NRHA Elections

The sport of reining brings members together to enjoy the horses, competition and community. Each year, members are given the opportunity to nominate and vote for peers to represent their ideas, vision and expertise on the NRHA Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

SEATS FOR ELECTION

• Director-At-Large (One seat): Two-year term begins January 1, 2026.
• Director (One seat for each North American region): Two-year terms begin January 1, 2026.
  • Northeast
  • Northwest
  • East Central
  • South Central
  • North Central

CANDIATES — View Biographies

Director-At-Large – Executive Committee (Worldwide Voting):

• Sebastian Petroll – Whitesboro, Texas
• Karen Shedlauskas – Reddick, Florida

East Central Region Voting:
(Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee)

• Margaret Fuchs – Canfield, Ohio
• Keith Larkin– Carbondale, Illinois

The following uncontested seats will be elected by acclamation by the Board of Directors. Those seats are:

• North Central: Mike Davis – Davenport, Iowa
• Northeast: Matt Murphy – Boonsboro, Maryland
• Northwest: Kylie Warn – Canby, Oregon
• South Central: Andrea Stillo – Pilot Point, Texas

ELECTRONIC VOTING DATES

Open: September 2, 2025 at noon CDT End: September 16, 2025 at noon CDT

THE VOTING.
Instructions will be emailed to you directly from the elections host, Election Buddy, on September 2. The email will include a unique access key which can only be used to vote once. While voting, you will receive the opportunity to confirm your vote prior to submitting your choice. After voting, you will receive an email confirming your choice was submitted.

WHAT IF YOU DON’T GET THE EMAIL?
Be sure to check your spam folder in case it was diverted there. The email will come from invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com. If you have a ReinerSuite username, this was the email used for to send credentials. If you do not, then the email address listed in our contact information was used.

NEED MORE ASSISTANCE?
Please contact NRHA’s Christa Morris-Stone for assistance (cmorris@nrha.com or 405-946-7400, ext. 105). Emails sent during an election weekend will be responded to within 24 hours.

NOTE: Voters must be individual NRHA members who are at least 19 years of age by January 1, 2023. Associate Members are not eligible to vote in this election, neither are joint, corporate or syndicate members.

More Details

• NRHA Bylaws
• Candidate Eligibility Checklist
• Candidate Biography Template
• Candidate Write-In Form
  
• Election Procedures
  
• Board of Director Duties
  
• NRHA Strategic Plan

Elections Administrator

Christa Morris-Stone
cmorris@nrha.com, (405) 946-7400, ext. 105
3021 W. Reno Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Voters must be at least 19 years of age by January 1 of the election year, be a member in good-standing, and reside within the region to participate in their respective election. Members whose memberships are maintained or recorded as joint, corporate, syndicate, associate, alliance, affiliate, or other type or category are not considered to be individual Members, and they are not eligible to vote.