Bucks Writs - Summer 2018 - 4

President's
Message

"With a new executive director
in place, my expectations for a
fruitful and fun-filled remainder
to this year are renewed."

Dear BCBA Members:

Jessica A. Pritchard
Bucks County Bar
Association President

Expectations. As a family law
attorney, I spend much of my
time managing the expectations of my clients. I frequently
tell them not to anticipate
certain outcomes. One would
think that I would manage my
own expectations. I did not.

With a new executive director in place, my expectations for a fruitful and fun-filled remainder to this year
are renewed. Greg is ready for immediate challenges
and I plan to challenge him. As this final quarter of
the year begins, I look forward to a well-attended and
well-planned Bench Bar Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania in September. I look forward to a record number
of attendees, particularly first-time attendees. I look
forward to reaching out to new members of the BCBA
and insure that they become involved in the many diverse
educational opportunities and events we have here. I look
forward to our 8th annual Women's Power Summit on
October 18, 2018. This year's theme will be "Empowering
Women Through Politics - How and Why?"

When I began this year as President of the Bucks County
Bar Association, I expected to implement some of my ideas
to provide additional services to our members, seek out
some new sponsors and plan great parties and events.
Earlier this year our executive director resigned after having
been in the position for one year. Instead of the plans above,
the next few months were dominated by the search for a new
executive director. Rather than a year where the executive
director would do most of the implementation and behind the
scenes work, the extra duties fell on me, Board members and
our amazing staff. The pressure of the search, just a year after
the last one, could have taken a significant toll. However, it did
not. The Executive Director Search Committee and the Board
of Directors gave extra time and effort to find an excellent and
qualified candidate for the position and were successful.

Being here as this new phase begins at the Bar Association, I
believe that the members have expectations about how their
membership should benefit them. Membership at the Bucks
County Bar Association should, and does, provide opportunities that cannot be achieved anywhere else. Meeting
the expectations of our members is our priority. Greg Nardi
and the Board will work to identify the ever-changing needs
of the membership and address those needs. There is a
realization that we must provide benefits to warrant loyalty
and continued membership in this organization.

As I write this in early July, Gregory Nardi started his first day at
the Bucks County Bar Association. When you read this, he will
have been on the job a mere month or so. He is profiled in this
edition in an article written by our immediate Past President,
David Truelove. The next time you are in the Bar Association,
make it your mission to introduce yourself to Greg. It's my
expectation that he will be with us for a long while.

Your expectations will be met.

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