Marie Gale, President

Marie is the owner of Chandler's Soaps and ForSoapmakers.com in Broadbent, Oregon and has been a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild since March, 1999. As a Board Member elect, she took over as Webmaster in Feb 2003 redesigning and updating the websites to allow members to update their information on-line and has continued in that capacity. She served as a Board Member for the 2003-2004 term and as President for the 2004-2005 term. In March, 2005 she was re-elected as President for a two year term. In May 2007 she was re-elected as President for a two year term, ending in 2009. Marie also continues to fill the roll of Webmaster.
Contact: MarieG@Soapguild.org

Leigh O'Donnell, Vice-President

Leigh is the owner of Adirondack Soapworks located in Wilton, NY and has been a member of the Guild since January 2004. She was apointed to the Board in November 2005 to fill the remainder of the term vacated when Nancy Underwood's resignation was accepted. Leigh served as the Chairman of the Conference Committee for the 2006 and 2007 Conferences. For the 2007-2008 term, Leigh is serving as Vice-President and Conference Committee Chairperson for the 2008 Conference.
Contact: LeighO@Soapguild.org

La Shonda Tyree, Treasurer

La Shonda is the owner of Nyah in Paterson, New Jersey and has been a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild since March, 2001. LaShonda was elected to the Board in June 2004 for a one-year term and re-elected to the Board July 2005 for a two year term. While on the Board she served as Secretary for a year and is now Treasurer. The 2005-2006 year is her second as Chairman of the Marketing Committee. In addition, she served as the Conference Committee Sponsor Coordinator for both the 2004 and 2005 Conferences and is continuing that function for the 2006 Conference. For the 2006-2007 term she continued as the Chairman of the Marketing Committee and as Treasurer. In May 2007, she was re-elected to the Board as is serving as the Treasurer and Finance Committee Chairperson for the 2007-2008 term.
Contact: LaShondaT@Soapguild.org

Nadine Laurent, Secretary

Nadine is the co-owner of Sassafras in Pinole, California. She was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2007 for a two year term. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Membership Committee and was appointed Secretary in December, 2007.
Contact: NadineL@Soapguild.org

Robert Kishtok, Member

Bob is the owner of 6harmony.com located in Pennsylvania and has been a member of the Guild since January 2004. He was elected to the board May 2006 for a two year term. Bob served as the Donations Coordinator for the 2005 and 2006 conferences and for 2007 is taking on several activities for the conference as well. Bob was appointed Member Services Committee Chairman in September, 2006.
Contact: BobK@Soapguild.org

Pam Lyons, Member

Pam is the owner of Simply Natural Bath & Body in Erie, Pennsylvania, and has been a member of the HSMG since 2005. She served as the Attendee Coordinator for the 2007 Annual Conference and was also a member of the Nominating Committee in 2006-2007. She was elected to the Board in 2007 for a two year term and is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Member Services Committee.
Contact: PamL@Soapguild.org

Elaine Koronich, Member

Elaine is owner of Exquisite Soaps in Novelty, Ohio and has been a member of the HSMG since 1998. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in December, 2007, to fill the seat vacated by Jackie Thompson. Elaine is serving as the Chair of the Certification Committee.
Contact: ElaineK@Soapguild.org

Past Board Members

The following people have served on the Board of Directors of the HSMG. Their dedication, participation and contribution has been greatly appreciated. They are sincerely thanked for all they have done.

Jackie Thompson,
Secretary

Jackie works with her daughter, Gaily, creating Gaily Rebecca Soaps and has been a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild since December, 2000. As a member, she served on the Bylaws Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Conference Committee. Jackie came on the Board in June 2004 and served as the Chairperson of the Policy, Procedures and Bylaws Committee and has been active as the Soap Guild's Parliamentary liaison. For the 2005-2006 term she continued her position with the Policy, Procedures and Bylaws Committee and also served as Vice-President. Jackie was re-elected to a two-year term at the annual meeting in May, 2006 and continued as the Chairperson of the Policy, Procedures & Bylaws Committee, Chair of the Certification Committee and as Vice-President. For the 2007-2008 term, she served as Secretary and continued her position as Chairperson of both the Policies, Procedures and Bylaws Committee and the Certification Committee.

Due to family matters that required her attention, Jackie resigned from the Board of Directors in December, 2007, but continues to serve as a member of the Certification Committee.

Jackie's long history of participation and contribution to the Handcrafted was and is greatly appreciated. Her stellar level of dedication and committment has markedly helped the HSMG progress to where it is today.

Judy Green

Judy is the owner of SoapCountry.com located in Pennsylvania and has been a member of the Guild since October 2002. She was elected to the Board July 2005 for a two year term. She served as Secretary and as chair of the Membership Committee.

Rosann Drielsma, Member

Rosann owns Seaside Garden Soaps and has been a member of the HSMG since January 2003. Rosanne was appointed to the Board of Directors to fill the spot vacated by the resignation of Cindy Chandler. During her brief tenure she served as the Chair of the Membership Committee.

Linda Stevens

Linda is the owner of The Upland Soap Factory in Upland, California and has been a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild since May, 1999. As a member she frequently contributed to The Handcrafted Soap Maker, Journal of the Soap Guild, and presented on large batch soap production at several annual conferences. She served on the Board of Directors from March 2003 until July 2006. During that time she served as Treasurer for two years. After her term on the Board expired she agreed to serve as the Chairman of the Certification Committee.

Cindy Chandler

Cindy is the owner of Smooth ScentSations in Idaho Falls, ID and has been a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild since August, 2002. She was elected to the Board July 2005 for a two year term and served as Secretary and as Chairman of the Member Services Committee. In September, 2006 she resigned for personal reasons.

Nancy Underwood

Nancy was elected to the Board in March 2004 for a two-year term. During the 2004-2005 year she served as Vice-President as such was the Chairperson of the 2005 Conference Committee. During that time she also served as Chairperson of the Member Services Committee. On October 27th, 2005 Nancy submitted her resignation letter, which was accepted by the Board of Directors on November 3rd. Nancy's service to the Board and the HSMG has been stellar and her contributions greatly appreciated by all. The remaining Board Members wish her the best of luck in her new endeavors.