The RV Industry Association (RVIA) Governance Committee has begun working on this year’s board of directors election.
Each year, this committee oversees and prepares a ballot of qualified RV industry leaders who are interested in running for one of the positions up for election. The election takes place during late August and early September and the results are announced near the end of that month. Successfully elected new board members will begin serving their three-year terms on Jan. 1, 2027.
There will be three board seats open for this year’s election: one RV manufacturer, one PM (park model) RV manufacturer and one supplier.
The 2027 board will consist of: five standing directors (drawn from the three largest RV manufacturers and two largest suppliers); 10 directors elected by the association members (five RV manufacturers, one park model RV manufacturer and four suppliers), up to two directors appointed by the board (to include persons with skills and perspectives that provide value to the association) and the immediate past chair. In addition, former board chairs who are still active in the industry are welcome to continue serving.
In addition to incumbents and candidates recruited by the Governance Committee, the RV Industry Association Bylaws also provide a way for qualified persons to be nominated directly from the membership. All such nominations must: (1) be submitted to RV Industry Association in writing; (2) nominate a specific person who is currently engaged in an active managerial position with a voting class RV Industry Association member company in good standing; (3) be signed by the official RV Industry Association representatives of at least three additional member companies from the same voting class; and (4) be received at RV Industry Association not later than 5 p.m., EDT on Friday, July 3.
All properly submitted nominees will be reviewed by the Governance Committee and qualified nominees will be added to the final ballot. Send completed written nominations to RV Industry Association Vice President and General Counsel Kyle Correa-Brady at [email protected].
The board of directors is the highest-level authority in the association’s overall organizational structure and is responsible for setting and overseeing strategy and policies related to critical topics such as standards, marketing, government affairs, industry education, statistical data and association finances. The nomination process is designed to identify strong candidates from member companies that are interested in upholding these responsibilities.
