It’s not to late to make your voice heard by voting in the 2016 NCBA CLUSA Board of Directors election! NCBA CLUSA members in good standing are invited to cast their votes by Thursday, April 28 at 3 p.m. EDT. There are seven candidates running to fill five seats on the board: Bruce Carrozzi, Erbin Crowell, Ann Hoyt, Jerry McGeorge, Lance Rantala, Thaleon Tremain and Deb Trocha. Click here to read their bios and candidate statements.
Election results will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting, scheduled for May 2 in Washington, D.C. during NCBA CLUSA’s 2016 Annual Cooperatives Conference. If you haven’t already registered for this important conference, click here.
The NCBA CLUSA Board election is handled electronically through Simply Voting, a secure, cost-effective, environmentally responsible online platform for election services. If you have not received voting credentials from Simply Voting, please contact us by emailing membership@ncbaclusa.coop.
The NCBA CLUSA Board directs and inspires the organization. The Board brings consistent focus to the association’s longer term impacts, results, purposes and future opportunities to serve the needs of members; emphasizes proactive leadership in policy development, clear distinction and respect for board and management roles, collective decision-making after consideration and encouragement of a diversity of viewpoints and evaluation of organizational performance in terms of strategic and measurable results
. Finally, the Board assures excellence in governance through a disciplined approach based on adherence to the highest standard of ethical conduct in all aspects of its guidance, decision-making, and leadership of the association.