Over Is Society’s New President-Elect: 22 Other National Officers Elected

Randall S. 'Randy' OverASCE members have chosen Randall S. “Randy” Over, P.E., F.ASCE, as the Society’s new president-elect. Over, who is the Ohio Department of Transportation District 12 construction engineer, began his involvement in ASCE in 1982 as the president of the ASCE student chapter at Ohio State University. He has chaired or served on numerous ASCE committees throughout his career and has also been a vice president of Zone II and a director of District 7. Over holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Ohio State.

In this election year there were contested races for president-elect, Region 3 director, Region 4 director, Technical Region director, and Region 8 governor. The ASCE national officers elected will begin their terms of office at the business meeting to be held in conjunction with the 142nd Annual Civil Engineering Conference, which will be held October 18–20 in Montreal.

The report of the Tellers Committee is as follows:

THE TELLERS COMMITTEE convened on Thursday, August 16, in the Harris Room at ASCE headquarters, in Reston, Virginia, to review and validate the results of the 2012 national election for the positions of president-elect, region director, Technical Region director, at-large director, and region governor. The accompanying tables summarize those results.

Respectfully submitted, J.A. Padgett, Jr., P.E., F.ASCE, Chair; Adnan M. Alsaffar, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; Denise M. Cantwell, P.E., M.ASCE; and Fernando Pons, P.E., M.ASCE 

Candidate

Votes

Percentage of
Valid votes
PRESIDENT-ELECT    
Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., F.ASCE

6,376

52.6
Garland P. Rose, Jr., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE

5,757

47.4
Total valid ballots

12,133

  
Invalid or blank

294

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

12,427

  
     
REGION 3 DIRECTOR (one position)    
John A. Frauenhoffer, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE

767

51.3
Donald G. Wittmer, P.E., M.ASCE

729

48.7
Total valid ballots

1,496

  
Invalid or blank

74

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,570

  
     
REGION 4 DIRECTOR (one position)    
J.P. Mohsen, Ph.D., M.ASCE

406

29.6
David B. Peterson, P.E., F.ASCE

966

70.4
Total valid ballots

1,372

  
Invalid or blank

59

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,431

  
     
REGION 8 DIRECTOR (one position)    
Kristina L. Swallow, P.E., M.ASCE

1,187

100.0
Total valid ballots

1,187

  
Invalid or blank

108

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,295

  
     
TECHNICAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR (one position)    
Arthur G. Hoffman, P.E., D.GE., M.ASCE 

4,145

46.5
Brian R. Manning, P.E., F.ASCE

4,771

53.5
Total valid ballots

8,916

  
Invalid or blank

395

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

9,311

  
     
AT-LARGE DIRECTOR (one position)    
James A. Rispoli, P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE

11,569

100.0
Total valid ballots

11,569

  
Invalid or blank

 858

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

12,427

  
     
REGION 1 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Anthony L. Cioffi, P.E., M.ASCE

1,178

72.0
Shawn P. Kelley, Ph.D., M.ASCE

1,089

66.6
Total valid ballots

1,636

  
Invalid or blank

24

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,660

  
     
REGION 2 GOVERNOR (one position)    
Thomas J. Imholte, P.E., M.ASCE

1,076

100.0
Total valid ballots

1,076

  
Invalid or blank

41

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,117

  
     
REGION 3 GOVERNOR (one position)    
Carl C. Sutter, P.E., C.C.S., M.ASCE

1,450

100.0
Total valid ballots

1,450

  
Invalid or blank

120

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,570

  
     
REGION 4 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Jonathan D. Keeling, P.E., CFM, M.ASCE

922

69.6
Aaron K. Robinson, PE, PS, M.ASCE

777

58.6
Total valid votes

1,325

  
Invalid or blank

106

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,431

  
     
REGION 5 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Eric S. Czerniejewski, P.E., M.ASCE

620

51.2
Anthony L. Palmer P.E., M.ASCE

916

75.6
Total valid votes

1,212

  
Invalid or blank

17

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,229

  
     
REGION 6 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Elvidio V. Diniz, P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE

377

39.2
Kenneth A. Rainwater, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, D.WRE, CFM, M.ASCE

798

83.0
Total valid votes

962

  
Invalid or blank

26

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

988

  
     
REGION 7 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Aaron M. Frits, P.E., M.S. M.ASCE

603

66.7
Loras A. Klostermann, P.E., M.ASCE

589

65.2
Total valid ballots

904

  
Invalid or blank

15

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

919

  
     
REGION 8 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Darren A. Hippenstiel, P.E., M.ASCE

481

38.0
Douglas D. Knapp, P.E., M.ASCE

611

48.3
Franklin E. Sherkow, P.E., T.E., P.S.E., F.ASCE

450

35.6
Michael J. Wilhelm, P.E., M.ASCE

570

45.1
Total valid votes

1,265

  
Invalid or blank

30

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,295

  
     
REGION 9 GOVERNOR (one position)    
Rev. Lawrence D. Pierce, P.E., M.ASCE

1,510

100.0
Total valid ballots

1,510

  
Invalid or blank

74

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED 

1,584

  
     
REGION 10 GOVERNOR (two positions)    
Himansu Banerjee, Ph.D., CPEng, F.ASCE

464

75.3
Mostafa M. Soliman, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE

319

51.8
Total valid ballots

616

  
Invalid or blank

19

  

TOTAL VOTES PROCESSED

635

  

 

 Participation Summary   
2012:   
Eligible members  94,074 
Voters, paper 5,136
Voters, Web  7,337 
Duplicates  46  
Total voter participation  12,427
Participation rate  13.2%
   

 

2011:   
Eligible members  91,807  
Voters, paper  6,057  
Voters, Web   7,668 
Duplicates  247 
 Total voter participation  13,478 
Participation rate  14.7%


For a list of vacancies in elected position for 2013, please click here.