(courtesy of MLA Focus 1/12/2006)
The MLA Election results are in. There were 1,354 valid returned ballots (1,354 via Web voting and 38 paper ballots) from 3,301 eligible members for a participation rate of 41%, an increase of 3.7% over last year's rate of 37.6%.

The elected candidates will assume office at the conclusion of MLA '06 in Phoenix.

President-elect: Mark E. Funk, AHIP

Board of Directors (2006-2009): T. Scott Plutchak, AHIP, and Linda Walton

Nominating Committee: Margaret (Peg) Allen, AHIP; Rosalind Dudden, AHIP, FMLA; Gary Freiburger, AHIP; Janice Kelly; Terry Ann Jankowski, AHIP; Mary Fran Prottsman, AHIP; Jett McCann, AHIP; Diana J. Cunningham, AHIP; and Gale Dutcher.

Joanne Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, MLA's 2005/06 immediate past president, will chair the Nominating Committee.