Board of Directors

Allyn B. Needham, Ph.D., CEA ’00 – President
Shipp Needham Economic Analysis, LLC
Office 817.348.0213; Cell 817.915.9420; Fax 817.348.0232
Email aneedham@shippneedham.com

Robert J. Paré, MS, FVE ’19, LRC, CRC, CDMS, ABVE/D – President-Elect
Consultative Review & Rehabilitation
Office 609.531.2529; Fax 609.531.2539
Email rpare@consultativerehab.com

Steve Bast, MHS, FVE ‘ 17, CVE, CDMS, CCM – Past President
Westwind Consulting, Inc.
Office 754.222.6777
Email bast@datapeoplethings.com

J. Matthew Sims, MC, MS, FVE ’09, RFE ’09 – Vice-President, External
(responsible for Newsletter and Membership)
Sims & White, PLLC
Office 602.253.2033; Cell 623.826.4091; Fax 602.253.2133
Email sims@simsandwhite.com

Ronald T. Smolarski MA, CEA ’99, CLCP, CRC, CDEII, ABVE/D – Vice-President, Internal
(responsible for Ethics and Conference)
Beacon Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Office 734.665.8326; Cell 734.417.9935; Fax 734.665.2584
Email ron@beaconrehab.com

Enrique N. Vega, MS, CRC, CDMS – At-Large Board Member
Vocational Economics, Inc.
Office 818.346.3300; Cell 818.430.3820; Fax 818.346.3322
Email enrique@vocecon.com

Eugene E. Van de Bittner, Ph.D. – At-Large Board Member
Mirfak Associates, Inc.
Office 925.296.0300 x111; Fax 925.296.0301
Email g@mirfak.com

Margy Ashby – Secretary/Treasurer (non-voting)
Office 800.317.2732 or 619.440.2650; Cell 619.302.3257
Email area@gasvcs.net

SAVE THE DATE! AREA's proposed conference dates for 2021 are 05/27-05/29.

THE EARNINGS ANALYST-- Articles are currently being solicited for TEA, our professional journal which a collaborative effort of AREA and CPDE. Please consider publishing here. AREA is also seeking a Co-editor and Production Editor for THE EARNINGS ANALYST. Please contact Kaycea Campbell (kaycera99@yahoo.com) or Nora Ostrofe (nostrofe@hsno.com) with your questions and interests. www.theearningsanalyst.com

FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION-- In addition to being featured at the annual conference, our sponsors get listed for a full year on the AREA web page. The price has not changed and remains at $250. New sponsors (aka: Friends of the Association) are much wanted. There are other marketing options as well, both on the AREA web page and in our newsletter. Please contact Bob Paré (rpare@consultativerehab.com) for more information. We extend a big thank you to all sponsors for your invaluable contribution to AREA.

NEW EDUCATIONAL FORMAT FEATURE-- The Board will soon be presenting information regarding one-hour virtual educational sessions. We plan to start these in the Spring of 2021, both for CEU credit and for partial fulfillment of CEA credits. Stay tuned!

CE CREDITS UPDATES-- Due to cancellation of the 2020 conference, the Board has decided to extend the time frame in which CEA credit must be completed for one year from its original date.

BOARD UPDATES-- We extend giant thank-you's to Jeffrey Joy and to Erik Volk for their past service and for their many contributions to the AREA Board. We will miss you, your contributions, twisted senses of humor, and your commitment. Following the 2020 elections, we welcome Dr. Eugene Van de Bittner and Matthew Sims who recently joined the AREA Board. We are looking forward to many good things to come as we together serve the membership.