For the past seven years, I have been proud and honored to work on behalf of all OWAC members as your volunteer Executive Director. The experience has been both personally and professionally rewarding.

The many varied tasks performed during my tenure include, finance, membership, conference development and execution, outreach, publicity, promotion, EIC awards program, OWAC website development and maintenance, Vachini High School contest program, and many more.

Working with the OWAC Board of Directors, we have accomplished much together, with several exciting conferences, a 500% increase in OWAC general funds, securing state and federal regulatory approval for OWAC operations, and much more.

The amount of work being done can be quite daunting and for me, has become more than any one volunteer should be asked to accomplish. For that reason, and with the diligent cooperation of the OWAC Board of Directors, the time has come for us to “pivot”, as they say.

In the coming weeks we will be transferring Executive Director responsibilities to various members of the Board and other members at large who are interested in improving OWAC’s effectiveness.

I will participate in this transition and will retain some responsibilities, but for the most part we will spread the E.D. tasks across various members.

Watch for announcements as we move OWAC forward into a new and exciting future.

Thanks for a wonderful experience and all your support through the years.

Bob Semerau, Executive Director, OWAC