Conrad Cooper - President, Chairperson of the Board
Columbus, Ohio
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Conrad and his wife, Janet, have been clogging since 1982.  He began teaching in 1985 as the director of the Midwest Cloggers of the greater Columbus,  Ohio area.  Conrad has supported CLOG, Inc. since his first convention in Louisville, Kentucky and has been in attendance of each of the following conventions.  Conrad is retired from Ameritech as a Right of Way Engineer.  His hobbies in addition to clogging include motorcycle riding as a member of the Gold Wing Road Riders of America, and spending winters in Arizona. He and Janet have one daughter and two grandchildren. 

Garland Steele - Vice-President
Tornado, West Virginia
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Garland has been clogging since he was in the 3rd Grade, back in the 1930’s, first doing the running set hoedown, with the running step. Garland is a Board Member of CLOG, Past President of the NCHC, and a member of A.C.H.F.  He is a Certified Clogging Instructor and Certified Clogging Judge. In 1990, he received the CLOG Life Time Achievement Award and was inducted in 1995 into the America's Clogging Hall of Fame.  He is an established author of such books as The Running Set Book, and co-author of the Encyclopedia of Traditional Appalachian Square Dancing. Personally, he is married to wife Pansy for over 56 years, and has 3 children, 4 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren. He keeps busy being a consulting engineer since retirement.

Marie and her husband Jimmy started clogging in 1980 and has been teaching since 1983. She started the Riverboat Cloggers of Memphis in the fall of 1983 and still teaches there today. She has attended all of the CLOG Conventions and has served on the CLOG Executive Staff since 1990. Marie is a CCI instructor and teaches workshops in the mid-south area. Her daughter, Ann-Marie, helps with her teaching and her twin sons, Kelly and Kevin, are accomplished dancers also. Other hobbies include serving on the Ellendale Little League Board of Directors and supporting her older son, David, in his rock band. She works in the Pre-School Program at her church. 

David Nimmo – Chief Financial Officer
Trabuco Canyon, California
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David joined the CLOG Board of Directors in September 2009 and serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  David has been clogging since 1982 when he was 13.  He taught his first class in 1987.  David and his wife live in Southern California, where they are active in clogging community.  David has held positions on the So. Calif. Clogging Association and on the SCCTA (teachers association).   He, along with his wife Shelley, were the clogging co-chairs of the 50th National Square Convention.  They share the same birthday – July 3rd.  Professionally, David is employed by IRS.  He also enjoys the So. Calif. lifestyle of surf, sand and travels often (as Shelley is a Flight Attendant).  They have no children, but have two Chihuahuas that are a hand full. 

Barb started clogging in 1981 when a fellow square dancer introduced her to “a new form of dancing”.  Together, they decided that the teen square dancers might enjoy learning this dance form so they started classes that same year.  With the encouragement of the caller for the teens & a book written by Sheila Popwell, they held clogging classes before the teen square dance.  Barb’s friend moved away to start married life & left Barb holding the bag.  Turned out the teens weren’t all that interested in clogging but there were some adults who were.  Barb was one step ahead of her dancers until 1988 when she was invited to become a member of the Northwest Clogging Association.  That first workshop was a huge eye-opener to her.  Since that first workshop, Barb has attended all but one NWCA workshop & taught at several of them.  She has served on the Board of NWCA as secretary, Vice President, Publicity & Program.  In 2004, Barb was awarded the Val Mackey award from the NWCA for the person that year it was felt had promoted clogging the most.  Barb has also taught at 3 Canadian National Square Dance Conventions, 7 Provincial Conventions (4 of which she coordinated), 8 C.L.O.G. National Conventions & several regional workshops.  She attained her CCI in 1998 & in 2002 organized the first Canadian CCI training session.  She now mentors other instructors in their CCI training & instructs at CCI sessions at National Conventions.  Barb teaches 3 clogging classes/wk & has taken some of her dancers to the Austrian Alps Performing Festival.  Her love for travel also took her & her dancers on a clogging cruise to the western Caribbean.  Together with her husband Larry, she sponsors the annual Sealion Stomp clogging workshop in Nanaimo, B.C.  They have done this for 18 years.  She & Larry have been married 38 years & have 2 daughters & 4 grandchildren.  Barb retired in Dec 2006 after 40 years of working as an x-ray tech & is now enjoying being at home pursuing all the activities she loves – family, hiking, sewing, gardening & clogging.

