2023 Safer Buildings Coalition Board of Directors Slate

Posted on July 27, 2023

The 2023 election for the Safer Buildings Coalition Board of Directors is here! As always, we strongly encourage our members to vote in this election -- Electronic polling is open July 15th - Aug 15th. 

The Safer Buildings Coalition is pleased to announce this year's slate of candidates for the Board of Directors:  

Meet your Candidates:

Vice President

• Ron Schachter - Co-Founder - RF Solutions - Ron Schachter's Candidate Page
• (Unopposed)  

Treasurer [Listed in order of submission received] 

• Jim Loftus - Product Manager - Siemens Jim Loftus' Candidate Page
• Scott McClure - Vice President - Alliance Corporation  Scott McClure's Candidate Page

Secretary [Listed in order of submission received] 

• Richard Roberts - Senior Industry Affairs Manager - Honeywell  Richard Roberts' Candidate Page
  
• Shelley DePuy - General Manager - TowerIQ   Shelley DePuy's Candidate Page
  

At-Large [Listed in order of submission received] 

• John Thompson - Vice President In-Building Wireless Solutions - Mobile Communications America (MCA) -  John Thompson's Candidate Page
• Brad Algeo - Senior Project Manager - PMC Wireless  Brad Algeo's Candidate Page
• Jeff Sauntry - Chairman of the Board, Founder - Invision Communications  Jeff Sauntry's Candidate Page
  
• Greg Glenn - Senior Director of Product Marketing  - Comba Telecom  Greg Glenn's Candidate Page
  
• Jason Leopoldo - President - JEM Systems  Jason Leopoldo's Candidate Page

 Ballot Instructions

• ONE Representative from each Paid Tier Organization may submit a ballot. 
• An email notification was sent to the Primary Point of Contact at each Member Company.
• The link to the BALLOT FORM was sent recently directly to each company's  Primary  Point of Contact 
• To update your organization's Primary  Point of Contact(s), please contact us HERE, Subject: UPDATE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT.   

Election Procedure:

• ONE Representative from each Paid Tier Organization may submit a ballot. This Representative has received an email notice.
• To update your organization's Primary  Point of Contact(s), please contact us HERE, Subject: UPDATE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT   
• Per the SBC Published Member Tiers and Benefits, votes are weighted by Member Type:
•  Small and Medium Business Member Organizations get one vote per race, with each vote having a weight of one vote.
• Corporate and Wireless Carrier Member Organizations get one vote per race, with each vote having a weight of two votes.
• Each Organization Votes for ONE Candidate in each race.
• The election will be conducted by electronic ballot between July 15th and 23:30 PT on August 15th.
• Candidates earning most total votes will be announced on or before August 22nd.
• Any tie vote will result in a run-off election.
• For complete instructions about this year's election, please Download and Read the UPDATED Bylaws and Election Manual (Must be logged in to access this page).

Key Dates

• The election will be conducted by electronic ballot between July 15th and August 15th..
• Election closes at 23:30 PT on August 15th.
• On August 15th, the SBC Election Committee will validate the results of the election and inform the Board of Directors of the results.
• Newly Elected Board Members will be announced on or before August 22nd.
• The new Board will be seated at the First SBC Board Meeting in September 2023.