The AFSA Committee on Elections is pleased to announce the results of the 2015-2017 AFSA Governing Board elections and Bylaw Amendment. A total of 4,034 valid ballots were received (3,011 online and 1,023 paper). The following AFSA members have been elected:
Officer Positions on the Board
President:
Barbara Stephenson * - 2,032
Matthew K. Asada ** - 1,001
Tex Harris - 861
Secretary:
Bill Haugh * - 3,359
Treasurer:
Charles A. Ford * - 3,381
State Vice President:
Angie Bryan * - 1,442
Kit Junge - 637
USAID Vice President:
Sharon Wayne - 136
FCS Vice President:
Steve Morrison - 31
FAS President:
Mark Petry - 11
Retiree Vice President:
Tom Boyatt - 780
Charles A. Ray ** - 351
Larry Cohen - 257
Constituency Representatives of the Board
State Representatives (11 positions):
John Dinkelman * - 1,337
Lawrence Casselle * - 1,223
Philip G. Laidlaw * - 1,212
Sam Thielman * - 1,180
Leah M. Pease * - 1,169
Tricia Wingerter * - 1,165
Josh Glazeroff * - 1,158
Margaret Hawthorne * - 1,155
Erin O'Connor * - 1,128
Peter Neisuler * - 1,089
Eric Geelan * - 977
Ronnie S. Catipon - 708
Brynn C. Bennett ** - 675
Neeru Lal ** - 594
Homeyra Mokhtarzada ** - 584
Dan Spokojny ** - 570
Steve McCain ** - 559
Pat Kabra ** - 549
Joel Wisner ** - 543
Ronita Macklin ** - 442
Doug Morrow - 418
Steven M. Jones - 373
USAID Representatives (2 positions):
Jeff Cochrane - 116
Lorraine Sherman - 82
FCS Representative:
William Kutson - 31
FAS Representative:
Corey Pickelsimer - 3
APHIS Representative:
Mark C. Prescott - 3
BBG (IBB) Representative:
To be determined in accordance with the AFSA Bylaws.
Retiree Representatives (4 positions):
John Limbert - 1,147
Alphonse F. La Porta * - 1,096
Patricia Butenis * - 1,051
Dean Haas * - 1,037
* Member of the Strong Diplomacy slate
** Member of the Future Forward AFSA slate
According to Article IX, Section 2 of the AFSA Bylaws, for the amendment to pass, the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the valid votes received were required. Having met these criteria, the amendment to re-size the AFSA Governing Board is adopted.
Bylaw Amendment - Votes Cast 3,720
Yes/Approve - 3,216 (86%)
No/Do Not Approve - 504 (14%)
Congratulations to all those who were elected, as well as to all those who demonstrated their dedication to AFSA by declaring as candidates. Persons interested in seeing the full list of write-in votes may request a copy by email to election@afsa.org. Questions regarding the results should be referred to the AFSA Committee on Elections at election@afsa.org.
Regards,
R.W. “Bill” Farrand, Ambassador (ret.)
Chair, AFSA Committee on Elections