Governance
2022 CSBA officer candidates
CSBA’s Nominating Committee met on Sept. 18, 2021, to interview the candidate for President-elect, Susan Markarian, Pacific Union Elementary School District. Following the interview and the committee’s deliberation, the committee nominated Susan Markarian as candidate for President-elect.

Qualified individuals interested in being nominated from the floor of the Delegate Assembly for either President-elect or Vice President must submit a complete Declaration of Candidacy packet along with their written intention to run on or before Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Intentions to run from the floor and the packet must be submitted to CSBA President Susan Heredia at sheredia@natomasunified.org and the Nominating Committee Chair Daniel Babshoff at daniel.babshoff@kermanusd.com.

For more information on the nomination process and to review the 2021 candidate criteria used by the Nominating Committee, please visit the CSBA website at www.csba.org/election.
—Daniel Babshoff, Chair 2021 Nominating Committee, Delegate Region 10, Kerman USD, on behalf of the Delegates serving on the Nominating Committee.
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Candidate statement
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Susan Markarian
President-elect
It’s has been an honor and privilege to serve as your Vice-President this year and I will be forever grateful for the knowledge imparted to me by Suzanne Kitchens mentorship. There has been much to learn, and I feel confident I’m the highly qualified candidate that is needed during these demanding times, having served 36 years on my local board, 12 years as a Delegate and 18 years as Regional Director. Public education has had its challenges in the past, but this pandemic has altered everything we do and forced us to reinvent how we educate students and support our families and communities.

As districts grapple with learning loss and the social-emotional issues that students are struggling, will we revert to the familiar systems we’ve known, or will we transform education in ways that will improve outcomes for all students? CSBA has never been more relevant in its support for districts, as we move forward during these critical times, we need to continue our increased advocacy efforts to help advance the important work of board members. Provide relevant easy to access professional development, work to strengthen local control plus secure fair and equitable funding for all. As locally elected trustees faced with excessive regulation and lack of resources, we need to become better collaborators speaking with one united voice and it needs to be one very loud voice.

I respectfully ask for your vote for President-Elect.