2026 NAACCR Board of Directors Election Results

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The NAACCR Nominating Committee is charged with encouraging volunteers to consider serving on the NAACCR Board of Directors and to accept eligible nominations for Board elections. For 2026, there were four key leadership roles on the Board of Director to be filled: President and three Representatives-at-Large. Additionally, this year’s general election selected three new individuals for the 2026-2027 Nominating Committee.

The 2025-2026 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the newly elected candidates!

Newly Elected Candidates for the NAACCR Board of Directors:
President:

Kevin Ward
Georgia Cancer Registry

Representatives-at-Large:

Megsys Herna
Florida Cancer Data System

Jamie Musco
New York State Cancer Registry

Jessica Link Reeve
Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System

2026-2027 Nominating Committee (Chair TBD):

Nancy Lebrun
Rhode Island Cancer Registry

Maria Celaya
New Hampshire State Cancer Registry

Stephanie Wilson
Los Angeles Surveillance Cancer Program


On behalf of NAACCR, the 2025-2026 Nominating Committee thanks all the nominees that took part in the 2026-2027 elections. Your willingness to take an active role in NAACCR is recognized. The work NAACCR does could not be accomplished without the volunteer efforts of the cancer surveillance community. We appreciate the large number of voters this year. We wish all newly elected officials and committee members wonderful and productive terms!

Lucinda Ham, RHIA, ODS (Chair)
Operations/QA Manager, Missouri Cancer Registry

Lindsay Collins, MPA
Arkansas Central Cancer Registry

Robyn Leynes, RHIT, ODS-C
Cancer Registry of Greater California

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