IOA Opens Election for 2023 Board of Directors

IOA members are now voting on the slate of Directors for 2024. Eight candidates are running for five open seats with three-year terms starting in April 2024. Two current directors are running for reappointment. 

The Ombuds Blog does not endorse candidates; information is provided only for reference. Candidate statements and biographies are available to members only on the IOA website. Here are the nominees, along with links to any prior posts on the Ombuds Blog:

• Ion Anghel, Ombuds Director, PetrOmbudsman

• Rodrigo Franco Cruz, Faculty Ombuds & Professor,  University of Nebraska 

• Jennifer Mahony (incumbent), Ombuds Office Director, Boston Children's Hospital

• Marisa D. Mason Smith, Ombuds, University of the Bahamas

• Julie A. Muroff, CO-OP, Ombuds Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Janelia Research Campus

• Heidi Stensby, CO-OP, Ombuds Director, Capella University [LinkedIn]

• Jacqueline Villafane (incumbent), Corporate Ombuds, American Red Cross 

• Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch, CO-OP, Director for the Office of Ombuds Services, University of Tennessee
  

Election results are expected in March. New officers will be elected by the board following the IOA Annual Meeting.

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