The United Trustees Association held an election of the general membership at the Association’s Annual Meeting on November 11th, 2019. The election was mandated by the Association’s bylaws.

Elected as Directors were Gary Wisham (a past board member) and new board members Stephen Hicklin and Glenn Wechsler.  Cathe Cole-Sherburn, Robert Finlay, and Robert Cullen will leave the board having filled their board term(s). They provided remarkable contribution to the association during their time on the board, ranging from conference program planning to drafting legislation protecting the industry, to planning the annual golf tournament.

Terms for each of the Directorships are three years beginning on January 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2022. The Board of Directors oversees the policy, budget and operations of the UTA, a non-profit corporation. Only ‘Regular’ Members (as opposed to ‘Educational Members’) have voting privileges and were provided with a ballot. Numbered ballots were mailed to the membership prior to the election to allow Regular members who could not attend the meeting to vote and to ensure that no member voted twice.

As mandated by the bylaws, UTA President David Dutcher appointed three members, including UTA Secretary Tai Alailima of Carrington Foreclosure Services, to serve as inspectors of the election. They counted and cross-checked the ballots prior to reporting the results.