Melissa W. Siebert, Ph.D.

Melissa W. Siebert, Ph.D.

In early 2026, ESA members voted to decline a set of amendments to ESA Bylaws that aimed to reshape the size and composition of the ESA Governing Board and its nomination processes.

Of voting members, 48 percent voted to approve and 52 percent voted to reject, a split that falls short of the two-thirds threshold required in the ESA Bylaws for adoption of amendments.