Committee members who coordinated the year-long planning efforts for the conference included Barbara Naef, Sallie Lyons, Phyllis Walker Ford, Esther McCullough, Mary Lipsey, Susan Gray, Naomi Zeavin, Jenée Lindner, Mike Irwin, Liz Crowell, Anne Barnes, and Lynne Garvey-Hodge, Chair. The Awards Committee included Steve Sherman, Elise R. Murray, Naomi Zeavin, and Lynne Garvey Hodge, Chair.