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Who We Are

ERIC is member-driven, member-led. The Board of Directors is comprised of election officials.

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Current Board Members

Jonathan Brater
Chair

Director, Michigan Bureau of Elections

Mandi Grandjean
Immediate Past Chair

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State & Director of Elections, Ohio
Resignation effective 6/16/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Blake Evans
Vice-Chair

Director of Elections, Georgia

David Maeda
Secretary

Director of Elections, Minnesota

Stuart Holmes
Treasurer

Director of Elections,
State of Washington

Jonathan Marks
Executive Committee Member

Deputy Secretary of Elections and Commissions, Pennsylvania

Ryan Cowley
Executive Committee Member

Director of Elections, Utah

Carol Beecher

Director, Alaska Division of Elections

Colleen Connor

Elections Director, Arizona

Judd Choate

Director, Division of Elections, Colorado Department of State

Peggy Reeves

Director of Elections,
Office of the Connecticut Secretary of State

Anthony Albence

State Elections Commissioner, Delaware

(Vacant)

Florida
Resignation effective 6/5/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Bernadette Matthews

Executive Director, Illinois State Board of Elections

(Vacant)

Iowa
Resignation effective 6/16/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Karen Sellers

Executive Director, Kentucky State Board of Elections

Melissa Packard

Director of Elections, Maine

Linda Lamone

Administrator of Elections, Maryland

Michelle Tassinari

Director and Legal Counsel, Elections Division, Massachusetts

(Vacant)

Missouri
Resignation effective 6/5/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Mark Wlaschin

Deputy Secretary for Elections, Nevada

Dr. Lauren Zyriek

Assistant Secretary of State and Acting Director of Elections, New Jersey

Mandy Vigil
Finance Committee

Director of Elections,
New Mexico

Molly Woon

Director of Elections, Oregon

Kathy Placencia

Director of Elections,
Rhode Island

Howard Knapp

Executive Director, South Carolina State Board of Elections

Christina Adkins

Director of Elections (Acting), Texas

Will Senning

Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Vermont

Susan Beals

Commissioner, Virginia Department of Elections
Resignation effective 8/10/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Monica Evans

Executive Director, Washington D.C. Board of Elections

Brittany Westfall

West Virginia
Resignation effective 6/5/2023
As per ERIC Bylaws Article II, Sec. 7

Meagan Wolfe

Administrator, Wisconsin Elections Commission

Advisory Boards

Research Advisory Board

Dr. Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Lisa Bryant, California State University – Fresno
Judd Choate, Director of Elections, Colorado
Stuart Holmes, Director of Elections, Washington
Vacancy – To be filled by a voting member of the ERIC Board of Directors
Shane Hamlin, Executive Director, ERIC

Privacy & Technology Advisory Board

Glenn Newkirk, President, InfoSENTRY Services, Inc. (retired)
Rebecca Wright, Professor of Computer Science, Barnard College, and Director, Vagelos Computational Science Center

ERIC Staff

Shane Hamlin

Executive Director

Ericka Haas

Systems Engineer & Technical Liaison

Sarah Whitt

Systems and Data Specialist