The following is the official slate of candidates running for 2027 INFORMS Board of Directors positions. INFORMS members will receive ballots via email starting Monday, August 24, 2026, when voting opens. The balloting period ends on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. All candidates are presented in alphabetical order in each Board position.
President Elect:
About the President-Elect Candidates
There are three candidates for President-Elect because there are two ways for members to run for election – selected by the Nominating Committee and by petition. Candidates selected by the INFORMS Nominating Committee (Stefan Karisch and Jon Owen) are placed on the ballot as a result of the INFORMS Nominating Committee process, in which candidates are evaluated and selected by a committee whose members are approved by the INFORMS Board of Directors. To be considered, interested members complete a detailed expression of interest articulating their vision for INFORMS, their qualifications, their relevant board and committee experience, and their ability to meet the role's time commitments. The Nominating Committee reviews all submissions, evaluates each individual, and then creates a slate of candidates so the overall composition of the Board of Directors meets the strategic needs of INFORMS.
Petition candidate (Sheldon Jacobson) is placed on the ballot in accordance with INFORMS Bylaws 3.4, which allows any INFORMS member who collects signatures from 2.5% of the total INFORMS membership to stand for election.
For more information on either process, please see INFORMS Policies and Procedures 4.5, Nominations and Elections for the Board.
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Sheldon H. Jacobson | Stefan E. Karisch | Jonathan H. Owen |
Treasurer:
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Jim Bander | Banafsheh Behzad |
VP Education:
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Rubén A. Proano | Gabriela Gongora Svartzman |
VP Emerging Fields & Technologies:
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David Shmoys | Jiaxi Zhu |
VP Meetings:
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Sandra D. Ekşioğlu | Scott J. Mason |
VP Publications:
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Alok Gupta | Burak Kazaz |