Voting to Approve AABB 2025-26 Board of Directors Slate Begins Aug. 13

The voting period for AABB individual and institutional members to approve the candidate slate for the AABB 2025-26 Board of Directors will begin Wednesday, Aug. 13.

AABB’s election vendor, ElectionBuddy, will email ballots to all eligible members of the Association that day.

To ensure they receive personalized voting credentials and notifications, AABB encourages members to whitelist the following email address and IP address in their email settings or share them with their organization’s IT department:

• Email address: invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com 
• IP address: 147.253.212.171

Members who do not receive a ballot should contact ygrant@aabb.org.

This year, the candidate slate includes four at-large directors, as well as the president-elect, vice president and secretary. The candidates on the ballot are uncontested, with no nominations by petition having been submitted by the membership. Candidates on the are as follows:

• President-Elect: Richard Schäfer, MD, FRSB
• Vice President: Delisa English, MBA
• Secretary: Sally Campbell-Lee, MD, FCAP, CABP
• At-large Director (Position #1) Pampee Young, MD, PhD
• At-large Director (Position #5) Ray Goodrich, PhD
• At-large Director (Position #7): Caroline Wesonga Wangamati, MSc, MA, BCom
• At-large Director (Position #9): Rob Van Tuyle

In addition to approving the candidate slate, AABB will invite members to share their thoughts on issues and priorities for the board to consider during the year ahead. There will be an opportunity to do so in the comment box provided on the ballot.

The voting period will end on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 11:59 pm (ET).