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OPA Education Foundation – 501C3

This new non-profit has been incorporated by OPA to serve the needs of the members for retreats, conferences, lectures and workshops, magazine, books and other educational materials. The directors were chosen by the 2020-2022 OPA Board to continue the work of providing these educational opportunities for OPA members.

Board Members

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President’s Role:
The President is responsible for running and overseeing all aspects of OPA’s activities.

  • This includes all talks, workshops, speaker events, finances, marketing, by-law review, organizational development, publications, and conferences.
  • Represents OPA—its core values and programs—with dignity and respect.
  • Drafts agendas for Board of Directors and team meetings.
  • Facilitates Board of Directors and team/committee meetings.
  • Creates Board teams and committees as needed and makes personnel appointments.
  • Responsible for visioning and strategic planning.
  • Writes quarterly President’s Column for The Evolving Astrologer.
  • Coordinates between OPA and other astrology organizations, including UAC
Secretary’s Role:

  • Maintains official board records and meeting minutes
  • Documents board proceedings, decisions, and organizational initiatives
  • Supports clear communication and continuity within board operations
  • Contributes to OPA’s mission of fostering professionalism and excellence in the astrological community
Treasurer’s Role:

  • Oversees all aspects of OPA’s financial affairs
  • Maintains a positive balance in the account
  • Oversees preparation of fiscal reports to be distributed at Board Meetings
  • Oversees payment of bills and maintenance of OPA checking account by the Operations Manager and Bookkeeper
  • Coordinates with accountants to file OPA Foundation’s annual IRS tax returns
  • Works with the Operations Manager to prepare the annual budget

Education Director’s Role:

  • Oversees the vision for all of OPA’s Educational programs
  • Oversees OPA Certification events (along with the OPA board, assistants and OPA Membership team): Peer Group, Consulting Skills, and Astronomy for Astrologers.
  • Oversees conference and retreat production
  • Ensures Zoom links and Emails are created and scheduled for all events

Program Director’s Role:
As Program Director, Celeste leads the coordination of OPA Presents activities, which include the Speaker Series, Transit Talks, Mercury Hour, Star Wisdom Workshops, and OPA Live presentations. Her responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating with the President to oversee speaker selection
  • Scheduling and managing presenters across all programs
  • Moderating live events
  • Ensuring all recordings are properly uploaded and distributed
Marketing Director’s Role:

  • Creates vision for all of OPA’s marketing strategy along with the Board and volunteer Marketing Team
  • Coordinates and oversees team members in all areas of marketing
  • Oversees and provides direction for promotion and marketing of OPA programs and events on all channels, including social media, website and email marketing
  • Promotes all education activities including presentations, workshops, conferences and retreats
  • Works with any consultants regarding advertising

Publications Director’s Role:

  • Leads and oversees the production of The Evolving Astrologer four times a year, online and in print.
  • Oversees other OPA publications, online and in print.
  • Responsible for the maintenance and distribution of OPA promotional materials.

Satellite Director’s Role:
The Satellite Director is in charge of all international satellite activities, ensuring they are supported to offer webinars, OPA Café’s, translation of articles, certification trainings in their language, and all other needed support.

Media Director’s Role:

  • Maintains YouTube video library
  • Oversees all recordings of events and ensures correct distribution or uploading
  • Assists with educational activities
  • Supports writing and editing projects
Technical Director’s Role:
As Technical Director, Ryan serves the OPA Board and operations team in an advisory capacity, drawing on 25+ years of enterprise architecture, cloud, and digital governance experience to support OPA’s mission. Specific contributions include:

  • Advising the Board, Operations Manager, and committees on website, platform, and tooling questions as requested
  • Offering input on technical aspects of programs, certification, conferences, and member-facing systems when consulted
  • Supporting fellow directors and volunteers with research, recommendations, and second opinions on technology choices
  • Sharing relevant industry practices around digital governance, security, accessibility, and operating models in a fit-for-purpose, OPA-appropriate way
  • Helping connect OPA’s technical efforts with broader astrological community initiatives, including UAC and partner organizations

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