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
Vice President	Amber Budden	Amber Budden Candidate Statement
Governance Committee Chair	John Relph (i)	John Relph Candidate Statement
Finance Committee Chair	Karl Bendict	Karl Benedict Candidate Statement
Partnership Committee Chair	Mike Mahoney	Mike Mahoney Candidate Statement
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice EDIJ Chair Committee Chair	Steve Diggs (i)	Steve Diggs Candidate Statement
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Ge Peng	Ge Peng Candidate Statement
Education Committee Chair	Carla McAuliffe (i)	Carla McAuliffe Candidate Statement
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Chris Battisto (i)	Chris Battisto Candidate Statement
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Cogan Shimizu	Cogan Shimizu Candidate Statement
At Large Board Member (2 positions)	Chris Stoner Bruce Caron	Chris Stoner Candidate Statement Bruce Caron Candidate Statement