Slate of Officers for 2026-2027 Board of Directors
The 2025-2026 Nominations Committee announces the slate of officers for President-Elect, Vice President-Education, Director-Focusing on International, and Director-Focusing on Membership.
The 2025-2026 Council Ballot Committee (CBC) created the slate for the Board position of Director-Focusing on Membership. The Nominations Committee created the slate for the additional three positions.
Candidates for the 2026-2027 Board of Directors positions are listed below. The election will take place in January 2026.
President-Elect
- Leslie D. Hodder, Indiana University-Bloomington
- Timothy J. Rupert, Northeastern University
Vice President-Education
- Kimberly S. Church, Missouri State University
- Rebecca Shortridge, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Director-Focusing on International
- Elizabeth Gordon, Temple University
- Stephani A. Mason, DePaul University
Director-Focusing on Membership
- Sandra B. Richtermeyer, Rutgers University Camden
- Margaret B. Shackell, Ithaca College
Terms
- New officers begin their 3-year terms at the conclusion of the Association’s Annual Convention in August 2026.
Voting Process
- In December 2025, a "Get to Know the Candidates" page will be posted on our website and available for members to view until online voting ends.
- Consistent with the AAA Bylaws, additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by not less than one hundred (100) members of the Association submitted to the Chief Executive Officer at American Accounting Association, 11161 E. State Rd 70, Suite 110-519, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the election. For this year, additional nominations must be received no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Monday, January 5, 2026. Persons so nominated must previously have agreed to serve if elected. The membership of the Association shall be notified prior to the election of the nominations made by petition.
- Online voting shall begin on or about Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
- According to the AAA Bylaws, the election shall take place by mail, facsimile, or electronic vote of the members. The vote shall be open for at least thirty (30) days. (Detailed voting instructions will be provided later via the AAA website and multi-topic emails.)
- Regular and Life members of the Association are eligible to vote in elections conducted by the Association; however, Student members are not eligible to participate in the Association election process.
Nominations Committee (per AAA Bylaws)
The AAA Nominations Committee shall consist of the two most recent Past Presidents willing and able to serve and five members elected by Council. The five elected members cannot be current members of either Council or the Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee shall be chaired by the most senior, in service, of the Past Presidents serving. Members of the 2025-2026 Nominations Committee are: Chair, Mark H. Taylor, University of South Florida, Past President; Audrey Gramling, Oklahoma State University, Immediate Past President; Dereck Barr-Pulliam, University of Louisville; Lucy Chen, Villanova University; Dana Hermanson, Kennesaw State University; Stephannie Larocque, University of Notre Dame; Cathy Scott, University of North Texas at Dallas; and Yvonne Hinson, AAA Chief Executive Officer, (ex-officio).
Council Ballot Committee (per AAA Bylaws)
In 2011, Council established the policy that the Council Ballot Committee (CBC) would function as a "committee of the whole." The CBC shall select at least two member names each year who meet the criteria of the call for director nomination approved by the Board of Directors to appear on the ballot for one position on the Board of Directors ballot. The standing Council Ballot Committee, established with the Bylaws revision in 2011, shall consist of all Council members except the Board of Directors. Gary Peters, University of Arkansas, chaired the 2025-2026 CBC.
Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Governance Manager, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.