AHA 2007 Board Election Results
September 29, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Roy Speckhardt, (202) 238-9088
rspeckhardt@americanhumanist.org
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In accordance with AHA bylaws, the AHA Election Committee met on September
26, 2006, at the AHA's national office in the Mary and Lloyd Morain Humanist
Center to open and tally the ballots cast in the AHA Board of Directors
election. There were ten candidates for seven openings on the Board. A
total of 1,915 ballots were received.
Elected to four-year terms were: Beverly Church, Edd Doerr, Mynga Futrell, Susan Sackett, Lisa Swinehart, and Marilyn Westfall. Elected to a two-year
term was Chuck Debrovner. They will begin serving January 1, 2007.
Continuing to serve on the board are: Carl Coon, Steven F. Goldberg, Rebecca
Hale, Mel Lipman and David A. Niose.
The Election Committee consisted of the following AHA members in good
standing, none of whom are paid employees of the AHA: Steve Lowe, chair,
Ralph Bates, Jennifer Kalmanson, Jacqueline London, and David Womack.
The AHA thanks these individuals, as well as the members of the Nominations
Committee---George Erickson, chair, August Brunsman, Margaret Downey, Woody
Kaplan, and Lisa Singletary---for volunteering their time for these
important tasks, and wishes to recognize the others who stood for
election---Robert Dalling, Jack Sechrest, and Pat Willis.
We also thank all members who participated in this election, continuing the
AHA's tradition of being the largest democratic Humanist organization in the
United States.
The next meeting of the board will be in Washington DC on November 10-12,
2006. Following that meeting the newly constituted board will elect its
officers.
