YALSA recently finalized the slate of candidates for the 2009 election:

PRESIDENT:
Jerene Battisti
Kim Patton

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Kelly Czarnecki
Dora Ho
Sara Ryan
Stephanie Squicciarini

COUNCILOR:
Nick Buron
Elizabeth K. Shuping

MARGARET A. EDWARDS:
Amy Alessio
Robin Brenner
Christine Jenkins
Betsy Levine
Hollis Rudiger
Caryn Sipos

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ:
Joni Bodart
Jan Chapman
Erin Howerton
Jan Sarratt
Brenna Shanks
Eva Volin
Jamie Watson
Melissa Rabey

NONFICTION AWARD:
Christine Allen
Carrie Bryniak
Barb Conkin
Monique Franklin
Jeanette Larson
Don Latham
Mary Long
Charli Osborne

Over the next several months on this blog YALSA will provide readers with the chance to learn more about the candidates via text blog posts and audio and video podcasts.  If you will be at Midwinter you have the chance to ask the candidates questions at a Candidate’s Forum on Sunday, January 25, from 10:30 AM to Noon.