by Yesterday, Jeff Fleetham resigned from the Board of Directors. He had been filling the seat left open by the resignation of Charles Cotton at the end of October 2025. While I did notice him on a couple of our online Board meetings, I had not met him in person.
Today, John Frazer sent out an email stating the Ronnie Barrett had resigned from the Board of Directors. Given Ronnie was also the Vice-Chair of the NRA Foundation’s Board of Trustees, I am going to assume it is related to the lawsuit filed yesterday by the NRA against the NRA Foundation. I can’t say any more about the lawsuit than to point you to the public statement regarding it.
From John Frazer:
Board member Ronnie Barrett has resigned as well. Please join us in thanking him for the time he’s given the NRA.
The Board now stands at 73 members. Because Mr. Barrett’s term would have expired in 2027, his resignation creates a one-year vacancy to be filled by the mail ballot. Members will now vote for the following seats:
- Twenty-five three-year terms that expire in 2029
- Four two-year terms that expire in 2028
- Four one-year terms that expire in 2027
Add to this the 76th Director voted on at the NRA Annual Meeting and you have a total of 34 directors elected in 2026. Given there are only 38 names on the ballot, this means virtually everyone nominated by either the Nominating Committee or petition will be elected.
I will have my second round of endorsements up later today. I am almost to the point of saying who should NOT be given your vote!
As to Ronnie leaving the Board, this saddens me because I thought he made a substantial contribution to it especially chairing the Special Committee on Organization and Leadership. I had dinner and lunch with Ronnie and his lovely wife Donna at our September meeting which led to some good conversations.
Hopefully Ronnie Barrett is a good person and stayed on the Foundation board to ensure the old guard guys over there don’t clean out the Foundation.