MOBTS 2020 Elections of the Board of Directors

The 2020 election cycle has three seats up for vote – Secretary, Doctoral Institute Chair, and Early Educator Institute Chair. Members may vote for up to one (1) nominee from each board role. The candidate with the most votes from each role will be elected. Members will receive their ballots by email with whatever mailing address is listed in the membership database at the time of the election going live on Monday, February 24th. Voting will last for thirty (30) days, per the bylaws, and close at 11:59pm (Eastern) on Tuesday, March 24th. Reminders will be sent to those yet to cast a vote on two occasions leading up the close of the vote. All voting will be conducted through SurveyMonkey.

Should you have any questions, please contact Executive Director Brandon Charpied at brandon@mobts.org.


Nominees for the MOBTS Board of Directors

(Order of images randomly selected)

You may click on any image to access a nominee’s CV. Click on the “Q&A Responses” link to review the responses provided to three key questions MOBTS posed to each candidate.

CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY

Kevin Lo, University of San Francisco

CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL INSTITUTE CHAIR

Kim Gower, University of Mary Washington
Ken Mullane, Salem State University
Nick Rhew, Coastal Carolina University

CANDIDATES FOR EARLY EDUCATOR INSTITUTE CHAIR

Jason Pierce, UNC Greensboro
Gordon Schmidt, Purdue University Fort Wayne
Peggy Andrews, Hamline University
Diana Smrt, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Answers to Candidate Questionnaire