ILA Nominating Committee Announces Executive Board Candidates for 2025 Election!
December 11, 2024
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The ILA Nominating Committee has announced the 2025 candidates for election in the spring of 2025.
VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES
(three-year term beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028)
Rosie Camargo, South Holland Public Library
Rene Leyva, Fossil Ridge Public Library District
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(three-year term beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028)
A candidate from each pairing will be elected in accordance with the ILA bylaws as amended at the 1998 ILA Annual Conference; a total of four directors will be elected to serve three-year terms on the ILA Executive Board.
DIRECTOR AT LARGE:
Betsy Mahoney, Six Mile Regional Library District
Leander Spearman, Belleville Public Library
DIRECTOR AT LARGE:
Kathryn (Kathy) Lind Caudill, Ela Area Public Library District
Tom Stagg, Alpha Park Public Library District
DIRECTOR AT LARGE:
Caroline Martin, Pecatonica High School
Heather McCarthy, Oak Lawn Hometown Middle SchoolDIRECTOR AT LARGE:Matthew Ostercamp, Brandel Library, North Park University
Shannon Pohrte, Elgin Community CollegeAny ILA member wishing to be added to the ballot by petition shall be added to the slate and placed in the paired candidate group that most clearly matches the affiliations of the petitioner as determined by the Nominating Committee. Petition candidates for vice president/president-elect will be added to the presidential slate as requested.
Nominations by petition for an elective office shall be proposed in writing by at least one hundred (100) personal members of the association and delivered to the Executive Office by March 1. Candidates nominated by petition shall be added to the slate and placed in the candidate group that most clearly matches the affiliation of the petitioner. The determination of placement on the slate is the responsibility of the Nominating Committee.
The polls will open electronically on April 1, 2025. The electronic polls will close on April 30, 2025, at midnight.
Serving on the Nominating Committee are Ryan Johnson (chair), Amber Creger, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Leah A. Gregory, Kate Niehoff, Hayley Rightnowar, and Camille Rose.
Information on each candidate will be available on the ILA website in March. Please email the ILA office at ila@ila.org with any questions.
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