Results of SLA Board of Directors vote

 The 2010 election for the Board of Directors of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) drew a record turnout, as more than 27 percent of members helped elect five new members to the organization’s governing body.

When the polls closed at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on 29 September, the election results were announced, as follows:

• President-Elect: Brent Mai
• Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect: Ulla de Stricker
• Division Cabinet Chair-Elect: Richard Huffine
• Directors: Jill Hurst-Wahl and Sara Tompson

The five newly elected board members will begin their terms on the SLA Board of Directors on 1 January 2011 and will participate in their first board meeting during the association’s annual Leadership Summit later that month in Washington, D.C.    (Read the full press release)

 

Congratulations Jill Hurst-Wahl!

Jill Hurst-Wahl is president of her own consulting firm, Hurst Associates, Ltd., where she works directly with information professionals and their organizations. She previously was a corporate librarian for two organizations, Corning Inc. and Manning & Napier, and since 2001 has been teaching at Syracuse University, where she is now an assistant professor of practice in the university’s School of Information Studies. Jill is a member of SLA’s Information Outlook Advisory Council and has chaired the Second Life Workgroup (2008) and the Association Networking Committee (2001-2003). In the Upstate New York Chapter, Jill has held several positions, including business manager, president (1998-1999), archivist, and chapter liaison to the Syracuse University student group. Jill is currently a member of the Information Technology Division, the Leadership & Management Division, and the Baseball Caucus and serves the IT Division as its professional development chair.