Election for 2026 Offices
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Optica Announces Election Slate
Optica members who are eligible to vote will receive an email from Survey and Ballot Systems (SBS) on 25 June 2025 with instructions on how to access their online ballot. The deadline to vote is 19 September at 23:59 EDT. Ensure that your contact information is current within your member profile in order to vote in the upcoming Optica election. Don't miss your opportunity to select the future leaders of the society.
The Optica Nominating Council has recommended and the Board of Directors has approved the following slate of member candidates. Questions related to the Optica election should be sent to voting@optica.org.
Candidates for 2026 Vice President:
Alexander Gaeta, Columbia University, USA
Anderson S. L. Gomes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Candidates for 2026-2028 Director-at Large:
Thomas G. Brown, University of Rochester, USA
Yaseera Ismail, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Kaoru Minoshima, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Luis L. Sánchez-Soto, Universidad Complutense, Spain
