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 – James Leifer, CPBE; Chapter 11, Boston
Vice President – Robert “RJ” Russell, CPBE; Chapter 18, Philadelphia
Secretary – Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE; Chapter 99, Bryan, TX
Treasurer – Jim Bernier, CPBE, CBNE; Chapter 5, Atlanta
Treasurer – Charles :Ched” Keiler, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNE; Chapter 53, South Florida
Directors:
(top six vote getters will be elected):
David Bialik, CBT; Chapter 15, New York City
Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO; Chapter 15, New York City
Mark G. Fehlig, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNT; Chapter 40, San Francisco
Michael Hendrickson, CPBE, CBNT; Chapter 17 Minneapolis
Steven H. Lampen, CBRE; Chapter 40, San Francisco
Kimberly K. Sacks, CBT; Chapter 48, Denver
Dave Siegler, CPBE; Chapter 5, Atlanta
Barry Thomas, CPBE, DRB, CBNE; Chapter 48, Denver
Kevin Trueblood, CBPE, CBNT; Chapter 90, Southwest Florida
Additional candidates may be nominated by the membership. Any eligible member proposed by at least ten members to the national Secretary by July 10 will be added to the ballot. The election will take place July 24 through August 23. 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 Secretary Wayne Pecena at wpecena@sbe.org, or Executive Director John Poray at jporay@sbe.org or 317-846-9000.
