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CAA is pleased to announce the members of the 2013–14 Nominating Committee, which is charged with identifying and interviewing potential candidates for the Board of Directors and selecting the final slate of candidates for the membership’s vote. The committee members, their institutional affiliations, and their positions are:

• DeWitt Godfrey, Colgate University, Vice President for Committees and Chair
• Dina Bangdel, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and Member at Large
• Leslie Bellavance, Alfred University and CAA Board Liaison
• Kevin Hamilton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Member at Large
• Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Member at Large
• Denise Mullen, Oregon College of Art and Craft and CAA Board Liaison
• Sabina Ott, Columbia College Chicago and CAA Board Liaison
• Melissa Potter, Columbia College Chicago and Member at Large
• Linda Downs, CAA Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (ex officio)

The 2012–13 Nominating Committee chose the new members of the committee at its recent business meeting, held during the 2013 Annual Conference in New York in February. The Board of Directors also appointed three liaisons. CAA publishes a call for nominations and self-nominations for Nominating Committee service on the website in late fall of every year and publicizes it in CAA News. Please direct all queries regarding the committee to Vanessa Jalet, CAA executive liaison.