2007 Election Overview

Polls closed on Dec. 15.

Candidates for Office

The Nominating Committee assembled a slate of candidates for Society leadership positions, including bios and personal statements.

• President-elect: Jochen Scholl, University of Washington
• Treasurer: Yigal Arens, University of Southern California, Info Sciences Institute
• Secretary: Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Tech

• Board Members (5 seats):

   

George Beard, Executive Leadership Institute, Portland State University

John Bertot, Florida State University

Judith Cushing, Evergreen State College

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

Valerie Gregg, University of Southern California

Robert Maslyn, US General Services Administration

Oscar Morales, US Environmental Protection Agency

Costas Panagopoulous, Fordham University

Theresa Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, Univ. at Albany

Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California, Info Sciences Institute

Thomas Riley, Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance

Constitutional Amendment

One amendment is proposed to Article 5, Sections 3 and 4, to simplify the creation of the Nominating Committee and to more clearly specify the sequence of steps involved in the nomination and election processes.

Election Process

Voting closed on December 15, 2007. The newly elected Officers and Board Members will be announced in the December issue of dgOnline, and will begin their terms on January 1, 2008.  President-elect Eduard Hovy will begin his term as President and Sharon Dawes will become Past-President at that time.