NAMI is pleased to announce ten candidates for the 2024-2025 NAMI Board of Directors! Five candidates will be elected to serve for the standard three-year term.
All nominees are NAMI members and members of the NAMI Affiliate or NAMI State Organization making the nomination. Nominations were made by NAMI Affiliates and NAMI State Organizations in good standing who had submitted their memberships and paid dues by the membership deadline 70 days prior to NAMI's Annual Meeting.
In addition to their statements of candidacy and their NAMI affiliations, each candidate profile includes the letter of nomination from the NAMI Affiliate or NAMI State Organization recommending the candidate for service to the NAMI Board and a summary of statements the nominator provided in support of their candidacy. Each candidate profile also includes a recorded five-minute speech from the candidate.
The candidates are listed in the order that the written nomination was received by NAMI:
- Jeff Fladen, nominated by NAMI Tennessee
- Alex Sheehan, nominated by NAMI Washington
- Todd Donovan, nominated by NAMI New Hampshire
- Ray Charles Lay, nominated by NAMI Indiana
- Babu George Mathew, nominated by NAMI Colorado
- Joe Rose, nominated by NAMI Alameda County South (CA)
- Cedric Dante Leonard, nominated by NAMI Alabama
- Elise Banks-Lovely, nominated by NAMI Texas
- Barbara A. Ricci, nominated by NAMI New York State
- Glenda Wrenn Gordon, nominated by NAMI Georgia
Live Candidate Speeches
Live candidate speeches will take place at NAMICon 2024 on Monday, June 3, 8:45 a.m. MT.
Questions?
If you have questions about the 2024 NAMI voting and elections process, please send an email to
voting@nami.org.