Slate of Candidates for ERF Governing Board 2007-2009

The following list presents the candidates for office as members of the Federation’s Governing Board in the upcoming election.  The members elected this summer will formally take office at the ERF business meeting on 7 November 2007 in Providence, Rhode Island and serve as members of Bob Howarth's administration from 2007 to 2009.

President Elect

W. Rockwell Geyer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

Susan L. Williams
University of California at Davis
Bodega Laboratory

Secretary  

Wayne S. Gardner
University of Texas Marine Science Institute 

Pat Glibert
University of Maryland, UMCES
Horn Point Laboratory  

Member at Large 

Ivan Valiela
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 

Cathleen Wigand
US EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI 

Member at Large – International

Angel Borja
AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division
Pasaia, Spain 

Daniel Conley
GeoBiosphere Science Centre
Lund University, Sweden  

Thank you to each of these fine members for agreeing to stand for office.  Thank you to all members who take their valuable time to read the candidates’ statements and to vote.  Voting is an important duty of membership.  Our elected leaders guide the Federation’s routine operations and set the course for future work.  Ballots and information on the candidates’ qualifications and their statements about the Board’s business will be mailed to members in good standing in July.