CFA Board of Directors and Committee Assignments
The affairs of the Association are administered by an Executive Board composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, nine Regional Directors, and five Directors-at-Large. The Officers and Directors-at-Large are elected by ballot by all eligible member clubs. The nine Regional Directors are elected by ballot by the member clubs located in their respective regions.
Executive Board Members are experienced cat fanciers who understand the problems with which clubs, breeders, and exhibitors face. The Executive Board represents all areas of the cat fancy.
The Executive Board formulates rules regarding the policies and precepts of the organization of which all member clubs are advised after each Board Meeting. Show Rules are compiled in a booklet with periodical changes indicated. Many changes develop from ideas and suggestions by member clubs, whose delegates present them to the membership at the Annual Meeting. In addition, constructive ideas are welcomed for consideration by the Executive Board from other sources.
CFA OFFICERS:
- President – Darrell Newkirk
- Vice President – Richard Mastin
- Secretary – Rachel Anger
- Treasurer – Kathy Calhoun
REGIONAL DIRECTORS:
- Region 1 (North Atlantic) – Sharon Roy
- Region 2 (Northwest) – Pam Moser
- Region 3 (Gulf Shore) – Steve McCullough
- Region 4 (Great Lakes) – John Colilla
- Region 5 (Southwest) – Howard Webster
- Region 6 (Midwest) – Cathy Dunham
- Region 7 (Southern) – Kenny Currle
- Region 8 (Japan) – Yukiko Hayata
- Region 9 (Europe) – Pam DelaBar
- China Representative – Eva Chen
- International Division Representative – Matthew Wong
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
China Business Advisor
- Gavin Cao
Committees
- Agility – Jill Archibald, Chair (Board Liaison: Roy)
- Ambassador Cats – Karen Lane, Chair / Joel Chaney, Co-Chair (Board Liaison: Mastin)
- Animal Welfare/Breeder Assistance/ Food Pantry/Breed Rescue – Charlene Campbell, Chair (Board Liaison: McCullough)
- Awards Committee – Cathy Dunham, Chair
- Audit Committee – Kathy Calhoun, Chair
- Breeds and Standards – Annette Wilson, Chair
- Budget Committee – Kathy Calhoun, Chair
- CFA Board of Directors Policies and Procedures – Pam DelaBar, Chair / Cyndy Byrd and Shelly Perkins, Co-Chairs
- CFA Club Bylaw Guidance – Bethany Colilla, Chair (Board Liaison: Morgan)
- CFA Community Outreach/Education – Joan Miller, Chair (Board Liaison: Anger)
- CFA Foundation Liaison – Don Williams, Chair (Board Liaison: Krzanowski)
- CFA Modernization Steering – Leann Rupy, Chair / Gavin Cao, Co-Chair (Board Liaison: Newkirk)
- Clerking Program – John Colilla, Chair
- Club CFA Show Sponsorship – Finance Committee
- Club Membership – Carol Krzanowski, Chair
- Companion Cat World – Kathy Black, Chair (Board Liaison: Currle)
- Credentials Committee – Nancy Dodds, Chair (Board Liaison: Anger)
- Diversity & Inclusion – Kathy Calhoun, Chair
- Entry Clerk Program Enhancements – Cathy Dunham, Chair
- Every Cat Health Foundation Liason – Vicki Fisher, Chair (Board Liaison: Eigenhauser)
- Executive Committee – 4 CFA Officers plus Kenny Currle
- Experimental Formats – Sharon Roy, Chair
- Finance Committee – Rich Mastin, Chair
- Hotel and Travel Program – Rachel Anger, Chair
- Household Pet Advisory – Jenny Wickle, Chair (Board Liason: Eigenhauser)
- East Coast representative – Sue Robbins
- West Coast representative – Julie Benzer
- International Division – Kenny Currle, Chair:
- China – Russell Webb, Subcommittee Chair (Board Liason: Currle)
- Asia (outside of China) – Robert Zenda, Subcommittee Chair (Board Liason: Currle)
- AWA/CSA – Kenny Currle, Subcommittee Chair
- International Show – Rich Mastin, Chair
- IT – James Simbro, Chair
- Judging Program Rachel Anger, Chair:
- China Associate Judging Program Anne Mathis, Subcommittee Chair
- JPC/Applicants Kathi Hoos, Subcommittee Chair
- JPC/Trainees and Advancing Judges Loretta Baugh, Subcommittee Chair
- JPC/CFA Approved and Guest Judges Vicki Nye, Subcommittee Chair
- JPC/Education and Mentoring Loretta Baugh, Subcommittee Chair
- BAOS Barbara Jaeger, Subcommittee Chair / Loretta Baugh, Subcommittee Co-Chair
- Judges Workshop/Tests/Cont. Ed Anne Mathis, Subcommittee Chair / Loretta Baugh, Subcommittee Co-Chair
- Legal Advisory – Cyndy Byrd, Chair / Shelly Perkins, Ed Raymond Co-Chairs (Board Liason: Eigenhauser)
- Legislative Committee & Group – George Eigenhauser, Chair
- Marketing – Desiree Bobby, Chair
- Mentoring and New Bee Program – Kathy Black, Chair (Board Liaison: Krzanowski)
- Millennial Outreach – Lorna Freimoth, Chair (Board Liason: Anger)
- New Club Guidance – Mike Altschul, Chair (Board Liason: Dunham)
- Ombudsman – Teresa Sweeney, Chair (Board Liason: Newkirk)
- Protest Committee – George Eigenhauser, Chair
- Publications/Yearbook – Melanie Morgan, Chair
- Scientific Advisory Committee – Roger Brown, Chair / Noelle Giddings, Co-Chair (Board Liaison: Newkirk)
- Show Rules – Monte Phillips, Chair (Board Liaison: Krzanowski)
- Statistical Analysis – Dick Kallmeyer, Chair (Board Liaison: McCullough)
- Virtual Cat Competition (VCC) – Iris Zinck, Chair (Board Liaison: Dunham)
- World Cat Congress – Delegate : Darrell Newkirk / Advisor: Rachel Anger
- Youth Feline Education Program – Sheri Shaffer, Chair (Board Liaison: Dunham)
Special Committees
- Bylaws – Cyndy Byrd, Chair / George Eigenhauser, Shelly Perkins, Ed Raymond, Co-Chairs
- CFA COVID advisory – Rich Mastin, Chair / George Eigenhauser, Co-Chair
- CFA Virtual Annual – Rich Mastin, Chair / Allene Tartaglia, Co-Chair
- China Region Amendment Committee – Pam DelaBar, Chair
- Genetic Advisory Council – Carol Johnson, Chair
- Genetic Registrations – Darrell Newkirk, Chair / George Eigenhauser, Melanie Morgan, Roger Brown and Allene Tartaglia, Co-Chairs
- Regional Incorporation – Kathy Calhoun, Chair
