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SEALS 2027 Elections

The Steering Committee will elect four board members during the 2027 Annual Meeting. Two rules apply to all positions: (1) only faculty members from institutional member schools are eligible to serve; and (2) two faculty members from the same school cannot be elected to serve on the board simultaneously. The available positions appear below.

    1. Vice-President/President Elect to serve in that position during 2027-2028, serve as President in 2028–2029, and serve as Immediate Past President in 2029–2030. A third rule applies to this position: the nominee must be a faculty member (including retired or emeritus faculty) at a member school located in Texas.
    2. Executive Director to fill an existing vacancy and to serve in that position from the end of the 2027 annual meeting through the remainder of the current three-year term, which ends after the conclusion of the 2029 annual meeting.
    3. Secretary to serve in that position from the end of the 2027 annual meeting through the end of the 2030 annual meeting.
    4. At-Large Board member to serve in that position from the end of the 2027 annual meeting through the end of the 2030 annual meeting.

Officers other than the President are eligible to run for re-election. At-Large Board members who serve three-year terms are ineligible to run for immediate re-election but are eligible to run for other positions.

The terms of five board members do not end in 2027: John Anderson (Mississippi Christian) (continues as President); Donald Tobin (Maryland) (continues as Past President); Margaret Hu (William & Mary); Colin Marks (Missouri-Kansas City); and Thomas Metzloff (Duke). We cannot accept a nomination for another faculty member from any of these schools.

The terms of three board members end in 2027: Gary Myers (Missouri); Ray Diamond (LSU); and Charles (Rocky) Rhodes (Missouri). We can accept a nomination for another faculty member from those schools.

Please submit nominations to Rocky Rhodes at cwrhodes@missouri.edu. Faculty members can nominate themselves or another person. If you nominate another person, please cc the nominee so Rocky knows you have ascertained his or her willingness to serve.

Nominations close on June 25, 2027, thirty days before the beginning of the 2027 Conference.