The POPAI Annual Elections will take place during the Annual Meeting in French Lick on September 4, 2025.
Slate
The following individuals submitted an Intent to Run Form and all required documentation:
Lindsey Villalpando, Vice-President
Stacy Smithers LaPatra, District 1
Welcome back to the September 2025 – September 2027 POPAI Board
Andria Geigle
Lindsey Villalpando
Welcome for the first time to the September 2025 – September 2027 POPAI Board
Stacy Smithers LaPatra
Lindsey Winger
Elizabeth Starck
Contested Election
Districts 3 and 5 will be voting in their contested elections.
Voters must have a 2025 Membership and be a Certified Probation Officer in the District.
Absentee Ballot
Around August 20, all District 5 and 3 POPAI Probation Officer Members who are current with their 2025 membership and are not attending the Fall Conference will receive an email with directions on how to ask for an absentee ballot. Members attending the Fall Conference should not request a ballot since they will be voting on site.
If you requested an absentee ballot and have not heard back within 2 working days please contact awards@gopopai.org.
At-Large #1
No one submitted an Intent for the At-Large #1. Any 2025 POPAI Certified Probation Officer Member in any district may run for this seat. Intent to run forms will be posted on the website the week after the Fall Conference and the Board will appoint someone from those candidates.
POPAI Board Member Commitments and Obligations
The list below describes the minimum level of commitment that Board members are asked to make to this professional organization. Before running for office, POPAI Members should be aware of the obligations and be able to make a commitment to fulfill these obligations.
MEETING ATTENDANCE:
Attendance at POPAI Board meetings is vitally important to the organization. Board members are expected to attend the scheduled meetings (typically) in person with minimal absences. The Board usually meets the second Wednesday of each month, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM. We alternate between Hendricks County Probation in Danville and Johnson County Probation in Franklin. We have been able to offer Zoom connection at most meetings.
Possible exceptions:
- Board meeting is held at the POPAI Management Institute usually in February, March, or April
- Board meeting is held during the Justice Services Conference usually in April or May
- Board meeting is held on Friday of POPAI Fall training in French Lick after the conference ends. It is important that you stay for this meeting as it would be your first Board meeting upon your election.
- Some POPAI Board meetings may be held via video conference due to weather or other reasons.
COMMITTEE WORK
Board members must work on at least one POPAI Committee. Standing committees: Election; Awards and Recognition; Technology; Education; Legislation; Membership.
POPAI CONFERENCES/TRAININGS ATTENDANCE
POPAI sponsors two training conferences per year: POPAI Management Institute/Chief PO Summit and Annual Fall Conference. Board members are expected to make every effort to participate in these conferences/trainings. Board members are asked to assist at the registration table for the Fall Conference (when possible). [Note: Board members that have a financial need may request waiver of tuition for POPAI conferences.]
CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER APPROVAL
If you are not the Chief Probation Officer of your department, you must include as an attachment an email or memo from the Chief PO approving your attendance at in-person monthly POPAI Board meetings; your participation in at least one POPAI standing committee; and verifying your ability to attend POPAI trainings/conferences during your elective term.
POPAI Districts
District 1 – Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski and Starke counties
District 2 – Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley counties
District 3 – Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Elkhart, Fulton, Howard, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, St. Joseph, Tipton, and Wabash counties
District 4 – Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Union, and Wayne counties
District 5 – Boone, Hancock, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby counties
District 6 – Benton, Clay, Fountain, Greene, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, and White counties
District 7 – Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington counties
District 8 – Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties