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Penn State trustee election ballot positions announced

Ballots for the Board of Trustees election will be available to Penn State alumni beginning on April 10. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ballot positions for the 2022 election of trustees by alumni were determined on March 2 by a drawing.

Ballots for the trustee election will be available to Penn State alumni beginning on April 10. Additionally, biographical information and position statements for each candidate will be available on March 15 on a Meet the Candidates page by visiting trustees.psu.edu/selection/.

All alumni who have already requested and received a ballot for the nomination phase of the election will automatically receive the election ballot. There is no need to request a ballot again. If you did not participate in the Nomination Phase and would like to receive the election ballot, you may request a ballot at trustees.psu.edu/2022election/.

Ballot requests will be processed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Please allow a 24-hour turnaround time for processing of this ballot request.

All online voting must be completed by the close of the election at 9 a.m. EST on May 5.

The names of the eight candidates for three positions on the board to be elected by alumni, and the order in which they will appear on the ballot, are as follows (year of graduation, college and place of residence also are provided):

  1. Farnaz Farhi  ’10  Sci, Lib     Washington, D.C.
  1. Edward "Ted" B. Brown III  ’68  Sci     State College, Pennsylvania
  1. William F. Oldsey  ’76  Lib     Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
  1. Christa Hasenkopf  ’03  Sci     Annapolis, Maryland
  1. Maribeth Roman Schmidt  ’88  Com     Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
  1. Edward Smith  ’06, ‘10g,  Lib, Edu     Ypsilanti, Michigan
  1. Barry J. Fenchak  ’84, ‘91g,  Eng, Bus     State College, Pennsylvania
  1. Barbara L. Doran  ’75,  Lib     Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Last Updated March 3, 2022