[NFBMO] 2022 Kansas City Chapter Election Results

[Steve Cook]

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From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Daniel Garcia via NFBMO
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 10:42 PM
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Cc: Daniel Garcia <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [NFBMO] 2022 Kansas City Chapter Election Results

Dear Friends:

The Kansas City Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
held its annual elections today. The following individuals started their
term of office at the conclusion of this meeting:

Daniel Garcia, President
Linda Coccovizzo, First Vice President
Debbie Eifler, Second Vice President
Sarah Coccovizzo, Secretary
Jeff Giffen, Treasurer
Willa Patterson, First Board Position
Tony Waterhouse-Leal, Second Board Position Ruby Polk continues to serve as
our Immediate Past President

I would like to thank our former secretary, Ben Blagg for his many years of
service as secretary. Ben will continue to exercise his leadership in our
chapter Civic Engagement Committee. Similarly, I would like to thank our
former board member Sarita Cann for her service in that role. Sarita is an
active chapter member, reminding members of upcoming meetings, sending
sympathy cards to members who are sick or lost loved ones, and raising funds
for the chapter.

I would like to express my gratitude to Linda Coccovizzo for agreeing to be
nominated for First Vice President. She was our Second Vice President and
has demonstrated great commitment to the Federation cause. Linda is not only
active at the chapter level, but also at the affiliate level being involved
in the Parents of Blind Children Group and Missouri Cane Drivers.

I would like to welcome Debbie Eifler to the chapter board. Debbie has been
very successful in her role of chapter ways & means chair.

Also, I am excited to welcome one of our youngest members to the board,
Sarah Coccovizzo, who will be our new chapter secretary. Sarah currently
serves as a board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and
is involved in the Cane Drivers Group.

I would like to thank Willa Patterson for her many years of dedication to
the NFB. Though she decided to step down from the First Vice President's
role to allow other members to improve their leadership skills, she will
continue to provide the chapter board with much wisdom in her role of board
member.

Jeff Giffen has been a consistently solid treasurer as evidenced by the fact
that he has never faced a nomination from the floor when running for
reelection. Jeff is a member of the Board of Directors of the NFB of
Missouri. He is the affiliate ways & means chair and is involved in the
affiliate Sports & Recreations committee and Membership committee. I am
grateful for his service in the NFB.

I am glad that Tony Waterhouse-Leal was reelected as a board member. Tony
has been very successful in his role as our chapter's Civic Engagement
Committee Chair. He was also recently appointed as the chair of the
affiliate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Ruby Polk continues to serve as our Immediate Past President. Ruby was one
of my mentors, and I credit her for my success as chapter president.

Regards,

Daniel

Daniel Garcia, President, Kansas City Chapter National Federation of the
Blind of Missouri dangarcia3 at hotmail.com
(816) 621-0902
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