2012 ANS National Election Candidate Slate

Vice President / President-Elect Candidates
The ANS Nominating Committee has selected as the candidates for Vice President / President-Elect: Roger S. Reynolds (RSR Nuclear), and Joe C. Turnage (UniStar - ret.).

Nomination by Petition - Vice President / President-Elect Candidate
The executive office has received one petition candidate for Vice President / President-Elect: Donald R. Hoffman (EXCEL Services Corporation).

Board of Directors Candidates
The ANS Board of Directors each serve a three year term that begins and ends during an ANS Annual Meeting. The ANS Bylaws and Rules require that U.S. and non U.S. members be proportionately represented; therefore, in the 2012 election, there are four U.S. Director At-Large, and one non-U.S. Director At-Large positions to be filled.

U.S. Director At-Large Position Candidates
Nominated to run for the U.S. Director At-Large positions are: Margaret E. Harding (4 Factor Consulting), Angelina S. Howard (Howard-Johnson Associates), Kimberlee Kearfott (University of Michigan), Andrew C. Klein (Oregon State University), Charles (Chip) R. Martin (Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board), Stephen P. Schultz (Consultant), Amir Shahkarami (Exelon), and Gary J. Taylor (Entergy).

Non-U.S. Director At-Large Position Candidates
Nominated to run for the Non-U.S. Director At-Large - Asia / Oceania - position are: Hong Jiang (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd.), and Mingguang Zheng (Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute).

Directors whose terms will end in June 2012 are: Joe F. Colvin, Kazuaki Matsui, Regis A. Matzie, Joy L. Rempe, John I. Sackett, and Kenneth R. Schultz.

In addition to Chair Joe F. Colvin, members of this year's Nominating Committee included: Local Sections Committee Chair Robert F. Penn, Professional Divisions Committee Vice Chair Carl A. Mazzola, Todd R. Allen, William E. Burchill, Darby S. Kimball, H. Peter Planchon, Edward L. Quinn, and Loyd A. Wright.

Nominating by Petition
Members have the option to Nominate by Petition. Candidates, other than individuals on the Nominating Committee's slate, may be nominated by petition for Officer and Director vacancies. Acceptable petitions must:

• Be signed by 200 or more ANS voting members;
• Contain the original signature of each petitioner;
• Have the nominee's written consent; and
• Be in the Office of the ANS Executive Director at least 22 weeks prior to the Annual Meeting.

Petitions for the 2012 national election are due at ANS Headquarters no later than January 9, 2012 (no extensions).

Voting
Ballots for the 2012-2013 election will be mailed on March 12, 2012. As ratified by the ANS membership in June 1997, there is no longer balloting at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, the mail ballots for the Board of Directors election must be returned and received no later than 12 noon on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.