The Order of the Arrow Elects New 2016 Officers

On Monday, Dec. 28 the Order of the Arrow elected new youth officers for 2016 during the OA National Planning Meeting. Read the Scout profiles below to learn more about the newly elected leaders.

2016 National Chief Hunter Jones

Hunter is from Middle Tennessee Council in Nashville, TN. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge. Hunter has served previously as section chief for SR-6 and the lodge chief of Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge. He is the recipient of the Centurion and Founder’s Awards and is a James E. West Fellow. Hunter is studying animal science and pre-med at the University of Tennessee. In his spare time, he enjoys trap shooting, boxing and traveling.

“2016 will be about developing our plan for our next 100 years,” said Hunter. “This plan will include finding how to grow our Order by meeting the needs of tomorrow’s youth.”

2016 National Vice Chief Tyler Inberg

Tyler is from the Cascade Pacific Council in Portland, OR. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of Wauna La-Mon’tay Lodge. Tyler has previously served as the section chief for W-1S and as the conference vice chief of the Activities and Recreation committee at NOAC 2015 in addition to previously serving as the vice chief of administration for his lodge. He is a recipient of the Founder’s Award. Tyler is studying electrical engineering at Oregon State University. In his spare time, he hiking, camping, mountaineering, and watching Netflix.

“We have such a great opportunity with NEXT to turn the enthusiasm from the centennial year into applications and ideas for the lodges,” exclaimed Tyler.” I’m excited for this next year!”

The 2016 region chiefs were also elected:

• Northeast Region Chief: Chris Boyle, Buckskin Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt Council, Massapequa, N.Y.
• Central Region Chief: Logan Greene, Nischa Chuppecat Lodge, Hoosier Trails Council, Bloomington, Ind.
• Southern Region Chief: Jeffrey Sedlacek, Wahissa Lodge, Old Hickory Council, Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Western Region Chief: Joe Garcia, Wipala Wiki Lodge, Grand Canyon Council, Phoenix

A special thank you goes out to Alex Call, Donnie Stephens, Joey Dierdorf, Matt Bell, Nathan Lee and Alex Leach for their fantastic leadership during the Order of the Arrow’s 100th anniversary in 2015!

Congratulations, Arrowmen!

To read more about these newly elected leaders, check out their full biographies on the OA website. You can also check out the Order of the Arrow Twitter account for live tweets, photos, and announcements about the group’s new leadership. Extend warm wishes to the Scouts in the comments below!