Elections are under way for the AASV District Director positions in Districts 2, 5, 9, and 11. The candidates in District 9 (MN, ND) were only recently identified after a “primary” to narrow the field from 6 nominees to 2. The two nominees who received the most votes and were placed on the ballot are Drs. Alyssa Betlach and Levi Johnson. A link to the ballot has been emailed to each voting member in the applicable districts, along with a link to each candidate’s biographical campaign message. Members may also access their ballot and candidate messages by logging into aasv.org/members. The candidates in each district are:
District 2 (southeastern US: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN)
Dr. Sara Hough (incumbent)
Dr. Cary Sexton
District 5 (Illinois, Wisconsin)
Dr. Attila Farkas (incumbent)
Write-in
District 9 (Minnesota, North Dakota)
Dr. Alyssa Betlach
Dr. Levi Johnson
District 11 (Canada)
Dr. Susan Detmer (incumbent)
Write-in
The last date to submit or change a vote is Friday, February 24 (Midnight CST). The election results will be announced on Tuesday, March 7 during the Business Breakfast at the AASV Annual Meeting in Aurora, Colorado.