Nominations
2023 NSTA Elections
The annual NSTA Nominations for Board of Directors and Council engages science educators in leadership positions. The NSTA Board of Directors and Council work together to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.
To be eligible for consideration, you must be a current member of NSTA, and meet the requirements of the position being sought as outlined in the Governance Structure (see below).
Nominees for the 2023 Election
Nominations for the NSTA Board and Council are now closed and the slate has been chosen. Thank you to everyone who applied and/or nominated a colleague. Ballots will be sent to the membership on December 15, 2022. To participate in the election, be sure that your membership and email are current.
The Nominations Committee is proud to present the following slate of candidates:
Board of Directors (Division Directors)
President-Elect
- Alicia Conerly
- Beverly Devore-Wedding
Multicultural/Equity Division Director
- Leena Bakshi
- Demetrice Smith-Mutegi
Preservice Division Director
- Lisa Brown
- Karen Matsler
Research Division Director
- Deborah Hanuscin
- Bridina Lemmer
Council (District Directors)
District I (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island)
- Sharyon Holness
- Craig Richard
District VI (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)
- Kelly Moore
- Julie Pepperman
District VII (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi)
- Jennifer Bollich
- Tyler Dufrene
District XII (Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin)
- Mike Bechtel
- Nadine Weirather
District XIII (New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
- Jennifer Meyer
- Omah Williams-Duncan
District XVIII (Canada)
- Chuck Cohen
- John Munro
NSTA's Governance Structure
The Board is comprised of the three (3) NSTA Presidents and the ten (10) Division Directors. The Council is comprised of the NSTA President and eighteen (18) District Directors. Learn More
Guidelines & Responsibilities
Dates to Remember
September 22
Web Seminar: Transforming Science Education Through Service to NSTA
October 1
Nominations portal open to the membership to apply or nominate a colleague.
November 6
Last day to submit a completed application including all letters of support.
December 1
Review your current email address on file in your member record. Update your email by logging into your membership account.
December 15
Ballots sent to the current NSTA membership. You must be a member prior to December 15th in order to vote in the election.
Dec. 15 - Jan. 25
Open voting. Nomination and Election Guidelines prohibit campaigning for all elections. The publication of each candidate's biographical data and position statement shall be the total extent to which Association members are informed about candidates for office.
January 25
Final day to cast your ballot.
Procedures for NSTA Election for Board of Directors
An outside independent contractor will e-mail ballots and biographical material, receive returned ballots, count and tally results, and report those results first to the chairperson of the NSTA Nominations Committee, and then to the NSTA Executive Director.
By vote of NSTA Membership, NSTA Bylaws will now allow the inclusion of electronic balloting procedures for the Board of Directors and Council elections.
The contractor will be responsible for assuring accuracy of data entry, shall retain all ballots until the election is certified by the Nominations Committee, and provide, with acceptable evidence, ballots to members who may not have received them due to e-mail or other problems. Using guidelines provided by the Nominations Committee, the contractor will be responsible for accepting or rejecting ballots, reporting on those and providing invalid ballots to the Nominations Committee following the election. The Nominations Committee then has the authority to make final decisions on such questionable ballots.
For More Information
Please contact the NSTA Nominations’ Program Liaison
703.312.9254 • nominations@nsta.org