Presenting your 2025 leadership candidates
Earlier this month, we announced that the CoCo was soliciting candidates for its sixth annual elections. Any CoCo member who resides in North America was eligible to be a candidate for the Board of Directors or Executive Director. This year, there are two open seats on the Board.
I’m pleased to present for your consideration the candidates who have offered their ideas, energy, and leadership to strengthen our Scrabble community and the lead the CoCo forward. Below are your 2025 leadership candidates.
Candidates for Board of Directors
Randi Goldberg
Hi, I'm Randi. Since I started playing Scrabble about a decade ago, I've really reveled in everything about it - the strategy, the studying, and most importantly, the people. The Scrabble community is full of great people, and it's really important to me that it continues to grow. I've worked in recruitment and event-running for years, and as a result have a lot of ideas for how to help the Scrabble community grow bigger and better.
Evans Clinchy
I've been a member of the CoCo board since its inception in 2020, and I would love the opportunity to continue for another two years.
Throughout my tenure, I've focused on doing everything I can to grow the CoCo tournament scene and grow tournament Scrabble at large. Specifically, I've been plugging away at content creation, player and director outreach, and just directing as many tournaments personally as I can.
These are exciting times for our board - we've got a lot of ideas for the future of the CoCo percolating. I'm hoping to be right in the thick of it all in 2026 and '27. I'd be honored to have your vote.
Candidate for Executive Director
Once again, one person registered to run for Executive Director (me). Below is my election platform.
Jennifer Clinchy
Since co-founding the CoCo in 2019, I've led the organization as its elected Executive Director. This past year, I've focused on building institutional capacity and internal resilience so that the CoCo can live up to its goal of being a true coalition. Recruiting and training new volunteers has been a core part of my efforts to build up our team. The more help we have, the more we can devote resources to running bigger and better tournaments. To that end, I consulted with an expert grants manager this year to formulate a strategic plan for the CoCo's fundraising, with the goal to one day secure sustainable funding for paid staff roles and program support.
As ever, I continue to execute the necessary work of the Executive Director, making sure we pay our bills and have insurance coverage to protect our directors. I stewarded the popular CoCo Newcomer Discounts program and Access Fund to expand the game to more players. I also supported the CoCo's ongoing partnership with DC Public Libraries and submission of our first grant application. Looking forward to next year, I am excited to direct the 2026 North American Collins Championship and hope to bring many players together at events across the country.
Vote!
All roughly 430 CoCo members worldwide will receive a unique link by email today from ElectionBuddy, our online voting system. All votes are anonymous. You have 12 days to cast your ballot. After voting closes, we’ll announce the results of the election here and introduce your new leadership team. Make your voice heard and cast those ballots!
(P.S. If you think you should have received a ballot today but don’t see it in your email inbox, check your spam folder. If you don’t see it there either, contact us at info@cocoscrabble.org and we’ll check if an internet monster ate your ballot or if we lack a current email address for you.)
