2016 ACSA Board Candidates & Results

The ACSA board of directors is pleased to announce the results of the 2016 ACSA Elections:

First Vice President: Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Suárez, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Second Vice President: Branko Kolarevic, University of Calgary

West Director: Corey T. Griffin, Portland State University

East Central Director: Kelly Bair, University of Illinois at Chicago

Online Voting
Below is information on the 2016 ACSA election, including candidate information. Official ballots were emailed to all full-member ACSA schools’ Faculty Councilors, who are the the voting representatives. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, February 10, 2016.

2016 ACSA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

First Vice President
The First Vice President will serve on the Board for a three-year term, beginning on July 1, 2016, with the first year served as First Vice President/President-Elect, the second year served as President, and the third year served as Past President. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.

Luis Rico-Gutierrez Iowa State University		Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Suárez Universidad de Puerto Rico

Second Vice President
The Second Vice President will serve on the Board for a four-year term, beginning on July 1, 2016, with the first year served as Second Vice President, the second year served as First Vice President/President-Elect, the third year served as President, and the fourth year served as Past President. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.

Barbara Klinkhammer Philadelphia University		Branko Kolarevic University of Calgary

2016 ACSA REGIONAL DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

The Regional Director will serve on the Board for a three-year term, beginning on July 1, 2016. Regional Directors serve as leaders of their regional constituent associations and chair meetings of their respective regional councils. They maintain regional records and have responsibility for the fiscal affairs of the constituent associations, and are accountable to their regional council for these funds. They provide assistance to regional schools and organizations applying for institutional membership. They prepare annual reports of regional activities for publication in the Association’s Annual Report. They participate in the nomination and election of their respective succeeding regional directors; and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the board, Regional Directors also sit on the ACSA board and are required to attend up to three board meetings a year. The links below include campaign statements written by each candidate and short curriculum vitae.

West Director Candidates

Robert Corser University of Washington		Corey T. Griffin Portland State University

East Central Director Candidates

Kelly Bair University of Illinois at Chicago		Erik M. Hemingway University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

ACSA Election Process
ACSA Bylaws, Article IX, Section 3: Election Process: “Elections shall be held in accordance with the Rules of the Board of Directors. Faculty Councilors of member schools shall be responsible for encouraging colleagues to express their views regarding candidates for Association elections, and shall submit the vote of the member school they represent on behalf of all members of the faculty. The Association shall announce the results of elections and appointments as soon as feasible, consistent with the Rules of the Board of Directors”.

The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative. Faculty Councilors must complete the online ballot by close of business, February 10, 2016.

2016 ACSA Board Election Timeline

The Faculty Councilor from each ACSA full-member school is the voting representative and must completed the online ballot by close of business, February 10, 2016.  

Contact
Eric Ellis, ACSA Director of Operations and Programs
phone: 202.785.2324
email: eellis@acsa-arch.org