Dear Friends: We are excited to inform you that the San Francisco Bay Area ISOC Chapter (SFBayISOC) held its annual board election last week.The elections engaged the participation of our members, the current board and were overseen by an election committee.We sincerely thank, Konstantin Kalaitzidis, Louie Lee & Annalisa Rogers for their support and guidance as the nominating committee during this election. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the *2017 Chapter Board Members*: *Chair – Susannah Gray* *Vice Chair – Fatema Kothari* *Secretary – Misako Manca* *Treasurer – Ken Krechmer * *Membership Communications and Engagement- Janet Vong* *NARALO Chapter Representative – Eve Edelson* The outgoing Chair, Leah Symekher, will support the new board in the role of Consultant & Advisor to the Board, Primary NARALO Chapter representative and Project Administrator. Additionally, Jean-Jacques Subrenat outgoing board member and Global Representative will continue to support the new board in the role of Global Representative–Advisor to the board. I thank you for your wonderful support and collaboration with the SFBay ISOC Chapter in the last 3 years during my leadership, and I hope for the same continued partnership with the incoming Board Members & Team. Please feel free to visit our website for bios of the new team: http://www.sfbayisoc.org/board/ Best Regards, Leah Symekher SFBay ISOC Chapter, Outgoing President/Chair