Press release
Members elect Kimbrough and Haverkamp to the board
Rashida Kimbrough and Nils Haverkamp will join NANA's board of directors for three-year terms starting January.
WASHINGTON — NANA members have elected Rashida Kimbrough and Nils Haverkamp to the board of directors, according to results certified after the ballot closed on the second Wednesday of September. Both will begin three-year terms on January 1.
Who was elected
Kimbrough is chief membership officer at the Federation of Food Bank Networks, a 96-network organization headquartered in Detroit, and co-author of NANA's Member Renewal Benchmarks. Haverkamp is executive director of the Guild of Freshwater Fisheries Managers, a 2,100-member organization based in Salt Lake City, and will join the board's audit committee.
Secretary Benjamin Oduya, general counsel at the Coalition of Independent Museums, oversees the annual ballot process and confirmed the results.
"We had a strong field this year, and members clearly wanted representation from organizations that don't look like NANA's largest members," Oduya said. "Both winners run associations that measure their staff in single digits, not dozens."
Terms and eligibility
Directors serve three-year terms under the bylaws NANA adopted after its 2024 review, which capped directors at two consecutive terms and added a dedicated past-chair seat. Kimbrough and Haverkamp are each eligible for one additional term after this one.
The two seats drew ballots from members across all six chapters, a wider geographic spread than in either of the two prior board elections.
What it means for the board
Kimbrough's election continues NANA's pattern of drawing directors from social-service and community-serving associations, a sector underrepresented on the board through most of the past decade. Haverkamp brings experience from a natural-resources membership base whose staffing and budget constraints mirror those of many of NANA's smaller organizational members.
Neither seat replaces a departing director early — the two positions became open on the normal rotation. Board Chair Margaret Oyelaran and the rest of the sitting board will continue their terms unaffected by this cycle's results.
Kimbrough will bring a warehouse-and-logistics perspective to board discussions that have historically leaned toward professional and trade associations rather than social-service networks. Haverkamp, whose organization represents state and tribal fisheries professionals across the Mountain West, said he ran for the seat because natural-resources associations rarely get a voice in NANA's governance decisions.
"Our members manage rivers and lakes across state lines and tribal jurisdictions that don't care about our meeting schedule," Haverkamp said. "I want the board thinking about associations whose work doesn't fit inside one state's calendar."
Next steps for members
Association staff and board members who want to follow the incoming directors' work should:
Watch for committee assignments, announced at the board's January meeting
Note that both new directors take their seats alongside any other results from this cycle's officer elections
Reach out through their chapter chair with issues they'd like a director to raise at the board table
About NANA
The National Association of National Associations is the professional society for association executives, boards, and staff, representing more than 750 member organizations and the two million professionals who work for them. NANA provides research, peer community, and advocacy for the people who run the organizations that hold civic life together.