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2007-08 ACerS Board of Directors

2007-08 Board of Directors

Board of Directors, from top row left: David Johnson, David Payne, George Wicks, John Mecholsky, Sheldon Wiederhorn, Richard Brow and Scott Steen. Bottom row, from left: Lora Saiber, L. David Pye, Katherine Faber, John Kaniuk and Donald Bray. (Not pictured: Alexis Clare, Edwin Fuller and Carol Handwerker.)

Since the founding of The American Ceramic Society in 1898, the Board of Directors has represented ACerS membership as the highest level of leadership in the Society.

Elected by the membership from among its numbers, the Board decides on Society policy, budget, appointments to leadership and representative positions, conferring of awards, and other important matters. Ultimately the Board of Directors is responsible for setting the Society's strategic direction.

Board Members are elected to three-year terms. Nine voting directors serve at-large. Their terms are staggered so that a third of the at-large seats become vacant every year.

The President is elected to a term of one year as a voting member. The President also serves one year in advance of their term as the President-Elect, and one year following as the immediate Past President. The Society’s Treasurer is appointed for a two-year term.

The Executive Director of ACerS serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Board.