Our New Directors - Sierra club executives - Brief Article

Sierra, July, 2001 by Elisa Freeling

In April, Sierra Club members reelected three incumbents and chose two new representatives to the Board of Directors. The winners of the election are:

* Incumbent NICK AUMEN, an ecosystem-restoration scientist from Palm Beach County, Florida, and former vice president of the Club (43,714 votes)

* Incumbent ED DOBSON, a Bluff, Utah, attorney who works with the Navajo tribe (38,799)

* Incumbent JENNIFER FERENSTEIN, the Missoula-based state lands coordinator for the Montana Environmental Information Center (37,858)

* JAN O'CONNELL, an insurance executive from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and formerly the Club's vice president of organizational effectiveness (38,048)

* DAVE WELLS, an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (31,483)

Members also rejected one measure that would have called for a ban on livestock grazing on all public lands, and another that would have mandated emphasis on population stabilization in all sprawl-related campaigns. Ten percent of Club members participated in this year's election; of the 67,468 votes cast, 13 percent were submitted online. To recommend a nominee for next year's Board election, contact Susan Heitman at heitman@mediaone.net or (213) 740-7896.