2020 Board of Directors Election

Thursday, October 1, 2020
Monday, May 1, 2023

The MTHA’s election for the Board of Directors, held every three years, will take place again December 2020. All 15 Board seats are up for election in 2020. Directors are elected to a three-year term. The MTHA Board consists of seven trainers, seven owners and one at-large Director. The at-large seat is determined by the highest vote getter of the remaining candidates.

Ballots will be mailed to all members beginning December 1, with a return deadline scheduled for December 31. All completed ballots will be mailed from and returned to a third-party company which specializes in corporate and non-profit elections. This election services firm will count the returned ballots and certify the results. Results will be announced online in mid-January.

The candidates on the ballot appear below. Click on each name to view each candidate's profile.

Owners:
Bonuccelli, Charles A.
Charles, Ellen M. 
Dorman, Matthew M. 
Eubanks, Daniel G. 
Gaudet, Linda S. 
Hacker, Gary 
Hayden, JoAnn
Heyman, Frederic C. 
Horning, Michael F. 
Johnson, R. Larry 
Kuegler, Thomas J. 
Lapidus, Mark B. 
Nechamkin, II, Leo S. 
Pons, Joseph P. "Josh" 
Rashid, James W. 
Reed, Charles J. “Chip” 
Robb, Gina A. 
Wade, David H.

Trainers
Allen III, A. Ferris 
Corrales, Jose 
Cox, Kenneth M. "Kenny"
Garrido, Raul A.
Gaudet, Lacey A. 
Gonzalez, Claudio A. 
Keefe, Timothy L. 
Maldonado, Jonathan 
McMahon, Hugh I. 
Merryman, Michael W.
Motion, H. Graham 
Robb, John J. 
Schoenthal, Philip B. 
Testerman, Valora A. 
Trombetta, Michael J. 
Voss, Katharine M.

 

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