2025 Election

Elect Your 2025-2026 Leaders

URMIA hosts elections annually to select a new president-elect and a specific number of board of directors members based on the director positions whose terms are expiring. The 2025 election for URMIA's Board of Directors takes place July 15-Aug 5, 2025. Each member organization has one designated "Voting Member" who is eligible to vote in this election.

If a proxy needs to be named to enable the organization to vote, see/complete our proxy nomination form.

What Voting Members Will Decide in 2025

  • Elect a president-elect who will serve as president after a year in the president-elect role

  • Elect four board of directors members who are from institutional members and will start a three-year term on the board at the 56th Annual Conference in Las Vegas

Voting Invitations

Voting members should look for an email from invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com after 2:00pm ET on July 15, 2025.

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2024-2025 URMIA Board of Directors

Vote By Proxy

An URMIA voting member may choose to name a proxy to vote on their behalf in the URMIA election for 2025. Reasons for naming a proxy could include, but are not limited to:

  • Someone else on the URMIA membership roster for your organization is more involved with URMIA and/or has a better knowledge of the candidates and URMIA’s structure, mission, etc.

  • You will not be available during the election period to review the information and cast a vote

A voting member may name a proxy for their vote by completing this form and URMIA will transfer your vote to the designated proxy.

Candidates

President-Elect (Vote for One)

Juan Azcarate, III, CRM, MPA

Senior Director, Risk Management
Dallas College

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Headshot of Pamela Kerney

   Pamela Kerney, CPCU, ARM, CRM, CIC, AINS

Director of Risk Management
University of Tennessee System 

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Headshot of Susie Johnson

Susie Johnson, ARM-E

Risk Management Director
Iowa State University

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Institutional Directors (Vote for Four)

Headshot of Emily Hochstatter

Emily Hochstatter, MPA, CRM

Executive Director of Risk Management
Northern Illinois University

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Headshot of Samantha McClelland

Samantha McClelland

Director, Operational Risk Management
George Mason University

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Headshot of Christine Packard

Christine H. Packard, ARM, MPA

Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management
University of Massachusetts President's Office

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Headshot of Colorado Robertson

Colorado Robertson, CRM, CIC

Director of Risk Management
Mississippi State University

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Headshot of Olivia Watson

Olivia Watson, ARM

Risk Manager
Colorado School of Mines

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