The Nominating Committee of International Chapter met March 24-27, 2011, to select a slate of nominees for the 2011-2013 biennium as directed in the Constitution, Part I, Article V, Section 4. The following slate of nominees was selected by majority vote of the committee for presentation at the Convention of International Chapter in Saint Louis, Missouri, September 29, 30 and October 1, 2011:

President Susan Reese Sellers, Past President, Texas State Chapter

First Vice President Maria Baseggio, Past President, Pennsylvania State Chapter

Second Vice President Beth Ledbetter, Past President,Tennessee State Chapter

Organizer Sue Baker, Past President, Ohio State Chapter

Recording Secretary Brenda Atchison, Past President, California State Chapter

Brenda J. Atchison

Currently a member of Chapter RI, San Anselmo, California, Brenda was initiated into Chapter AI, Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1974. She has also been a member of Chapter B, Blackfoot, Idaho. Brenda was General Chairman of the 1994 convention of California State Chapter and was elected to the state executive board at that convention, serving in all offices. She was president of California State Chapter 2000-2001.

Brenda was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund in 2001 and served as chairman of the board in the 2005-2007 biennium. She served as General Chairman of the Convention Planning Board for the 2009 Convention of International Chapter held in San Diego, California.

Brenda and her husband, Jim, have two daughters, Sarah and Katy, both of whom are Cottey College alums, members of Chapter RI, California, and sixth generation P.E.O.s. Brenda’s mother, Betty Bonnett, is a member of Chapter AI, Twin Falls, Idaho, and is a past president of Idaho State Chapter.

Graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor of music in vocal music education from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Brenda graduated from Dominican University of California with a master of business administration in strategic leadership in 2004. Jim and Brenda lived in San Rafael, California, since 1985 and recently moved to the Atchison family home in Pittsburg, California. For 12 years, Jim served on the planning commission for the city of San Rafael. He is a past district governor of Lions International. The Atchisons own a personnel firm with an emphasis on recruiting healthcare and medical information management technology professionals nationwide.

Jim and Brenda have had a life-long love of music and are members of the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, where they are active as deacon and elder respectively and serve in the musical ministry.

The summer is spent with good books, fishing rods, knitting projects and their Brittany spaniel at the family cabin outside of West Yellowstone, Montana.