Sixteen vying for 11 SABEW board seats

In an election that could greatly change the face of Society of American Business Editors and Writers governance, 16 people have volunteered to run for 11 vacant seats on SABEW’s board of governors.

An unusually high number of the 18 governor seats are up for grabs. Traditionally, six terms end each spring at our annual meeting. This year, the board lost three members to resignations: Charles Crumpley, George Gombossy and Mark Braykovich. They cited new work assignments for their departures.

Additionally, to be filled are terms of Greg McCune of Reuters, the new treasurer, and Rob Reuteman of the Rocky Mountain News, who’ll become secretary at the annual meeting.

The top six vote-getters will serve three-year terms. The next two top vote-getters will serve two years. The next three will serve one-year terms.

Of the 16 running for governor, six – Becky Bisbee, Bill Choyke, Henry Dubroff, Diana Henriques, Stephen Keating, and Jill Jorden Spitz – were previously elected to the board. Two others – David Wilson and Pamela Yip – were appointed last year to the board by SABEW President Dave Kansas.

Others running include USA Today’s Nancy Blair, Miami Herald business editor Lisa Gibbs, Long Island Business News reporter Dawn Hardesty, SmartMoney.com editor Ray Hennessey, CNBC reporter Rebecca Jarvis, Missouri State University professor Mary Jane Pardue, UNC-Chapel Hill professor Chris Roush and San Diego Union-Tribune business editor Jim Watters.

The election will be held May 21 at the annual conference in Anaheim, Calif. Journalists must be present at the annual meeting to vote; institutional members receive one vote.

Read more about the candidates here.