PESA Officers

The PESA Officers are elected every 3 years by the Members who attend the regular business meeting following each Reunion.

The Officers each serve a three year term.

PESA Officer Duties

The officers meet several times prior to each reunion to plan and organize the event. The Association President appoints the committee chairpersons who enlist committee members to serve on their committees and accomplish their particular tasks to put on the reunion. (The Association President may appoint a replacement officer in the event an officer becomes unable to serve or death.) A theme is selected by the officers for each PESA reunion, which gives each a unique focus and flavor.

The Current PESA Officers Elected in 2023:

President: John Swenson, Jr. – 1963

1st VP: Roger Thonton – 1966 – (in charge of printing & working up the program once a theme is decided)

2nd VP: Marchuetta Lundy Matthews – 1979 (In charge of hospitality–continental breakfast & greeters)

Co-Secretary-Treasurers:

Linda Young McKie – 1974 (In charge of address collection, mailing notice of reunion, & finances, etc.)
Paula Holland Swenson – 1966 (In charge of address collection, mailing notice of reunion, & finances, etc.)

Reporter – Sheryl Wilson Gunstanson – 1974 (in charge of reunion publicity & reporting.)

Reunion Notices:

At the 2018 reunion, in an effort to limit and reduce expenses, the PESA members voted to authorize the Co-Secretaries to only mail notices to those ex-students who had responded to mailings & paid dues for the last two reunions.

Public Notices will continue to be placed in the Clay County Leader & Wichita Falls Times Record News, as well as, on the Petrolia CISD Web site and the PESATX Web site and various social media!

2023 PESA Business Meeting Report

The PESA Members Approved the following items:

1. A Proposal for a NEW PESA Web site and a three year introductory hosting fee with DreamHost prepared and presented to the officers in February, 2023 by Wendy Coker and Kenneth Bitz. (This Proposal as presented to the PESA Officers is available in the Files Area of the PESATX FB Group and by request sent to webteam@pesatx.org )

2. Members also approved increasing the PESA Membership Dues from $4 to $10 (this increase will take affect when registering for the 2026 Reunion). The PESA Dues previously were $4/member.