Voting Now Open for New Executive Committee Members
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Jul 23, 2024
Voting is now open to select new a2ru Executive Committee members, to serve three years terms between September 2024 and August 2027. This committee takes a key role in advising a2ru staff in how we serve our mission and lead inter-institutional collaborations and thought leadership on behalf of the entire network. We partner with these individuals to enact new programs; we rely on these committee members to weigh in on how we spend a2ru’s resources, from staff convening time as how we allocate a2ru revenue and gift funds. They also coordinate leveraging external funds to resource both member schools and a2ru network activities aligned with a2ru’smission. The committee also works in monthly meetings to strategically chart the direction of the network’s activities
This year’s nominees include:
- Soul Brown, Director of Research, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) (Running for 2nd Term)
- Jason Freeman, Interim Associate Vice Provost for the Arts, Georgia Tech
- Megan Halpern, Founder & Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning, and Engagement (CIRCLE), Michigan State University
- Sonia Hirt, Dean and Hughes Professor in Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Georgia (Running for 2nd Term)
- Craig Kier, Director, Arts for All, University of Maryland
- Carly Lettero, Associate Director of Arts, Science, Humanities and Technology Integration, Patricia Valian Reser Center for Creative Arts (PRAx), Oregon State University
- Laura Levin, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, York University
- Matthew Nolan, Assistant Professor of Game Sound and Music, George Mason University
Voting is open through Monday, August 26, 2024. All a2ru individual members and those affiliated with a2ru institutional and departmental members may vote. Please visit our elections page to learn more about this year’s nominees and submit your vote.