2027 AOG Board Election
FEB. 2 - MARCH 2

The 2027 AOG election’s purpose is to choose six new directors for the board of directors.

The election will run from Feb. 2 to March 2.

There are six open elected director seats.

The election is open to all AOG graduate members.

AOG elections occur biennially.

The board of directors governs the Association of Graduates, which is the official alumni association of the U.S. Air Force Academy. You can learn more about the AOG board here.

The board consists of 16 directors: 11 elected directors, four appointed directors and the president of the Class Advisory Senate. Six of the 11 elected director positions are on the 2027 ballot.

Under the AOG’s Bylaws, the 11 elected directors each serve four-year terms.

Yes. The AOG will partner with Survey & Ballot Systems. The AOG has worked with SBS for several elections, including the 2025 election.

Graduate membership in the AOG is required to vote. USAFA graduates can join the AOG at no cost to them; membership is a benefit of being a USAFA graduate. To join the AOG, all you need to do is complete this form. Your membership will then be processed and you can vote in the 2027 AOG election.

The candidacy period for the 2027 AOG election is from July 1 to Oct. 2, 2026. During this time, AOG graduate members interested in running for one of the six open elected director seats must submit a completed candidate package to the board’s nominating committee.

Candidates for the 2027 AOG board election must be AOG members and must submit the following anytime between July 1 and Oct. 2, 2026:

• Current high resolution photo (600x700px)
• CV/resume (maximum two pages)
• 100 valid AOG member signatures
• Completed candidate statement – In 300 or fewer words, please answer the following question: How have you contributed to the Long Blue Line since graduation, and what do you plan to do once on the AOG board of directors?

Find a list of all required candidate materials at usafa.org/election.

Board candidates should be U.S. Air Force Academy graduates and members of the Association of Graduates.

There are no specific desired attributes for candidates. However, the board’s nominating committee encourages members to consider the following decade-based representation on the board for the 2027–2029 cycle. This includes the seven remaining elected and appointed directors whose terms expire in 2029:

• 1959 and 1960s representation: No representation
• 1970s representation: Dan Bohlin ’71, Denny Meredith ’73, Rod Bishop ’74 (terms expire in 2029)
• 1980s representation: David "DT" Thompson ’85 and Christopher "Mookie" Walker ’88 (terms expire in 2029)
• 1990s representation: No representation
• 2000s representation: No representation
• 2010s representation: Jennifer Walters ’11 and Alexander Fogassy ’12 (terms expire 2029)
• 2020s representation: No representation

After the candidacy period closes, the board’s nominating committee will review submitted packets to confirm that each is complete and includes 100 valid AOG member signatures.

The AOG board is scheduled to finalize the candidate slate at its Oct. 16 meeting, which will be livestreamed and open to all members. The election ballot is expected to be finalized in early December. The nominating committee chair will notify individuals that their materials were completed correctly and that their candidacy is officially on the ballot. If someone has not completed the candidate materials correctly, the chair of the nominating committee will notify the individual via their submitted email address. They will have until Nov. 16 to submit the missing/inadequate items.

AOG members will receive formal notice at least 30 days before voting opens on Feb. 2.

Survey & Ballot Systems is an election management company and was founded in 1990. SBS provides services to membership-based associations, organizations, cooperatives and credit unions on online, paper, and hybrid elections and surveys. Located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, SBS manages more than 850 elections annually, offering secure access and customer service and support. SBS is a family business and has decades of industry knowledge and expertise. The AOG has worked with SBS during several elections, and SBS’s clients include/have included Police Retirement System of Kansas City Missouri, American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, Frontier Farm Credit and North Western Electric Coop, Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric, Union Rural Electric Coop, Tri-County Electric Cooperative and many others. Find SBS’s website here.