• Dennis Chassaniol
  
• Keith Cheung
• Andrea Niehoff
• Kevin Kelly
• Chuck Lonardo
• Cotton Walker
• Danelle Duffy
• Traci Fann
• Daniel Brown 
• Mark Bryne

Budget & Finance

This committee prepares the budget and analyzes the Association’s income and expenses. The treasurer is the committee chair.

• Charlie Billings
• Tom Motley
• Forrest Wegge
• Colby Smith-Hynes

By-Laws

This committee reviews the current by-laws and makes recommendations for revisions.

• Mark Levitt  
• Chuck Billings
• Cavanaugh Noce   
• Mark Rundel
• Kevin Kellly

  

Facilities

This committee makes all meeting arrangements for meeting space and lodging at the hotel facility. It negotiates contracts for our meetings with the hotel management staff and makes the physical preparations for board meetings and the annual conference.

• Chuck Lonardo
• Greg Beydler
  
• Karen Krauser
• Danelle Duffy
• Stacey Lett
• Steve Sanders
• Keith Cheung

Historian

• Kevin Kelly
• James Witteman
• Dennis Chassaniol
• Cotton Walker

  Judicial Independence & Integrity combined with MJEC
This committee is to monitor developments regarding encroachments on judicial independence.

• Tom Motley & Karen Krauser        
• Bob Aulgur
• Keith Cheung
  
• Mike Rumley
• Susan Watkins
• Kevin Kelly
• Daniel Brown
• Matt Owen
• Kristie Swaim
• Wendy Garrison
• Andrea Niehoff
• Cotton Walker
• Mark Rundel

Long-Range Planning

This committee discusses, and prepares for Board discussion, long-range goals for the Association.

• Charlie Billings
• Traci Fann
• Keith Cheung
• Charles Lonardo
• Stacey Lett   
• Bob Aulgur
• Dennis Chassaniol    
• Karen Krauser 
• Tom Motley   
• Erin Willis
• Cotton Walker  
•  Felica Ezell-Gillespie
• Kevin Kelly
• Andrea Niehoff
  

  

MACA Liaison

This committee provides the official contact with the Missouri Association for Court Administration.

• Charlie Billings
• Traci Fann
• Ross Nigro
• Dan Brown
• Keith Cheung
• Erin Willis

 

Membership

This committee is to analyze membership in each district and coordinate with district directors to contact non-member eligible judges.

• Tom Fincham
• Daniel Brown
• Felicia Ezell-Gillespie
• Forrest Wegge
• Teresa Bright-Pearson
• Ross Nigro
• James Witteman
• Matt Owen
• Greg Beydler
• William Hudson
• Mark Byrne
• Andrew Briscoe
• Kristie Swaim
• Ed Grewach

 

New Legislation

This committee recommends a legislative agenda for the Association, helps write legislation, contacts key representatives and senators, and testifies before subcommittees of the Missouri General Assembly.

• Bob Aulgur 

• Carol Scarborough    

• Cotton Walker
  

 

Newsletter

This committee produces Benchmark, the newsletter of MMACJA. The editor is in charge of obtaining ideas, recommending articles, and editing articles that are submitted. Each board member is a reporter responsible for submitting articles and ideas. The newsletter is read not only by members, but also is sent to presiding judges, members of the legislature, and to the Missouri Supreme Court.

• Shannon Norman
• Ed Grewach
• Mark Byrne
  

Nominating

• Charles Lonardo
• Keith Cheung      
• Cotton Walker
• Greg Beydler
  

OSCA Liaison

• Felica Ezell-Gillespie  
• Cotton Walker
• Jim Towey
• Dennis Chassaniol
• Frank Vatterott

Pittman Award

This committee receives recommendations and recommends persons for an association award for long-time meritorious service, with an accompanying annual scholarship to the conference. The committee operates under specific guidelines. 

• Chuck Billings
• Mark Levitt
• Karen Krauser
• Steve Sanders

Fall Seminar

• Felicia Ezell-Gillespie
• Teresa Bright Pearson
• Cavanaugh Noce
• Tom Motley
  
• Andrea Niehoff

Ad Hoc Committee - Missouri Court Automation Liaison

Cavanaugh Noce
Cotton Walker
Tom Motley