{"id":94488,"date":"2021-06-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-alcoholics-anonymous-in-the-u-s-and-canada-welcomes-new-board-chairperson\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:10:15","slug":"alcoholicos-anonimos-de-los-ee-uu-y-canada-le-dan-la-bienvenida-a-la-nueva-presidente-de-la-junta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/alcoholicos-anonimos-de-los-ee-uu-y-canada-le-dan-la-bienvenida-a-la-nueva-presidente-de-la-junta\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcoholics Anonymous in the U.S. and Canada Welcomes New Board Chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 8, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Linda Chezem<\/span> (nonalcoholic), of <span class=\"xn-location\">Plainfield, Indiana<\/span>, has been selected as chairperson of A.A.&#8217;s General Service Board, replacing outgoing board chair <span class=\"xn-person\">Michele Grinberg<\/span>. Trained as a lawyer, Linda spent 22 years serving as a judge, beginning as the first female Circuit Court judge in <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span> followed by a decade on the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span> Court of Appeals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg947fleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg947fleft\" title=\"Linda Chezem (nonalcoholic), has been selected as chairperson of A.A.'s General Service Board.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Linda Chezem (nonalcoholic), has been selected as chairperson of A.A.'s General Service Board.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1526584\/Linda_Chezem_Headshot.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A.A. has always relied on its many nonalcoholic friends to provide professional expertise, sound business judgment and balance to the dedicated group of trustees who donate their time and interest in service to Alcoholics Anonymous. Importantly, of the 21 members of A.A.&#8217;s General Service Board, seven are specifically designated as Class A (nonalcoholic) trustees and can provide services that the 14 Class B (recovering alcoholic) trustees cannot, particularly in the area of providing public information about A.A. where they can face the camera head-on or use their last names without concern about anonymity. While Class A trustees do not serve as spokespeople for the Fellowship, they are available as representatives of A.A. for interviews about A.A. across multiple communications platforms &#8212; in TV, public Media, e-radio and podcasts. (For more information about A.A.&#8217;s principle of anonymity, you can watch a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3186830-1&amp;h=1216308201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fpages%2Fen_US%2Fwhy-anonymous&amp;a=brief+video\" rel=\"nofollow\">brief video<\/a> from A.A.&#8217;s General Service Office.) <\/p>\n<p>For Linda, becoming chairperson provides a humbling opportunity, a chance to help spread the particular hope she has witnessed in the eyes of A.A. members as they recover. While still a trial court judge, Linda spearheaded the first certified court alcohol and drug program in <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span>, serving on a state substance abuse advisory council along with state legislators and A.A. members. In the mid-1990s, she served on the board of an <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> treatment center where the chief executive was also an A.A. member.<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the board this year are two new Class A (nonalcoholic) trustees who will serve the Fellowship over the next six years: <span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin Prior<\/span>, Senior Director of Finance for the Catholic Health Association of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/span>; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Molly Anderson<\/span>, Executive Director for the Center of Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness at the University of <span class=\"xn-location\">Buffalo<\/span>, of <span class=\"xn-location\">Williamsville, New York<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Alcoholics Anonymous, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3186830-1&amp;h=3712188057&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2F&amp;a=www.aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aa.org<\/a> or the A.A. World Services LinkedIn page: <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3186830-1&amp;h=2550559121&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Faaworldservicesinc&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Faaworldservicesinc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/aaworldservicesinc<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact: <br \/><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Publicinfo@aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Publicinfo@aa.org<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3186830-1&amp;h=3712188057&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2F&amp;a=www.aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aa.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3186830-1&amp;h=2621449456&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1526584%2FLinda_Chezem_Headshot.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1526584%2FLinda_Chezem_Headshot.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1526584\/Linda_Chezem_Headshot.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 8, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Linda Chezem<\/span> (nonalcoholic), of <span class=\"xn-location\">Plainfield, Indiana<\/span>, has been selected as chairperson of A.A.&#8217;s General Service Board, replacing outgoing board chair <span class=\"xn-person\">Michele Grinberg<\/span>. Trained as a lawyer, Linda spent 22 years serving as a judge, beginning as the first female Circuit Court judge in <span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span> followed by a decade on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}