{"id":53293,"date":"2025-09-11T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smps.org\/?p=53293"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:23:50","slug":"meet-the-2026-leadership-of-smps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smps.org\/2025\/09\/11\/meet-the-2026-leadership-of-smps\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2026 Leadership of SMPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Society for Marketing Professionals Services (SMPS) is grateful for the enthusiastic response to our invitation for members to serve on the SMPS and SMPS Foundation boards. We had a strong selection of applications which provided the Nominations and Elections Committee with a strong group of qualified individuals to consider.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the SMPS bylaws, the Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to present the slate of officers, directors, and trustees for the forthcoming 2026 fiscal year.<\/p>\n

SMPS Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • President-Elect: Andrea Story, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
    Chief Marketing & Administrative Officer, R&M Consultants, Inc., SMPS Alaska (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n
  • At-Large Director: Katelin Etoh, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
    Managing Partner, ZIGER|SNEAD ARHITECTS, SMPS Maryland
    (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027)<\/li>\n
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Adam Kilbourne, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
    President, Tec Inc. Engineering & Design, SMPS Northeast Ohio
    (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Four current directors will continue serving on the SMPS board in 2026, with Benjamin Sawa, FSMPS, CPSM, PMP, becoming president on January 1:<\/p>\n

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    • President: Benjamin Sawa, FSMPS, CPSM, PMP<\/strong>
      Chief Development Officer, GEI Consultants, SMPS Boston
      (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n
    • Past-President: Dr. Paula Raymond Stamp, MBA, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
      CEO | Principal, Geaux Consulting Group, SMPS Los Angeles
      (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n
    • At-Large Director: Julie Huval, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
      Owner, Marketing Operations Advisor<\/span>, SMPS North Texas
      Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n
    • At-Large Director: Kimberly Ridenour, CPSM, MBA<\/strong>
      Manager, Business Development, IKM Architecture, SMPS Pittsburgh
      (Term: January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      SMPS Foundation Trustees<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The following trustees will continue to serve on the SMPS Foundation board in 2026, with Sarah Kinard serving as president from January 1, 2026-December 31, 2026:  <\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Robert Amponsah, EdD, MS, MBA<\/strong>
        Assistant Dean, Special Projects
        Vanderbilt University, College of Connected Computing
        (Non-member trustee\/January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027 (second term) <\/span><\/li>\n
      • Sarah Kinard<\/strong>
        Head Bird
        The Flamingo Project
        SMPS North Texas
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (second term)<\/li>\n
      • Kathryn Ness, CPSM<\/strong>
        National Facilitator\/Strategist
        HNTB
        SMPS Sacramento
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (second term)<\/li>\n
      • Michele Raftery, FSMPS, CPSM, WELL AP<\/strong>
        Principal
        4240 Architecture Inc.
        SMPS Colorado
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (third term)<\/li>\n
      • Fawn Radmanich, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
        Strategic Pursuit Leader
        Stantec
        SMPS Los Angeles
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (second term)<\/li>\n
      • Charles (Chuck) Raymond, CPSM<\/strong>
        Director of Communications
        Weston & Sampson, Worcester
        SMPS Boston
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (third term)<\/li>\n
      • Joy Woo, FSMPS, CPSM, LEED AP<\/strong>
        Consultant\/Life Coach
        SMPS San Francisco
        January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027 (third term) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The following individuals have been newly appointed to the SMPS Foundation board:<\/p>\n

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        • Stacy Ho, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
          Lead Operations Data Manager
          Delve Underground
          SMPS Oregon
          January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027<\/li>\n
        • Chris Martinez<\/strong>
          Senior Marketing Manager
          KW Landscape Architects
          SMPS San Antonio
          January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Serving as the SMPS board liaison to the Foundation:<\/p>\n

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          • At-Large Director: Julie Huval, FSMPS, CPSM<\/strong>
            Owner
            Marketing Operations Advisor
            SMPS North Texas
            January 1, 2026\u2013December 31, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            The Society for Marketing Professionals Services (SMPS) is grateful for the enthusiastic response to our invitation for members to serve on the SMPS and SMPS Foundation boards. We had a strong selection of applications which provided the Nominations and Elections Committee with a strong group of qualified individuals to consider. In accordance with the SMPS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":47439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53293"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53355,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53293\/revisions\/53355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}