At the 2026 COGEL Conference in Denver, Colorado, the COGEL Board of Directors and membership will elect three individuals to the COGEL Board of Directors – the governing body of COGEL.

COGEL members have an important opportunity to shape the direction and continue success of the COGEL organization by nominating individuals willing to lend their time and talents as a member of the Board of Directors. The 2026 Nominating Committee is now inviting nominations to fill three seats on the 12-member Board of Directors for four-year terms beginning in December and ending in December 2030.

As COGEL’s governing body, the Board of Directors is composed of individuals from a range of COGEL disciplines – campaign finance, ethics, elections, freedom of information, and lobbying. The Board also ideally includes members from different geographic locations and reflects the diversity of COGEL members. It provides strategic direction for the organization to ensure its continued growth and development. It is responsible for generating all operational policies, procedures, and related matters affecting COGEL, and it provides oversight of COGEL committees to ensure all facets of the organization are working toward a shared vision and goals while representing the voices of all stakeholders. The COGEL Board of Directors Pledge and Terms of Reference provide more details regarding the duties and responsibilities of COGEL Board members.

Nominations of individuals to be considered as Board members can be made by third parties or through self-nominations as described below. Both types of nominations are considered equally by the Nominations Committee.

Nomination deadline: August 28, 2026

Nominations Committee

Co-Chair: Bryan McHale, Director of Compliance and Administration, City of Philadelphia Board of Ethics

Co-Chair: Dorothy Rice, Chief Electoral Officer, Province of Nova Scotia 

Zachary Brown, Austin City Attorney's Office

Jane Feldman, Denver Board of Ethics

Zachary Goodrich, New Mexico State Ethics Commission

Alyson Joa-Perez, NYCCFB

Complete each section of this form. If you are submitting a self-nomination, please indicate that in section 3.

• If you are submitting a third party nomination, please request the nominee’s resume and bio to upload.
• If you wish, you may also submit upload letters of reference (optional).
• After the nomination is received, each the committee will send a survey to each nominee with some additional questions to be answered by them directly and a copy of the Board of Directors Pledge to sign and return.

If you prefer to email the nominee’s resume and bio, any letters of reference (optional), and the signed pledge, please submit them to Christina Bauders, COGEL Executive Director, at cbauders@cogel.org.