Announcing IASD Election Results

Laurel Clark, Nominating Committee Chair

It is a pleasure to announce IASD’s new Directors and officers for 2026-2027.

Each year, members vote to elect five new and returning Board Directors for a 3-year term. Please join me in warmly welcoming them to the leadership team (at left, top to bottom):

Katherine Bell (USA), Natasha Bolvin (Canada), Ali Riza Duru (Turkey), Julia Lockheart (UK), and Jeanne Van Bronkhorst (Canada). 

We had a strong slate of qualified candidates. Thanks to all the candidates for being willing to serve IASD in a Director capacity. The two who ran and were not elected, Anna-Karin Bjorklund and Victor Lee Lewis, serve as alternates in case any Board Director is unable to complete their term.

To Sophie Boudrias, whose 3-year Board term ended this year, I speak on behalf of the entire Board and membership in thanking you for your generous service to IASD.

Officers perform specialized duties and serve for a 1-year term. All of the officers have agreed to serve another term in their current positions on the Executive Committee: Sherry Puricelli (Board Chair), Deirdre Barrett (President), Laurel Clark (Vice President), Robert Waggoner (Treasurer) and Tzivia Gover (Secretary).

Advisors to the Executive Committee are Jean Campbell, Bob Hoss, David Kahn and Angel Morgan.