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2025 SAA Election Candidate Statements Available Now

  • 1.  2025 SAA Election Candidate Statements Available Now

    Posted 7 days ago

    The SAA election will begin on April 1, 2025.  Get to know your candidates by reviewing their statements! See the side-menu on the 2025 Elections page.

    Fourteen candidates are competing for three key leadership positions in the Society of American Archivists' 2025 election. Your vote helps shape the future of SAA—don’t miss this opportunity to participate! 

    • Vice President/President-Elect: The elected candidate will serve a one-year term as vice president starting in August 2025 before becoming SAA’s 81st president for the 2026–2027 term.
    • Council Members: Three seats are open on the SAA Council, with elected individuals serving three-year terms from August 2025 through the 2028 Annual Meeting.
    • Nominating Committee: Three candidates will be elected to serve one-year terms on the 2026 Nominating Committee, beginning immediately after the election.
    The 2025 Nominating Committee—Jessica Tai (Chair), Lori Dedeyan, Sarah Patton, and Council members Joyce Gabiola and Lydia Tang—developed insightful questions to help candidates share their perspectives. Each candidate has also provided a diversity statement in accordance with SAA guidelines.
    Eligibility and Voting Guidelines
    • All full individual members, student members, and primary contacts of institutional members who are in good standing on March 15, 2025, will be eligible to vote in the 2025 Election. Members who join after March 15, 2025, will be eligible to vote in the 2026 Election. Individual associate members are not eligible to vote.
    • SAA staff will export and upload voter data to the online ballot system during the last week of March. Voters will be able to access their online ballot between April 1 and April 15, 2025, via a unique username and password included in the email notification. SAA is partnering with Survey & Ballot Systems, a leading provider of secure online voting software for nonprofit associations, to administer this election.
    If you have any difficulty, please contact SAA staff at saagovernance@archivists.org. 


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