Balloting Opens for IOA Board of Directors

The International Ombudsman Association has implemented a number of changes to the process for electing directors. The election been advanced to to allow members to vote before renewing their membership in January. Balloting will end this year on Friday, December 11, 2009. In addition, the IOA is publishing longer candidate statements on the public area of the website so that voters will have more details about the potential directors. Four directors will be elected from seven nominees. As usual, the Ombuds Blog is providing links to other public information about nominees.

• Wayne Blair (incumbent) -- Ombuds Blog Post; University of North Carolina
• Nick Diehl -- National Institutes of Health; IOA 2006 Conference Bio
• Donna Douglass Williams -- Ombuds Blog Post; IOA 2009 Conference Bio
  
• DA Graham -- Ombuds Blog Post; Enjoy Mediation
• Lawrence Jagneaux -- Halliburton 2001 Report; Ombuds of Texas Roster
• Carolyn Noorbakhsh (incumbent) -- Ombuds Blog Post; National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Laurie Patterson -- Ombuds Blog Post; Werner Institute Newsletter

The nomination for Associate Member Representatives is not contested.

• Kerry Edgorf -- Ombuds Blog Post; Marquette University

Francine Montemurro and Roxanne ("Ellen") Schreiber are completing their three-year terms on the IOA Board but are not up for re-election. (IOA Board Candidates.)

Related posts: Balloting Begins for IOA Board (2007); IOA Announces Board Nominees (2008); IOA Revises Board Balloting, Calls for Nominations.