At the 2024 DRI Annual Meeting in Seattle, October 16–18, the DRI Board of Directors will name four individuals to join them as national directors (each serving three-year terms). The final candidates are presented to the board upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee. In addition, an individual will be elected as the next DRI second vice president, which begins his or her track to the presidency after serving subsequent years as first vice president and president-elect. Also, one candidate will be elected to serve a one-year term as secretary–treasurer. The following DRI members have filed Declarations of Candidacy for this year’s second vice president and national director positions.
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Second Vice President
Michael D. Carter, Hall Booth Smith PC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
David L. Jones, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sara M. Turner, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, Alabama
Ricardo A. Woods, Burr Forman LLP, Mobile, Alabama
National Director
Michelle Thurber Czapski, Bodman PLC, Troy, Michigan
Juan M. Marquez, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, PA, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Morgan J. Milner, Modern Woodmen of America, Rock Island, Illinois
Christopher B. Turney, Turney LG, Kansas City, Missouri