Nomination Committee/2023 Nominations and Ballot

Each year, ESIP conducts elections of its officers, committee chairs and Administrative Committee members. We are at the time of year when we begin accepting nominations for the following positions which are elected ESIP-wide: (multiple nominees for a position are welcome and encouraged).

Incumbents in a position are indicated by (i) following their name. Nominations will be accepted through May 31st, 2023. Send nominations (self-nomination is encouraged) to nominations@esipfed.org.

Candidates statements about their candidacy will be posted on this site.

Position descriptions are available at the links for each position below. (Click on each Position to view its description and Committee's role)

POSITION	NOMINEES	CANDIDATE STATEMENT
President	Denise Hills	Denise Hills Candidate Statement (Elected, 75/75 = 100%)
Vice President	Douglas Rao	Douglas Rao Candidate Statement (Elected, 75/75 = 100%)
Governance Committee Chair	Amber Budden (i)	Amber Budden Candidate Statement (Elected, 75/75 = 100%)
Finance Committee Chair	Ruth Duerr	Ruth Duerr Candidate Statement (Elected, 74/74 = 100%)
Partnership Committee Chair	Felimon Gayanilo (i) Leslie Hsu	Felimon Gayanilo Candidate Statement (31/77 = 40%) Leslie Hsu Candidate Statement (Elected, 46/77 = 60%)
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Alexis Garretson *	Alexis Garretson Candidate Statement (Elected, 71/71 = 100%)
Education Committee Chair	Shelley Olds	Shelley Olds Candidate Statement (Elected, 76/76 = 100%)
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	David Blodgett	David Blodgett Candidate Statement (Elected, 75/75 = 100%)
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma	Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma Candidate Statement (Elected, 75/75 = 100%)
At Large Board Member (2 positions)	Ge Peng Bruce Wilson Kathe Todd-Brown Brandon Whitehead	Ge Peng Candidate Statement (Elected, 42/155 = 27%) Bruce Wilson Candidate Statement (37/155 = 24%) Kathe Todd-Brown Candidate Statement (Elected, 45/155 = 29%) Brandon Whitehead Candidate Statement (31/155 = 20%)

* This candidate is not currently affiliated with an ESIP Partner organization. The organization's partnership application has been reviewed by the Partnership Committee and is currently in the 30-day Assembly comment period. We anticipate the Board voting on their partnership at the July Board Meeting.