Nomination Committee/2025 Nominations and Ballot

Each year, ESIP conducts elections of its officers, committee chairs and Administrative Committee members. We are at the time of year when we begin accepting nominations for the following positions which are elected ESIP-wide: (multiple nominees for a position are welcome and encouraged).

Incumbents in a position are indicated by (i) following their name. Nominations will be accepted through May 30,2025. Send nominations (self-nomination is encouraged) to nominations@esipfed.org.

Candidates statements about their candidacy will be posted on this site.

Position descriptions are available at the links for each position below. (Click on each Position to view its description and Committee's role)

POSITION	NOMINEES	CANDIDATE STATEMENT
President	Douglas Rao	Douglas Rao Candidate Statement (Elected, 40/40 =100%)
Vice President	Amber Budden	Amber Budden Candidate Statement (Elected, 39/39 =100%)
Governance Committee Chair	John Relph (i)	John Relph Candidate Statement (Elected, 39/39 =100%)
Finance Committee Chair	Karl Bendict	Karl Benedict Candidate Statement (Elected, 40/40 =100%)
Partnership Committee Chair	Mike Mahoney	Mike Mahoney Candidate Statement (Elected, 39/39 =100%)
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice EDIJ Chair Committee Chair	Steve Diggs (i)	Steve Diggs Candidate Statement (Elected, 37/37 =100%)
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Ge Peng	Ge Peng Candidate Statement (Elected,40/40 =100%)
Education Committee Chair	Carla McAuliffe (i)	Carla McAuliffe Candidate Statement (Elected, 38/38 =100%)
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Chris Battisto (i)	Chris Battisto Candidate Statement Elected, 39/39 = 100%)
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Cogan Shimizu	Cogan Shimizu Candidate Statement (Elected, 39/39 =100%)
At Large Board Member (2 positions)	Chris Stoner Bruce Caron	Chris Stoner Candidate Statement (Elected, 37/37 =100%) Bruce Caron Candidate Statement (Elected, 39/39 =100%)