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EAI Board & Staff

The Emotions Anonymous International Board of Trustees are voted into office at the beginning of each fiscal year (July 1) and serve three year terms. The Board makes policy decisions throughout the year during their monthly phone meetings. There are several committees that report to the Board that may include non-Trustees. When applications are being accepted for board positions that information will be available on the website homepage. Application deadline is June 1 of each year.

2020-2021 Board of Trustees

Name: Scott Jakel
State, Country: Minnesota, USA
Phone: 507-276-0323
Email: sdjakel@gmail.com
Role: President

Name: John Werner
State, Country: Minnesota, USA
Phone: 612-760-0313
Email: Johnwerner52@gmail.com
Role: Vice President

Name: Paul Nouri
State, Country: New Jersey, USA
Phone: 929-399-6515
Email: aibtikarfoundation@gmail.com
Role: Treasurer

Name: Colleen Coyne
State, Country: Minnesota, USA
Phone: 651-245-5461
Email: coyne2003@hotmail.com
Role: Secretary

Name: Derita Pippen
State, Country: Ohio, USA
Phone: 216-624-3559
Email: deritapippen@yahoo.com
Role: Board Member

Name: Steven Bell
State, Country: California, USA
Phone: 909-438-4938 
Email: stevebell_28@yahoo.com
Role: Board Member

Name: Kelsey Weissman
State, Country: Illinois, USA
Phone: 618-334-6658 
Email: knlweez@gmail.com
Role: Board Member

Name: Behzad Arabpour Dahouei
City, Country: Kerman, Iran
Phone: 0098 913 341 4015
Email: Behzad_7761@yahoo.com
Role: Board Member

*Officers are determined by Trustees.

EAI Staff:

Executive Director: Elaine Weber Nelson
Email: director@emotionsanonymous.org
Elaine works 16 hours/week

Accountant: Sandy
Email: orders@emotionsanonymous.org
Sandy works 13 hours/week

Database Coordinator: Claire
Email: groupdata@emotionsanonymous.org
Claire works 24 hours/week

Shipping Coordinator: Carleen
Email: shipping@emotionsanonymous.org
Carleen works 12 hours/week

 

*Please Note: Not everyone works every day of the work week. Some of the staff works remotely from home part of the work week as well. We will do our best to respond as soon as we are able.

Other Important Emails

Have questions or help with EAI's Online Loop (Online Discussion Forum) or Email Loop (Email Discussion Forum)? Email: forumhelp@emotionsanonymous.org

Want basic EA Info? Have a question about EA? Email: info@emotionsanonymous.org

Office Information:

Main office phone: 651-647-9712

Office hours depend on availability of staff. Generally staff is in the office Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT but please call ahead before coming to the EAI office to be sure someone is available to help you. Currently we are not allowing anyone other than staff in the EAI offices due to COVID-19. 

 

Mailing Address:
Emotions Anonymous International
PO Box 4245
Saint Paul, MN 55104-0245
USA

Who We Are

EA Standing Committees

Current Trustees only:
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee

Open to any EA member. Contact the Chairperson to join!
Book & Literature Committee
Chair: Scott J - sdjakel@gmail.com

Communications Committee
Chair: Colleen C. - coyne2003@hotmail.com

Outreach Committee - currently nonoperational. Contact the Executive Director at director@emotionsanonymous.org for information.

EA Meditations

We are excited to introduce guided meditations to the EA program. Please try them and let us know what you think! Click here to send us feedback.

Click here to go to the Meditations

 

Audio Library

Did you miss February's 2021 Buffalo, MN Zoom Retreat? The recordings are now available in our audio library.

Click here to go to the February's 2021 Buffalo, MN Zoom Retreat Recordings

Please Consider Making a Contribution!

EA groups are self-supporting and all groups and individuals financially support the EAI office, which manages the literature and administrative work for EA as a whole. Without support from members, EAI staff would not be available to support the many groups and members who have questions, make suggestions, or want to purchase EA materials. Thank you to each individual and group for your contributions.

Please donate now!

Find an EA Meeting

A key to emotional well-being is to stay active with your group. If there are no groups in your area or work in your schedule, please consider starting one! Click here to find out more.

 

Click here to search for a FACE-to-FACE meeting — in the United States.

Click here to search for a FACE-to-FACE meeting — outside the United States.

Click here to search for a REMOTE meeting — Accessible to anyone, anywhere by phone, online, Zoom, Skype, and other methods!

 

Click here to access the REMOTE meetings list — Accessible to anyone, anywhere (regardless of the pandemic) by phone, computer or by app on a smartphone or tablet.

Click here to access the REMOTE meetings list due to the pandemic but may resume meeting in person when it is safe to do so — Accessible to anyone, anywhere by phone, computer or by app on a smartphone or tablet.