Board
of Directors:
Bob
Park, chairman
Gerda Bikales (emeritus)
Dr.
Cliff Colwell
K.C. McAlpin
Dr.
Rosalie Porter
Leo
Sorensen
Dr.
John Tanton
Phil Kent
Executive Director:
Jayne Cannava
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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 School of Global 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. In July 2010, he moved
to Petoskey, Michigan to become the President of U.S. Inc, ProEnglish's
parent organization.
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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