IOA Announces Board Nominees

Eleven ombuds have been nominated for the International Ombudsman Association Board of Directors. When electronic voting ends on February 1, five will be appointed to the Board. In addition, there are two nominations for the single associate member representative. To supplement the candidates' statements provided by IOA, here is a collection of further information about the candidates.

Board of Directors Candidates

• Camilo Azcarate -- Princeton U.; News@Princeton; UMass Alumni News; Mediate.com; IOA 2006 Conference Speaker Bio
• David Carver -- U. Nebraska Medical Center
• Thomas Kosakowski -- Claremont Graduate U.; UCLA Today; Engaging Conflicts; Ombuds Blog posts
• Janet Morse -- U. Minnesota; U. Minnesota Faculty Report;
• Pierre Niedlispacher -- Coca Cola Enterprises; IOA 2006 Conference Speaker Bio
• Theresa Prator -- Southern California Ombuds Group
• Mauricio "Reese" Ramos -- UCLA Today; Ombuds Blog post
• Michael Turpenoff -- Federal Student Aid; FSA Ombudsman News
• Donna Williams -- Georgia State U.
• Jennifer Wolf -- UCLA Today; UC Irvine; Ombuds Blog post
• Gary Yamashita -- Incument (Treasurer); IOA 2006 Conference Speaker Bio; American Bar Assn 2002 Speaker Bio; Ombuds Blog post

Associate Member Representative Candidates

• Roxanne Schreiber -- U. Idaho; IOA 2006 Conference Speaker Bio
• Katherine Ziff -- Ohio U.; American Counseling Assn.

Related post: Balloting Begins for IOA Board.