Each year the SBE membership elects members to serve on the national Board of Directors; the governing body of the society. This includes all four officers for one-year terms and half the 12 directors for two-year terms. The slate of candidates assembled by the Nominations Committee includes:
Officers:
President – Jerry Massey, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNT; Chapter 86, Greenville, SC
Vice President – James Leifer, CPBE; Chapter 53, South Florida
Secretary – Tim Anderson, CPBE, DRB, CBNE; Chapter 33, Southwestern Ohio
Treasurer – Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO; Chapter 15, New York, NY
Directors:
(top six vote getters will be elected):
Jim Bernier, CPBE, CBNE; Chapter 5, Atlanta
Kirk Harnack, CBRE, CBNE; Chapter 103, Nashville, TN
Brian Oliger, CBT, CBNT; Chapter 37, District of Columbia
Jason Ornellas, Chapter 43, Sacramento
Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE; Chapter 99, Bryan, TX
Marcelo Sanchez, CPBE; Chapter 53, South Florida
Mark Simpson, CPBE, AMD, DRB, CBNE; Chapter 32, Tucson
Justin “JT” Tucker, CSRE, AMD, CBNE; Chapter 107, Charelston
Additional candidates may be nominated by the membership. Any eligible member proposed by at least ten members to the national Secretary by July 12 will be added to the ballot. The election will take place July 25 through August 25. Balloting will be via the election website, except for those members who have opted out of electronic voting this year or who have not provided the SBE national office with their email address. They will receive their ballots through the mail.
For more information about candidacy, contact Ted Hand at thand@sbe.org or Executive Director John Poray at jporay@sbe.org or 317-846-9000.
