Board of Directors
Sister Cities International is governed by a 24-member Board of Directors, overseen by the Chairman. 21 members are drawn from the membership and the greater diplomatic and business community, with three additional members designated to represent state coordinators, youth and young professionals. Sister Cities International Board members are elected by the membership at the Annual Meeting, which takes place at the Annual Conference each year.
Board members serve three-year terms, and state coordinator, youth, and young professional representatives serve two-year terms. Board of Directors terms are staggered, and seven board seats are up for election each year. Board members are elected by the membership at the Annual Business Meeting during the Annual Conference in July.
The Board elects the secretary and treasurer of the Board, who each serve one-year terms and the vice-chair, who serves a two-year term.
Bill Boerum
Chairman
Sister Cities International
Bill Boerum is a resident of Sonoma, California where 10 years ago he became active in the Sister Cities movement. He facilitated new relationships in China, Egypt and Hungary. On the Board of Directors of Sister Cities International for the past six years, he has served as Treasurer and as Vice Chair and on the Finance Committee and the Governance Committee heading the organization’s Strategic Planning Task Force. In addition to Sister Cities, Boerum’s local civic activity has been in healthcare where he has served as and currently is an elected board member of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District including twice as board chair and as treasurer. Additionally he is a Board Member and Executive Committee Member of the statewide Association of California Healthcare Districts.
Professionally he was a career banker as well as in the information technology industry providing risk management software to the financial industry. Currently Boerum is in the wine tourism business.
He holds a MBA from Cornell University.
Current Board of Directors
| Name | Title | City |
|---|---|---|
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Bill Boerum (2016) |
Chairman |
Sonoma, California |
|
Tim Quigley (2017) |
Vice Chairman |
San Jose, California |
|
Carol Robertson Lopez (2015) |
Secretary |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
|
Norris Hermsmeyer (2016) |
Treasurer |
Boulder, Colorado |
|
Thomas A. Lisk (2016) |
Past Chair (Ex officio) |
Richmond, Virginia |
|
Dr. Carolyn Bishop (2016) |
Executive Committee (At-large) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
|
Robert A. Greninger (2016) |
Executive Committee (At-large) |
Prescott Valley, Arizona |
|
Joshua Walker (2015) |
Executive Committee (At-large), Young Professional Representative |
Alexandria, Virginia |
|
Leroy Allala (2017) |
Chicago, Illinois |
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Gary Barnabo (2017) |
Arlington, Virginia |
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Bill Behrens (2016) |
Washington, District Of Columbia |
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Carol Burdette (2016) |
Anderson, South Carolina |
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Ajaipal "AJ" Chahal (2015) |
Youth Representative |
Santa Clara, California |
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Al Durtka (2017) |
State Coordinator Representative |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Debora Fajer-Smith (2015) |
Annapolis, Maryland |
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Gilbert "Gil" Garcia (2015) |
Santa Barbara, California |
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Jane Gehlhausen (2016) |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Angie Gomez (2015) |
Pasadena, California |
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Ronald Gossett (2015) |
Muskegon, Michigan |
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Ash Kalra (2015) |
San José, California |
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Holly Lazzerini (2017) |
Belvidere, Illinois |
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Clare Petrich (2015) |
Tacoma, Washington |
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Carolina Rendeiro (2017) |
Miami, Florida |
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Darrell Smith (2015) |
Los Angeles, California |
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Lawrence Uebner (2016) |
Omaha, Nebraska |
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Marie Erlande Steril (2017) |
North Miami, Florida |
(x) - year term expires
Past Presidents
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Thomas A. Lisk | Richmond, Virginia |
| Brad Cole | Carbondale, Illinois |
| Michael Hyatt | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Mae Ferguson | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Sherman Banks | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Glenn Gray | Juneau, Alaska |
| Nancy Huppert | Rochester, New York |
| Charles Stokke | Menomonie, Wisconsin |
| James Amato | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Richard Neuheisel | Tempe, Arizona |
| Rodger Randle | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Questions? Please contact Mary Kane at 202.347.8630 or info@sistercities.org.
