Past Leadership

Presidents

2000 and Later

2021-2023 Joseph Quinn 2019–2021 Mehdi Khalili 2017–2019 Austin S. Lin
2015–2017 Nader Shareghi 2013–2015 Gary Laier 2011–2013 Ken Discenza
2009–2011 Todd Stewart 2007–2009 Todd Stewart 2005–2007 Frank Fong
2003–2005 Les Turnbeaugh 2001–2003 Samuel Grossman 2000–2001 Donald B. Clark

1980s and 1990s

1998–2000 W. Clifford “Cliff” Ishii 1996–1998 Floyd R. Summers 1995–1996 Paul Askelson
1994–1995 John J. Troy 1993–1994 George Zinckgraf 1992–1993 Russell Greenlaw
1991–1992 Ronald F. Carducci 1990–1991 James Palmer 1989–1990 George Hanna, Jr.
1988–1989 Norman R. Bergrun 1987–1988 Alfred C. Ingersoll 1985–1987 Philip Syracopoulos
1984–1985 Rameshwar Singh 1983–1984 Lewis Neeb 1982–1983 Gilbert Verdugo
1981–1982 Charles J. Helin 1980–1981 Neil A. Norman

Historical Artifacts

Photo of a plaque that NSPE-CA used to maintain of its past presidents. The plaque was a gift presented to the Society in 1970 from California Past President Harold Strauss (1967–1968).

1960s and 1970s

1979–1980 Eugene C. Allen 1978–1979 Edward M. Walker 1977–1978 L. Pierce Loberg
1976–1977 O. Glenn Wilson 1975–1976 Harry N. Lalor 1973–1975 Leendert Schonewille
1972–1973 Robert J. Kuntz 1971–1972 William F. Jones 1970–1971 Robert J. Kuntz
1969–1970 Glen W. Miller 1968–1969 Jack D. Todd 1967–1968 Harold H. Strauss
1966–1967 Leroy Martin 1965–1966 Edward D. Hudson 1964–1965 Bertram H. Hirsch
1963–1964 Robert F. Rocco 1962–1963 Oliver E. Deatsch 1961–1962 Douglass R. Judd
1960–1961 Willard A. Holt

NSPE-California’s original charter from NSPE dated from January 21, 1949.

1940s and 1950s

1959–1960 Gordon S. Stiles 1958–1959 Leo W. Ruth 1957–1958 Arthur C. Bullen, Jr.
1956–1957 Paul Birmingham 1955–1956 Fred M. Johnson 1954–1955 W.H.T. Holden
1953–1954 C.D. Allen 1952–1953 George Zelhart 1951–1952 Kenneth D. Harrington
1950–1951 John L .Trebilcock 1949–1950 Earl N. Helm 1948–1949 Arthur C. Bullen, Sr.

Chief Executive Officers/Executive Directors

~1960s–1989 Robert J. Kuntz
Carol Tower
George Hanna
1989–1996 Marti Kramer (as Executive Director)
1996-2017 Marti Kramer (as CEO)
2017–2018 Gail Grimm