IOA Opens 2018 Board Elections with Large Slate of Candidates

The International Ombudsman Association has opened voting for its 2018 Board of Directors. Nine candidates are on the ballot, which will fill six open seats on the board. This is the greatest number of candidates since 2009. 

As it has in the past, the Ombuds Blog provides links to prior posts about the candidates to supplement the official ballot statements, but does not endorse any candidates in particular:

• Roy Baroff CO-OP -- North Carolina State University Faculty & Staff Ombuds;
• Kevin Coonrod CO-OP -- Auburn University Ombudsperson;
• Ruthy Kohorn Rosenberg  -- Brown University Ombudsperson;
• Jessica Kuchta-Miller CO-OP -- Washington University in St. Louis Ombudsperson for Staff;
• Sana Manjeshwar CO-OP -- Ombuds Manager at Chevron;
• Reese Ramos CO-OP (incumbent) -- Corporate Ombuds at Sandia National Laboratories; 
• Anu Rao -- Consultant (Former Ombuds at the Asian Development Bank); 
• Elaine Shaw -- Regional Ombudsman at Pfizer; and
• Ronnie Thomson -- Corporate Ombudsperson at Halliburton.

Current board members Teresa Ralicki is not running for re-election and Ilene Butensky is termed out. Voting is open only to IOA members and ends on January 31, 2018. The election results will be announced formally in April 2018.

Related posts:IOA Opens Election for 2013 Board; IOA Opens Election for 2014 Board of Directors; IOA Opens Election for 2015 Board of Directors; IOA Opens Elections for 2016 Board; International Ombudsman Association Opens Elections for 2017 Board Under New Bylaws; International Ombudsman Association Announces 2017 Board Election Results; IOA Board Elects 2017 Officers; IOA Seeks Nominations for 2018 Board of Directors.