2025 AFSA Election Results

The AFSA Committee on Elections is pleased to announce the results of the 2025-2027 AFSA Governing Board election. A total of 4,627 valid ballots were received (4,611 online and 16 paper). This represents 25% of the eligible voting membership. The following AFSA members have been elected (winning candidates are in bold font):

President

John Dinkelman (2,271 votes)
Tom Yazdgerdi (2,254 votes)

Secretary

Sue Saarnio (4,168 votes)

Treasurer

John Naland (4,188 votes)

State Vice President

Rohit Nepal (1,136 votes)
C. Logan Wheeler (742 votes)
Mary Brett Rogers-Springs (714 votes)
Peter Burba (268 votes)

USAID Vice President

Randy Chester (446 votes)
Kevin Sampson (26 votes)

FCS Vice President

Jay Carreiro (100 votes)

Retiree Vice President

Hon. John O’Keefe (722 votes)
Hon. Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley (329 votes)

Full-Time State Representative

Sandra (Castillo) Abrahamsen (2,537 votes)

State Representative (5 positions)

Christina Higgins (1,939 votes)
hannah draper (1,899 votes)
Stephanie Straface (1,806 votes)
Donald Emerick (1,740 votes)
Connor Ferry-Smith (1,582 votes)
DeMark Schulze (1,529 votes)

USAID Representative

Austan Mogharabi (419 votes)

Alternate FCS Representative

Joshua Burke (97 votes)

APHIS Representative

Joseph Ragole (3 votes)

USAGM Representative

Gunter Schwabe (3 votes)

Retiree Representative (2 positions)

Julie Nutter (555 votes)
Michael Kirby (514 votes)
Donald Camp (418 votes)
Yolonda Kerney (183 votes)
Jennifer Bonner (168 votes)
Tedde Thompson (98 votes)

There were no candidates for the positions for FAS Vice President and FAS Alternative Representative. As no write-in candidates reached the 5-vote threshold stipulated in AFSA’s bylaws, the new Board will fill these positions once its term begins on July 15.

Note that due to AFSA’s temporary loss of union status at the Department of State and USAID, the three full-time board members elected at those agencies (State VP, USAID VP, full-time State Rep) will serve, for now, on a volunteer basis on their own time and will not be detailed to AFSA on official time.

Congratulations to all those who have been elected, and thanks to all those who demonstrated their dedication to AFSA by declaring as candidates and/or voting in the election. Persons interested in seeing the full list of write-in votes may request a copy by email to election@afsa.org. Questions regarding the results should be referred to the AFSA Committee on Elections at election@afsa.org.

Regards,

Paul V. Oliva

Chair, AFSA Committee on Elections