I am pleased to report to you the results of the AACE 2024 Election for open AACE Officer and Board positions for 2025. I would also like to thank the members of the Nominating Committee for their objective and in-depth evaluation of the excellent candidates submitted for consideration.

Your Nominating Committee conducted the election process in accordance with Chapter 6 – Election Procedures, of the AACE Bylaws and submitted a single slate of candidates for open Officer and Board positions. On October 25, 2024, the Board of Directors, upon an affirmative 2/3 vote, approved the AACE Nominating Committee slate of candidates for open Officer and Board positions.

On October 29, 2024, the Board-approved slate was emailed to the membership and posted on the AACE website for a thirty (30) day review in accordance with the Bylaws. During this period, AACE membership could submit a petition signed by not less than one-third (1/3) of voting members requesting that the Board of Directors reconsider one or more slated candidates and the reasons for such request.

At the conclusion of the notice period, November 28, 2024, any slated candidates for which no petition requesting reconsideration had been filed were deemed to have been elected by the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee is pleased to report that there were no petitions submitted, and the following Officer positions for a one-year (1) term, five (5) open positions for the Board of Directors for a three-year (3) term (2025-2027), and two (2) open positions for the Board of Directors for a one-year (1) term (2025) are final with terms beginning on January 1^st, 2025. 

Officer Positions:  

One-year (1) term (2025): 

• President Elect – Dace L. Trence, MD, MACE – Minneapolis, MN 
• Treasurer – Leslie S. Eldeiry, MD, ECNU, FACE – Boston, MA 
• Secretary – Kenneth E. Izuora, MD, MBA, FACE – Las Vegas, NV 

Board Positions: 

Five (5) slots for a three-year (3) term (2025-2027): 

1. Geetha Gopalakrishnan, MD, FACE – Pawtucket, RI (Incumbent) 
2. Rodolfo J. Galindo, MD, FACE – Miami, FL 
3. Rifka Schulman-Rosenbaum, MD, FACE – New Hyde Park 
4. Elias S. Siraj, MD, FACP, FACE – Norfolk, VA (Incumbent) 
5. Mihail Zilbermint, MD, FACE – Bethesda, MD  

Two (2) slots for a one-year (1) term (2025): 

1. Rajesh K. Garg, MD – Torrance, CA 
2. Joanna Miragaya, MD, PhD, FACE – Marietta, GA 

Congratulations to the newly elected Officers and Board members. Your Committee is confident that AACE will be well served by their contributions.    

S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE  

Chair, Nominating Committee