Updated October 21, 2007
Plain Language Association International
PLAIN
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The PLAIN Executive Committee provides leadership and makes decisions on issues relevant to Plain Language Association International and its members. Members serve on the Executive Committee for the period between the international conferences. Representation is from as many countries as possible. PLAIN's Draft Bylaw, May 2007. |
Interim ChairRon Wohl Ron Wohl is a Certified Management Consultant and corporate Anthropologist who studies the communication of factual information in large organiazations and introduces plain English to make the communication of management information effective and efficient. He supplies highly experienced plain English writers and graphic artist to these organizations and to the large consulting firms who advise them. Ron has over 40 years experience in management and communication, including 30 years as founder and president of In Plain English(R) a national consulting firm. Ron has been the president or director of several national and local professional and civic associations, as well as Chair of the Montgomery County, Maryland Commission on the Humanities, a national speaker on plain English applications, home-based business issues, and politics. Ron ran for the Maryland legislature in 1986, lost, but got a life. He has also written columns for two newspapers. He has co-authored the textbook on employee benefit communications and is currently working on a book on the future of the corporation where 4 & 5 generations are at work at the same time.
Back to top TreasurerRuth Baldwin
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determined Back to top WebmasterNad Rosenberg Nad Rosenberg is president and founder of TechWRITE, Inc., a company that creates high-quality manuals and e-learning tutorials for a wide range of clients. Since TechWrite was started in 1985, its primary goal has been to make complicated technical information easy to understand. Plain language has always been the key to implementing this core value. Before starting TechWRITE, Nad managed documentation departments
for several large corporations. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon
University, a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication,
and a Past President of the Philadelphia Metro Chapter of the STC.
Back to top E-mail Forum CoordinatorGary B. Larson Gary has worked in communications for more than 33 years as a newspaper reporter/editor, government publications writer/editor, media relations specialist, Web site manager and writing/journalism instructor. Gary's years of deciphering and rewriting bureaucratic jargon have convinced him that plain language is essential for well-informed, involved citizens. He also manages a Web site called Garbl's Writing Center. Gary has a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science and has completed course work for a master's degree in communications. Back to top |
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