President-Elect II

John Farley, MD, COL (ret)
Creighton University School of Medicine,
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ

Anil K. Sood, MD
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Secretary-Treasurer Elect

Debra Richardson, MD
The University of Oklahoma Health
Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Member-at-Large

Nefertiti duPont, MD, MPH
North Houston Gynecologic Surgeons, PLLC
Shenandoah, TX

BJ Rimel, MD
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA
Fellow-in-Training Representative
The SGO Board of Directors election will open on December 22, 2025, and close on January 20, 2026. The SGO has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the election. To ensure that your election-specific email arrives safely in your inbox, please add the following email address to your list of contacts as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net. Please also check your spam or junk folder for your ballot.
In accordance with SGO Bylaws, voting eligibility for each membership category is outlined below.
| Membership Type | Eligible Positions to Vote For |
| Full | President-Elect II, Secretary-Treasurer Elect, Member-at-Large, and Fellow-in-Training Representative |
| Associate | President-Elect II |
| Fellow-in-Training | President-Elect II and Fellow-in-Training Representative |
| Senior | President-Elect II, Secretary-Treasurer Elect, Member-at-Large, and Fellow-in-Training Representative |
If you have any questions about the election, please contact Traci Schwendner, Senior Manager of Governance.






