Later this summer, NASW members will have the opportunity to elect fifteen board members for the upcoming two-year term, which begins October 17 just prior to the ScienceWriters2014 meeting. Candidate statements and voting option details (online or in person) will follow in the summer issue of ScienceWriters as well as right here at nasw.org.
Here's a glimpse at the 2014-2016 NASW Board slate:
Officers (4)
- Robin Marantz Henig, freelance, president
- Laura Helmuth, Slate, vice president
- Deborah Franklin, freelance, secretary
- Jill Adams, freelance, treasurer
Candidates for Board Members at Large (11 positions available)
- Karl Bates, Duke University
- Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato, freelance
- Robert Frederick, freelance
- Peggy Girshman*, Kaiser Health News
- Jeff Grabmeier*, The Ohio State University
- Michael Lemonick*, Climate Central
- A’ndrea Messer*, Penn State
- Seth Mnookin, MIT
- Dave Mosher, Popular Science
- Michael Newman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Czerne Reid, University of Florida
- Hillary Rosner*, freelance
- Jill Sakai, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Brian Switek, freelance
- Emily Willingham, freelance
* current board member
We are grateful to the candidates for volunteering to help lead the organization and grateful to the following current board members who are cycling off the board, having given years of service to the organization.
Our deepest thanks to these "retiring" board members, many of whom will continue to volunteer in other capacities:
Retiring Board Members
- Ron Winslow, president, first elected to the board in 2008
- Beryl Lieff Benderly, treasurer, first elected to the board in 1998
- Bob Finn, Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, first elected to the board in 2004
- Rosie Mestel, Nature, first elected to the board in 2010
- Tabitha M. Powledge, freelance, first elected to the board in 2000
- Mitch Waldrop, Nature, first elected to the board in 2008
Special thanks to this year's Nominating Committee members. Chaired by former NASW president Nancy Shute, they worked to over the course of several months to identify candidates and help ensure a diverse slate of volunteers ready to work hard on behalf of NASW.
2014 Nominating Committee
- Nancy Shute, chair
- Terry Devitt
- Robert Finn
- Jennifer Ouellette
- Kathleen Raven
- Ron Winslow
Please join us this fall in Columbus, Ohio, during ScienceWriters2014 as we welcome our new board members and pay tribute to our retiring board members.
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