Susana Reyes | David Scott | Robin Mann | Mike O'Brien | Chuck Frank |
Congratulations to the five candidates selected to serve on the Sierra Club National Board, the Club's governing body.
The members-only election to fill five spots ended April 27. Top vote-getters are:
--Susana Reyes of the Angeles Chapter, who was re-elected and serves as secretary;
--David Scott, former Sierra Club president and civil rights attorney from Ohio;
--Robin Mann, former Sierra Club president who was re-elected and lives in Pennsylvania;
--Mike O'Brien, a Seattle city councilman from Washington state; and
--Chuck Frank, a former member of the Sierra Club Foundation Board of Directors who was re-elected and lives in Illinois.
Joseph Manning a sustainability advocate from Massachusetts; Judy Hatcher, executive director of Pesticide Action Network North America in Oakland, Calif.; and Luther Dale, retired minister and publishing executive from Minnesota, also had run for the 15-member board. The Angeles Chapter earlier had recommended Reyes, Mann and Manning.
More than 45,000 members nationwide voted. Among those almost 30% were electronic ballots and 70% were mail-in ballots.