Category: Elections

“The Special Libraries Association is pleased to announce the results of this year’s election for 2025 President-Elect and 2025-27 Board members. This year, 258 SLA members (13.57%) cast their votes. Below are the results of this year’s polling:

President-Elect (January 2025 -December 2025)
Heather Kotula | President and CEO, Access Innovations, Inc.

Board Members (January 2025-December 2027)
Emma Moore | Librarian, Institute for Advanced Study
Julie Maekask | Law Librarian, Eastman & Smith LTD
Stephanie Rollins | Director of Library Services, Air University Library
Meenal Oak | Librarian (Prof – Level 14), MEs’s Institute of Management and Career Courses (IMCC)

SLA congratulates the new Board members-elect and expresses its deepest gratitude to all who stood for office during this election. Their dedication to SLA and its members ensures that the Special Libraries Association will remain vibrant and member-led for years to come.”

The Special Libraries Association

Hello PAMily!

It is with great pleasure that I announce the results of the PAM elections for 2024.  Kayleigh Bohémier was elected to serve as PAM President-Elect/President/Past-President for the 2024-2026 term, and Jordan Green was elected to serve as PAM Member-at-Large (Finances) for the 2024-2025 term.

Ballots were distributed to 209 PAM members in good standing, and 51 ballots were cast.  Of those 51 ballots, 100% voted “Yes” in favor of electing Kayleigh and Jordan.  Congratulations on your unanimous elections!

Special thanks go to the members of the PAM Nominations & Elections Committee, Lauren Gala and Sam Hansen, for being incredible team members and helping recruit the next generation of PAM leaders.  Thank you also to Chris Doty and Rebecca Hutchinson who are finishing their terms on the PAM Board.

PAM is always looking for more volunteers, so if you are interested in helping out next year, please reach out to Sarah Siddiqui, 2024 PAM President, to express your interest.

Thank you for your faith in me to manage this election, and congratulations Kayleigh and Jordan!

Sincerely,

John Kromer

Nominations & Elections Chair

The ballot for the 2024 PAM elections was distributed on October 25 and will be open until November 8, 2023.  All SLA-PAM members in good standing are eligible to vote in PAM elections.  The candidates this year are Kayleigh Bohémier for a three-year term as PAM President-Elect/President/Past-President and Jordan Green for a two-year term as Member-at-Large (Finances).

Kayleigh Bohémier is a Science Research Support Librarian at Yale University’s Marx Science and Social Science Library, where she supports researchers in Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Linguistics, and Physics.

Jordan Green is a Science & Technology Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is the liaison to the departments of Physics & Astronomy, Applied Physical Sciences, and most recently Psychology & Neuroscience.

Many thanks to the 2023 PAM Nominations & Elections Committee, Sam Hansen and Lauren Gala, for their hard work in securing candidates for the PAM Board!

Submitted: John Kromer, Nominations & Elections Committee Chair

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce that we have new a Secretary and Chair-Elect.

Sarah Siddiqui received 80 “Yes” votes and 1 “No” vote for Chair-Elect.

Henrik Spoon received 80 “Yes” votes for Secretary.

Sarah and Henrik will assume their new roles on January 1, 2023. We are very grateful to both of them for accepting to fill these roles.

Thanks to all of you for voting, and I hope when there are open positions, you decide to volunteer your time for PAM.  It is a wonderful community, and serving it is a rewarding  experience professionally and personally.

Sincerely,

Lauren Gala and Zary Kamarei

PAM Nominations & Elections Committee

Hi PAM,

Tuesday  9/13 at 9am EST, the 2022 PAM Board election ballot notice was emailed to PAM members.  This year, we are voting on PAM President-Elect and PAM Secretary positions.

The ballot will be open from 9/13 to 9/27.  Exercise your right to vote!

NOTE: The ballot notice will come from SurveyMonkey.  Please check your spam/trash folders if you don’t see it. If you do not see a link to the survey in your inbox please contact a member of the Nominations and Elections Committee.

Thank you,

PAM Nominations and Elections Committee

Zary Kamarei

Lauren Gala