The cat is out of the bag: After Alex Haimann and Yamil Kouri they would run for re-election as vice presidents with a new member (John Barwis) on their team, speculation was the Mick Zais would run for president. However, incumbent Steve Reinhard is in his first term and could run again. He told The Virtual Stamp Club in e-mail that he won’t:

“…I will not run for re-election. Also, it is my understanding that Mick will be a candidate for President. I will remain on the Board as Immediate Past President.

“Three years is a long time. In fact, so is two years. I believe that I have made a positive impact. Our membership decline has decreased considerably, our finances have improved significantly, we have made some important improvements in our program offerings and have added some wonderful new staff.

“There are many other ways, outside of the APS Board, that I can help the hobby that I love. I plan to devote the time that I now give to APS governess to other involvements in our hobby. I also plan to get back to collecting!”

Reinhard is an accredited philatelic judge (a chief judge, in fact) but few if any APS presidents have had time to critique formally the exhibits at a stamp show while in office. He is a retired public school mathematics teacher.

Reinhard was a vice president himself before his 2013 election also Chairman of the APS Committee on the Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (CANEJ). Outside the APS, he has been president of the Collectors Club of New York, the American Air Mail Society, the International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies (FISA) and Chairman of the International Federation of Philately (FIP) Aerophilately Commission. He is also a member of the organizing committee for the next international stamp show in the U.S., World Stamp Show-New York 2016.

Zais is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General who saw service in Kuwait and Macedonia, and also taught at West Point. After his military service, Zais was president of a private college and then elected as South Carolina Superintendent of Education