CAPA Committees

CAPA Committees -

Board of Directors - Responsible for direction, governing and oversight of all CAPA activities, establishing goals, set strategies, missions, monitor committee work. Chairman Dr. Cyril Wecht, Larry Schnapf, Andrew Kreig, Mike Nurko, Jerry Policoff (treasurer) Bill Kelly (secretary), and Ben Wecht - conference call host. (Meets twice monthly).

Board of Advisors - Is appraised of all CAPA activities via meeting agendas and minutes and advises the Board of Directors on major issues and policies. Peter Dale Scott, John Newman, David Talbot, Dr. Gary Aguilar, Marie Fonzi, Bill Simpich, Esq., Alan Dale, Jerry McKnight. Is appraised of CAPA activities via Agendas and Meeting Minutes and advises the Board of Directors.

Legal Committee - (Attorneys only) Responsible for all CAPA legal matters and initiatives. Two subcommittees - a) Mock Trial/ Texas Court of Inquiry; b) FOIA Requests and Appeals. Dr. Wecht, Larry Schnapf, Andrew Kreig, Bill Simpich, Dennis Bartholomew, Patrick McCarthy, Anthony Bothwell, Dawn Meredith, Ed Lopez, Dan Hardway.

PR-Media - Responsible for all Media/ Public Relations work, developing an overall media strategy, creating logo, and editorial content for letters of correspondence, response to mainstream media reports, flyers, web site, social media and newsletter. Andrew Kreig, Jerry Policoff, Bill Kelly, Mike Nurko, Glinda DeVarey, Maggie Hasson, Frankie Vegas, David Talbot, William Paris, Tom Blackwell.

Research - Responsible for assisting the Legal Committee in research and documents, liaison with NARA and Congressional staff and keeping track of release and with holdings of records. Bill Kelly, Bill Simpich, Larry Haapanen, Dennis Bartholomew, Larry Hancock, (Possibly Paul Hoch, Malcolm Blunt) 

Fiscal - Responsible for membership drives, volunteer orientation, targeting potential supporters and donors, partnering with other organizations with common goals, oversight of CAPA finances and ensuring the committees have the resources to do their work. Michael Nurko, Jerry Policoff, Andrew Kreig, Larry Schnapf, Frank Caplet, Ben Wecht.

General Membership - Growing in numbers – will be broken down into regions - East Coast, Dallas-Mid West - West Coast and International

Volunteers - Maggie Hanson - Web site; Frankie Vegas - Facebook, Twitter,

Correspondence; William Paris -  Glinda DeVary - Larry Schnapf - Outreach; List targeted individuals, correspond with them and get them to go on record seeking full disclosure of JFK docs.