07/03/2023

When the nomination period for the summer ARRL Section Manager election cycle
concluded on June 9, 2023, there was only one candidate for each of the
Sections up for election.

The following incumbent Section Managers were declared re-elected to new 2-year
terms starting on October 1, 2023:

Amanda Alden, K1DDN, Colorado.

Jo Whitney, KA7LJQ, Eastern Washington.

Diana Feinberg, AI6DF, Los Angeles.

Carol Milazzo, KP4MD, Sacramento Valley.

Dan Ringer, K8WV, West Virginia.

Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, South Texas.

Monte Simpson, W7FF, Western Washington.

Kevin Kerr, W1KGK, of Plains, Montana, was the only nominee for the ARRL
Montana Section, and he will be taking the reins of the Montana Field
Organization on October 1. Kerr is presently serving as Section Emergency
Coordinator of the Montana Section and as a District Emergency Coordinator
within the Section. Paul Stiles, KF7SOJ, decided not to run for a new term.
Stiles, of Billings, Montana, has been Section Manager of the Montana Section
since 2019.

Dr. Antonis Papatsaras, AA6PP, of Larkspur, California, will become the Section
Manager of the San Francisco Section on October 1 because he was the only
nominee. He currently is an Assistant Section Manager of the ARRL San Francisco
Section and has been President and Director of the San Francisco Radio Club.

Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV, of Santa Rosa, California, decided not to run for
another office term after serving as Section Manager of the San Francisco
Section for 20 years.

Section Manager of the Oregon Section David Kidd, KA7OZO, has decided to step
down from the role for personal reasons. He was first appointed to the position
on July 1, 2018. Effective July 1, 2023, Jonathan Wanzer, KK6GXG, will fill the
role for the remainder of the current term.

Wanzer stated, "Homebrew radios, tools, and antennas are not my only interests
in the Amateur Radio Service. I like to share with others; I teach license
classes and introduction to Emergency Communications (EC-001). I am an active
Volunteer Examiner... I also have the honor of serving fellow hams as the
Klamath County Emergency Coordinator and as the Assistant Section Manager for
[the Oregon Section]. One of my greatest privileges is in developing contacts
and relationships with non-ham groups and providing presentations and
information on amateur radio and all it has to offer their members, and the
community at large, through the Civil Defense Communications Auxiliary."

Wanzer, of Klamath Falls, will serve as Section Manager of the Oregon Section
through June 30, 2024.

ARRL would like to thank Kidd for his years of dedicated service as a
volunteer, and for his hard work as a Section Manager.

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