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The 2025-2026 Ðãɫֱ²¥ Election Candidates

Voting is open September 8, 2025, and closes on November 3, 2025.

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President-Elect 

 

 

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Tim Amyx

Registrar/Assistant VP for Strategic Enrollment Systems, Volunteer State Community College
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Chris Huang

Vice President for Academic Systems and Completion Strategy at Ivy Tech Community College
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Vice President for Access and Equity

 

 

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Chris Dorsten

Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management & University Registrar
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Dr. Miguel Sahagun

Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services & Registrar, Harvard University
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Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Management

 

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Dr. Josh Hibbard

Vice President for Enrollment Management, Whitworth University
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Lenell Hahn

Asst. VP for Enrollment Management and Admissions, Southeast Missouri State University
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Vice President for Information Technology

 

 

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Scott Campbell

Associate Vice President & University Registrar, The University of Chicago
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Monterey Sims

Director, Admissions and Evaluation, University of Phoenix
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In general, only Ðãɫֱ²¥ voting members are eligible to submit a ballot.

Voting Statistics

2024 Elections: 720 votes

2023 Elections: 483 votes

2022 Elections: 640 votes

2021 Elections: 681 votes

2020 Elections: 484 votes

2019 Elections: 691 votes

2026-2027 Nominations & Elections Committee

 

Seth Kamen

Dr. Seth Kamen

State Director of Credit Mobility, North Carolina Community College System Office
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Dr. Patrick Frazier

Dr. Patrick Frazier

Associate Director of Admissions Marketing & Events, Western Carolina University
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Rebecca Mathern, Ph.D.


Associate Vice Provost- Academic Affairs and University Registrar, Oregon State University
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Lisa Emery, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Registrar at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Keisha Campbell

University Registrar & Executive Director, Morgan State University

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Deborah Flynn

Registrar, Claremont McKenna College
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Kristina Rosales

Kristina Rosales

Registrar, CUNY Guttman Community College
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Tara Arneson

Registrar, Champlain College
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David Williams

David Williams

Law Registrar, North Carolina Central University
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Jessica Gonzalez

Jessica Gonzalez

Assistant Registrar, Elmhurst University
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Jonathan Helm

Jonathan Helm

University Registrar at the University of Pittsburgh
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Elissa Thoman

Elissa Thoman

Associate Registrar, Student Academic Records and Systems, University of Iowa
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Ryan Waits

Ryan Waits

Assistant Registrar, Louisiana State University
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Steve Downing

Steve Downing

Dean of Enrollment Management at Bellevue College
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Vice President for Records and Academic Services 

 

 

Julia Pomerenk

Registrar and Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management, University of Oregon
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Vice President for Finance 

 

Ari Kaufman

Assistant Director of Project Management and Student Data Compliance, Berklee College of Music
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Vice President at Large 

 

 

Connie Shipman Newsome

Registrar, Campbell University School of Law
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Chair-Elect

 

 

Wendolyn Davis

Director of Transfer Center, University of Tennessee
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Vice Chair-Elect

 

 

Sasha Suzuki

Associate University Registrar, Wake Forest University
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2022-2023 Nominations & Elections Committee Alternates

 

Laura Jacobs Anderson (1st Alternate)

Registrar, Williamette University
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Johnika Dreher (2nd Alternate)

Program Director, Prince George's Community College
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Kristin Smeigilski

Kristin Smigielski (3rd Alternate)

Dean of Enrollment, Parkland College
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Institutional Voter Registration Compliance

In accordance with the 1998 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, institutions must make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms and make such forms widely available to students in attendance.

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