Cynthia Stohl (BA 1969, SUNY Buffalo; MA 1978, Purdue U; Ph.D. 1982, Purdue U), Professor of Communication at U of California - Santa Barbara, has been elected ICA President-Elect/Select by the members of International Communication Association in the association's 2010 online balloting. Stohl eked out the narrowest victory in the history of ICA presidential elections against her opponent, Patricia Moy (U of Washington), in an election that was remarkable for its large number of close races.

Her election automatically places Stohl on the association's Executive Committee. She will also serve as Program Chair for the 2012 ICA Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, at the conclusion of which Stohl will become President of ICA. Her term of office concludes at the closing of the 2013 ICA Conference in London, England, after which she will serve an additional 3 years on the Executive Committee: as Past President for 2 years, followed by a year as the association's Finance Chair.

A former primary school educator, Stohl joined ICA as a doctoral candidate over 30 years ago. She has served as the secretary, vice-chair, and chair of ICA's Organizational Communication Division, winning its Top Paper award twice and a Top Three Paper award twice more; she has also served on numerous awards and nominating committees, and internationalization and restructuring task forces. She has contributed frequently to ICA’s publications Communication Yearbook and Communication Theory.

In seeking the ICA presidency, Stohl expressed her belief that her "research focus on globalization and new forms of organizing...can contribute to making ICA an even stronger, more influential organization." Her platform centered on precisely these objectives: Enhancing ICA's global connectivity by extending its international membership while retaining its current member base, and fostering the association's sense of community by working to develop new ways of supporting, organizing, and scheduling conference sessions and engaging in a long-range initiative to address professional development.

In other association-wide elections, Michael Bromley, U of Queensland, won the 3-year office of Board Member-at-Large for Africa/Oceania, and Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff U) was elected Board Member-at-Large for Europe. Sojung Clare Kim (U of Wisconsin-Madison) will serve the 2-year term as Student Board Member.

In addition, 23 officers were elected across 20 Divisions and Interest Groups, four of which also offered bylaw amendments and/or dues increases for voter approval. Results of these elections are listed below. Notably, the margin of victory in many of the Divisional/Interest Group elections was extremely close; this demonstrates once again the critical (and sometimes even decisional) importance of each and every member's vote.

ETHNICITY & RACE IN COMMUNICATION (ERIC)
Vice-Chair: Miyase Christensen (Karlstad U)
Dues Increase?: Yes

FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP
Vice-Chair: Paula Gardner (Ontario College of Art & Design)
Secretary: Yu Shi (Pennsylvania State U - Capitol College)

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE
Vice-Chair: Rashmi Luthra (U of Michigan - Dearborn)

HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Mohan Dutta (Purdue U)
Secretary: Norman Wong (U of Oklahoma)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Vice-Chair: Prabu David (Washington State U)

INSTRUCTIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Secretary: Brandi Frisby (U of Kentucky)

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Hee Sun Park (Michigan State U)
Bylaw Amendment: Yes

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Timothy R. Levine (Michigan State U)

LANGUAGE & SOCIAL INTERACTION
Vice-Chair: Theresa Castor (U of Wisconsin-Parkside)

MASS COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Rene Weber (U of California-Santa Barbara)

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Ted Zorn (U of Waikato)
Secretary: Boris Brummans (U de Montreal)

PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Amit Pinchevski (Hebrew U)

POPULAR COMMUNICATION
Secretary: Stijn Reijinders (Erasmus U - Rotterdam)
Graduate Student Representative: Ranjana Das (London School of Economics)

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Vice-Chair: Jennifer Bartlett (Queensland U of Technology)
Secretary: Chiara Valentini (U of Aarhus)

VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Jana Holsanova (Lund U)

CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, & THE MEDIA
Vice-Chair: Erica Scharrer (U of Massachusetts - Amherst)

COMMUNICATION HISTORY
Secretary: Deborah Lubken (U of Pennsylvania)
Bylaw Amendment: Yes

GAME STUDIES
Vice-Chair: James D. Ivory (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U)

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER
Cochair: Adrienne Shaw (U of Pennsylvania)

INTERGROUP COMMUNICATION
Bylaw Amendment: Yes