The TWHBEA Election Committee has met and certified the results of this year’s election. The ballots were counted by Winnett Associates PLLC. 14 States/Regions elected directors to full three-year terms.

Also on the ballot was a bylaw amendment to remove the limitation that prevents a director in the United States from serving more than two consecutive full terms. The amendment passed with 415 voting in favor and 244 against.

This year ballots were emailed to members unless they had previously opted to receive a paper ballot in the mail or requested a provisional ballot. 3,736 were emailed with 672 returned for a response rate of 18%. Additionally, 9 were mailed with 5 returned for a response rate of 56%. Overall, the response rate for this year’s election was 18%. By comparison, the response rate in 2025 was 16.5%.

Directors elected for a three-year term include:
·   Alabama – Nathan Clark, J.D. Evans
·     Florida – Barron Witherspoon
·     Indiana – Kristina E. Plogsted
·     Kentucky – David Bullock, Bruce Butler, Martin Cox
·     Michigan – Janice Bennett
·     Mississippi – Jeremy Bridges
·     North Carolina – Macy Woody Norwood, Lavon Tyson, Pat Ireland
·     Ohio – Joyce Moyer, Terrance Moyer
·     Tennessee – Blake Everett, Kasey Kesselring, Brad Tuttle, Jessica Mast, Nathan Rymer, Buie Williams, Jaron Dotson, Donnie Headrick, Robbie Spiller, Walt Chism
·     Texas – R. Blake Cammack, Tom Gould
·     Virginia – Sharon Rice
·     Region 3 – Kristen Reichard
·     Region 4 – Charlotte “ Charlee” Woods
·     Region 6 – Susana Osorno Belmont

Board members will be sworn in on Saturday, December 5, 2026 during the International Board of Directors Meeting. There will be a New Board Member Orientation held prior to the meeting.