by I received an email this morning from NRA Secretary John Frazer announcing two more resignations from the Board of Directors and two new replacement Board members. As my friend Michael Bane likes to say we are “getting down to stems and seeds” as there are no more runners-up candidates to fill empty Board positions.
From John Frazer:
Dear Board and Executive Council members:
We have two additional changes on the Board to announce. Barbara Rumpel and Gene Roach have both resigned.
These vacancies will now be filled by 2025 runners-up Steven Dulan and Mark Shuell. (Greer Johnson was next in line after Mr. Dulan, but declined to serve.) Mr. Shuell was the final runner-up in the 2025 mail ballot, so any additional vacancies will go unfilled until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Members.
Because Ms. Rumpel’s term was expiring in 2026 and Mr. Roach had filled a previous vacancy, there is no additional effect on the 2026 Board elections.
Please welcome Mr. Dulan and Mr. Shuell, and please join me in thanking Ms. Rumpel and Mr. Roach for their service.
I can’t say I’m surprised by Barbara Rumpel’s resignation as she is on the Board of Trustees of the NRA Foundation and she was not re-nominated nor qualified by petition for the 2026 Board election. While she and I probably were on opposite sides, I always enjoyed speaking with her and I did sign her petition.
As to Tom Roach, I’m a little surprised that he resigned as he only accepted a position on the Board in October and had not attended one of the in-person Board meetings.
Both Steven Dulan and Mark Shuell were in what I called “No Man’s Land” for the 2025 Board election. That is, they were neither Team NRA 2.0 nor Team Strong NRA. Mr. Dulan has served on the Board in the past. Mark Shuell and I have a shared background as financial planners. He and I had a good conversation when he was running for the Board. He has also been active on the Members Take Back Facebook page.
In between Dulan and Shuell as runners-up were Lane Ruhland and Greer Johnson in that order. Both declined the opportunity to serve. Ms. Johnson is also on the NRA Foundation Board of Trustees and that might have been a factor in her decision.