The Air Force Association Nominating Committee met on May 6 and selected candidates to send forward for five national officer positions and three elective National Director positions on the Board of Directors. The committee comprises three most recent past Chairmen of the Board, one person selected by each of the two Vice Chairmen of the Board, two persons from each geographic area, and one person each from the Total Air Force, Air Force veterans, and aerospace industry constituencies. The slate will be presented to the delegates at the National Convention in Washington, D.C., in September. Chairman of the Board S. Sanford Schlitt, Sarasota, Fla., nominated for a second one-year term. Schlitt founded and led CyberPatriot, AFA's national high school cyber defense competition. He served for three years as Vice Chairman of the Board for Aerospace Education, chaired the Aerospace Education Council, and was a member of the Board's Executive Committee. Schlitt, a Life Member and Gold Wings Club and Thunderbird Society member, served as a Trustee for the former Aerospace Education Foundation and, after the merger with AFA, was on AFA's Board of Directors. He was a member of the afa21 Governance Team. He served on the AFA Constitution and Strategic Planning Committees, was Co-chair of the AFA-AEF Audit Committee, Chair of the AEF Audit Committee, and was on the AEF Nominating and Program Committees.
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