Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced the slate of candidates for the 2010 Board of Directors. Two of the board candidates are members of the Legal Division Their names appear in bold type in list below:
2010 Board of Directors Candidates Announced
Alexandria, Virginia, February 18, 2009 – SLA has nominated eight candidates to run for election to the 2010 SLA Board of Directors. The candidates were identified by the SLA Nominating Committee, which annually solicits names of potential candidates from the membership, and is responsible for putting together a slate of candidates that has exceptional talent, is professionally diverse, and provides regionally balanced representation.
Members will have several opportunities to hear from and get to know candidates at the SLA 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in Washington, D.C. The election will be held electronically in mid-September 2009. The elected candidates will take office on January 1, 2010.
The candidates running for election to the 2010 SLA Board of Directors are:
For President-elect
Agnes Mattis, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City
Cindy Romaine, Romainiacs Intelligence Research, Portland, Ore.
For Treasurer
Karen Kreizman Reczek, Bureau Veritas, Buffalo, N.Y.
Dan Trefethen, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
For Chapter Cabinet Chair-elect
Elizabeth Blankson-Hemans, Dialog, London, U.K.
Debal C. Kar, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India
For Division Cabinet Chair-elect
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Longmont, Colo.
Stacey Greenwell, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
For more information about SLA’s governance practices and leadership, please visit the Board of Directors section of our Web site at
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/bodsection/index.cfm.
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org.