Board
of Directors:
Bob
Park, chairman
Gerda Bikales
Dr.
Cliff Colwell
Dr.
Rosalie Porter
Leo
Sorensen
Dr.
John Tanton
Executive Director:
K.C. McAlpin
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K.C. McAlpin grew up in Houston, Texas. He is a C.P.A. with an international
business degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's
degree in international management from the Thunderbird Garvin
School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. For several
years he worked for an oil company in South America, Central America,
and the Caribbean. Later he worked as a financial analyst for
a Fortune 500 company and then as international controller for
a high-tech company, before turning to public interest work in
1995.
K.C.'s experience
working overseas speaking foreign languages made him appreciate
the critical role that language fills in promoting empathy and
understanding between people. He also became aware of the conflicts
that inevitably arise when people are unable to speak a common
language. His concern about the erosion of English as the common
language in the United States led him to join and become active
in ProEnglish, a national non-profit organization dedicated to
preserving English as our common language and to making it the
official language of the United States. He was named the organization's
executive director in 2000.
Media Experience
K.C. has appeared frequently as a guest on radio and television
programs including ABC's "Good Morning America;" Fox Morning News;
CNN News; CSPAN; National Public Radio; CNBC; CNN's "Both Sides"
with host Jesse Jackson, and "The Lou Dobbs Show;" MSNBC's
"Connected Coast to Coast;" and numerous other media programs.
K.C. can be reached for media programs at (703) 816-8821.
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