As chair of the Nominating Committee, I have the pleasure of informing you about the Board of Directors election results. It was an unusual election year due to the resignation of Tom Insel and the departure of long time Board member Ed Rover. In addition, Judy Illes and Jennifer Chandler decided not to run for re-election. This left vacant a 2-year term and a 1-year term in addition to five 3-year slots.
With input from the membership and the Nominating Committee, we submitted a slate of candidates to the Board for their consideration. It was difficult to narrow down our choices to those who were nominated as the talent pool within the INS membership is very, very deep. Many who were not put forth for nomination, or not elected this year, will certainly emerge as INS leaders in the not too distant future.
From a very strong slate of nominees, I am pleased to announce that the following individuals were selected to serve on the INS
Board of Directors:
One-year term:
Two-year term:
Three-year terms:
- Adrian Carter
- Steve Hyman
- Eric Racine
- Arleen Salles
- Paul Root Wolpe
Congratulations to our new and returning board members! Of the five 3-year terms, in addition to returning Board members Hyman and Wolpe, we are delighted to welcome three new members: Eric Racine, Arleen Salles and Adrian Carter, who each will bring their considerable resumes and fresh perspectives to the Board. They are a diverse group geographically hailing from Canada, Argentina, and Australia, and represent the future leadership of the Society. We are thrilled that they will serve with us. We are also honored to welcome back Martha Farah to the Board. Her distinguished work in neuroethics will bring additional luster to this outstanding class of board members.
Some of you may recall that Hank had vowed to not return to the board after his presidency and he was keen on keeping this promise. But incoming leadership and the Nominating Committee urged him to reconsider given the departures of Insel, Rover, former president Judy Illes, and Jennifer Chandler so as to avoid — and please excuse the pun — a brain drain.
This update would be incomplete without my acknowledging and thanking the members of the INS
Nominating Committee: Matt Baum, Jennifer Chandler, Bill Cheshire, Molly Crockett, Cynthia Forlini, Samia Hurst and Debra Matthews. We had multiple meetings to identify candidates and formulate the slate. We are all indebted to their service. Finally, I want to thank Karen Graham for staffing the Committee so effectively and Fred Dorey, our legal counsel, for counting the ballots. I look forward to seeing you in Chicago and hope you will have a chance to meet members of your INS board.
All the best,