Janice Hanzel - Board Member
California

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Janice has been clogging since 1979 and teaching since 1980. She was the Instructor/Artistic Director and founder of the Barbary Coast Cloggers & Hillbilly Cloggers. She has served as President & Vice President of the Northern California Cloggers Association helping to promote clogging throughout Northern California . Janice is author of the Northern California Clogging Step Dictionary and Update, compiling steps from all over the US and abroad. She is a Certified Clogging Instructor and Competition Judge and is currently co-chairperson of the Certified Clogging Instructor program. In the 80's Janice was instrumental in featuring popular East Coast instructors in Northern California to help further the growth of clogging. She has traveled the US and Australia and Canada sharing her talents. Janice is lending her hand to helping with a workshop in the Central Oregon area called ?What Workshop. Janice is also the main seamstress for her daughter Kellee's Clogging Team, Aftershock. Professionally Janice is an Office Manager for a manufacturer’s rep firm Metropolitan Sales. During quiet times Janice enjoys reading, knitting, and family time.

Missy Shinoski - Board Member
Kansas City, Missouri
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Missy Pearson Shinoski has been clogging 30 years and teaching for 22. She is the instructor/director of the Klogghoppers of Kansas City, MO. The group was formed in 1981 and is a family oriented group. The Klogghoppers enjoy performing and hosting national events. Currently the Klogghoppers are not a competition team, but they were very active in competitive clogging from 1984 to 2003. During this time period, Missy personally won 10 National Solo Grand Champion Titles and her team won over 600 trophies & many National Grand Championships.

In March of 2008, Missy was voted to serve as a board member to the National CLOG Organization. She has also served as the Co-President and Co/Vice President of the Missouri Clogging Council. Missy has taught at local, national & international conventions. In 2002, Missy was inducted into the NCHC Hall of Fame. She also created the USA National Dance List ( www.clog.org ).

Through her clogging she has represented the United States overseas 7 times. First, in 1985, Missy & her brother joined the Ozark Mountain Cloggers on a Goodwill Ambassador tour of Spain and Portugal.  Second, in 1990, She was part of a folk festival exchange between Silver Dollar City (Branson, MO) & Italy.  Third, in 1994, Missy and fifteen members of her team went to Russia, through a Silver Dollar City festival exchange. Fourth, in June of 1997, Missy and her team had the honor of performing at the Austrian Alps Performing Arts Festival throughout Austria.  Fifth, in October 1998, Missy taught and judged in the Czech Republic for the Country Dance & Folk Festival in Prague.  Sixth, in 2000, she was selected to teach at the 5^th Annual National Australian Clogging Association Convention in Canberra, Australia. Seventh, in 2006, Missy returned to teach for the 11^th National Australian Clogging Convention – held on the island of Tasmania.

Missy is certified as a clogging instructor (CCI) and NCHC (National Clogging and Hoedown Championships) judge & judge rule representative.  She was the Executive Director of the American Royal Barbecue Clogging Classic competition for nine years. She currently organizes an annual workshop, called The City Slicker Stomp and an annual competition, called the America’s Heartland Clogging Championships, both in the Kansas City, MO area.  November 2007 will mark Missy’s 20^th year of teaching for the National C.L.O.G. Convention.

Missy has choreographed for her own teams, workshops, other competition teams & Silver Dollar City (in Branson, MO). Her ability in choreography & her teaching clogging has gained national and international recognition. Missy is married & has a 4 year old daughter.  Besides clogging, Missy is currently a stay-at-home mom as well as doing some part time work as a scenic artist at the KC Repertory Theatre. She looks forward to sharing her love of clogging with you.

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Chip Summey - Board Member
Hendersonville, North Carolina
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Chip has been clogging since 1982. He is a Certified Judge and Certified Clogging Instructor, with active participation in leading training sessions. His competition team, the Southern Connection cloggers of Asheville, North Carolina have been National Champions in 4 or More Couple Precision, 4 or More Couple Hoedown, Country Hoedown, Running Set Hoedown, and Open Smooth Mountain Square Dance. They have also been points champion in each of these categories and Line Dance. He has 5 competition teams, from pee wee to Adult. He has taught and judged all over the US, including the past 17 CLOG National Conventions. He has had teams to Dance in International and World Festivals with a recent trip to Moscow, Russia and the surrounding countryside with the Southern Connection Cloggers. Professionally, Chip is a Travel Consultant & Coordinator with Wilcox Travel.