TMS Presents 2026 Board of Directors Nominees
The following individuals have been nominated to fill vacant positions on the 2026–2029 TMS Board of Directors. The candidates, if elected by the TMS membership, will be installed at the conclusion of the TMS 2026 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, scheduled for March 15–19 in San Diego, California, USA. Full biographies for each of these nominees and additional information can be found in the article “TMS Presents the 2026 Board of Directors Nominees” in the July issue of JOM.
- Vice President/President/Past President: David L. Bourell, The University of Texas at Austin
- Financial Planning Officer: Mark R. Stoudt, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Content Director: Roger Narayan, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University
- Professional Development Director: Janelle P. Wharry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Public and Governmental Affairs Director: Richard Otis, Proteus Space, Inc.
- Extraction & Processing Division Director: John Carpenter, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Functional Materials Division Director: Soumendra Basu, Boston University
Additional nominations for these positions may be submitted for Board consideration by any 25 TMS members by August 15, 2025. Nominations for qualified individuals should be sent to James J. Robinson, TMS Executive Director, at robinson@tms.org and should include the nominee’s name, biography, and written consent to serve if elected. If no new nominations are received, the individuals named above will be automatically elected on August 16, 2025.