The Ombuds Blog: Balloting Begins for IOA Board

February 22, 2007

Balloting Begins for IOA Board

IOA has announced the slate of candidates for the board of directors. Balloting will take place electronically. In addition to the candidates' statements provided by IOA, additional public information for some candidates is available from the Internet:

Wayne Blair (UNC News; UNC Gazette; Daily Tar Heel; UNC Ombuds Office)
Nick Diehl (Princeton Weekly Bulletin; Princeton Ombuds Office)
Diane Dorion (RBC Ombuds Office)
Gordon Halfacre [incumbent] (HR Magazine)
Francine Montemurro (Pipe Dream; Inside BU)
Carolyn Noorbakhsh (UCB Ombuds Office Annual Report; HR Magazine)
Trey Reckling (Campus Chronicle)
David Talbot (IOA Speaker Bio)
Mike Turpenoff (FSA Ombudsman News)
Margo Wesley [incumbent] (Berkeleyan; UC Berkeley News; Berkeley Parents Network)
Ted Williamson

Five board members will be chosen. Results will be announced after balloting closes March 7.

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February 22, 2007

Balloting Begins for IOA Board

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