2009 LERA Board Election Results
Congratulations to 2010 President Elect Gordon Pavy and four newly elected LERA Executive Board members who will begin terms January 5, 2010, following the Atlanta Annual Meeting. They will replace board members whose terms expire: Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates; Jacqueline Drucker, Mediator/Arbitrator; Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University; and Julie Martinez Ortega, American Rights at Work.
Returning Board members include: Beth Almeida, NIRS; Rose Batt, Cornell University; Robert Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor & Human Resources; Ellen Dannin, Penn State University; Richard Fincher, Workplace Resolution, LLC; John Goddard, University of Manitoba, Iain Gold, Intern’l Brotherhood of Teamsters; Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Assn; Christian Weller, Center for American Progress; and Charles Whalen, Utica College.
LERA’s first electronic election was held this year via the Internet and yielded a 5% increase from last year in votes received. An email link to a user friendly listing of the candidates and their bios and an electronic ballot was sent to member this summer. Several member requested paper ballots, which were also sent to those members who do not provide or have email addresses.
“Overall, we consider the new e-balloting successful, since it increased the total number of votes received and helped us reduce expenses,” reported Emily Smith, of the LERA office. “There were a few glitches reported which we were able to resolve or send a paper ballots. We plan to continue with the e-ballot process for future elections and ask LERA members to keep us informed of updated email addresses.”
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO, President Elect for 2010
Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS
Linda Ewing, UAW
Dennis Kuhl, Boeing
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University
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