Notice from CBA Nominating Committee
January 27, 2023

The Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) for the 2023 Election, selected pursuant to Article VIII, Section 8.3 of the Bylaws as adopted June 3, 1977 and amended February 4, 2022, hereby invites nominations for candidates for Officer and Board of Manager positions for consideration by the Committee. 

Officer and Board candidates must complete a candidate questionnaire. Candidates for Officer positions must submit the questionnaire by 5:00 p.m. on February 21, 2023. Candidates for the Board of Managers must submit the questionnaire by 5:00 pm on February 28, 2023. To receive a questionnaire, please call or email Beth McMeen (312-554-2051, bmcmeen@chicagobar.org) or Michele Spodarek (312-554-2124, mspodarek@chicagobar.org).

The Committee will hold an Open Meeting on March 9, 2023 beginning at 4:30 p.m., to receive nominations from members of the Association as to candidates for Officer and Board of Managers positions.  If you plan to appear or have someone nominate you, please call or email Beth McMeen (312-554-2051, bmcmeen@chicagobar.org) or Michele Spodarek (312-554-2124, mspodarek@chicagobar.org by March 2, 2023. 

Officer and Board candidates will be invited to schedule a brief appearance before the Nominating Committee on March 30, 2023 beginning at 4:30 p.m.
The following offices will be filled:
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER

and eight members of the Board of Managers for two-year terms to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of the following Board Members:  Michael Alkaraki, Octavio Duran, Robert W. Fioretti, Malcolm “Skip" Harsch, Risa R. Lanier, Patricia McCarthy, Hon. James M. McGing, and Sandra Yamate.

Under the Bylaws, Article VIII, Section 8.4(c), the Second Vice President shall without election or contest automatically succeed to the Office of First Vice President and the First Vice President shall without election or contest automatically succeed to the Office of President.

2023 NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Hon. Maryam Ahmad, Chair
Edward J. Austin
Daniel Berkowitz
Michelle L. Carey
J. Timothy Eaton
Gail S. Eisenberg
Noah J. Graf
Erika Harold
Andre Hunter, Jr.
Eileen Letts
Hon. Clare E. McWilliams
Juan Morado, Jr.
Kathleen Dillon Narko
Gavin S. Phelps
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr.
Michael J. Zink