2026 Board of Directors Nominees

E&I Cooperative Services is pleased to present the incumbent directors standing for reelection to the Board of Directors.

In accordance with E&I’s governance process, the following directors have terms expiring in 2026 and are seeking reelection for an additional term.

If you have any questions, please contact Gina Shaughnessy, Executive Coordinator to the Executive Team, at gshaughnessy@eandi.org. 

Archibald E. Asawa

Archibald E. Asawa currently serves as Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Soka University of America. Arch joined Soka University of America in March 1998. His responsibilities include the overall management of the University’s operations, including budget, finance, endowment, enrollment management, development, marketing, facilities and landscape management, mail center, purchasing, environmental health and safety, events, contracts management, Soka Performing Arts Center, and auxiliary businesses. He currently serves as the University’s chief investment officer, managing a $1.8 billion endowment.

Arch served on the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Board of Directors and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) Board of Directors and is a Past President of WACUBO.

Prior to joining the University, Arch worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 corporations, universities, and public sector agencies since the 1980s. He also served as Special Advisor to the Mayor and Manager of Special Projects for the City of Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan.

Arch received his BA in Economics from Yale University and attended the doctoral program in management at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, focusing on strategy and organization.

Contact Arch
asawa@soka.edu

Archibald E. Asawa
Soka University of America

Randall Moore

Randall Moore is the Vice President / Chief Procurement Officer at Boston University and leads the Procure to Pay (P2P) function. His team of 35 professionals performs category and supplier management for BU’s $900 million addressable spend, processes 80,000 supplier purchase orders, negotiates 1,000 supplier contracts, oversees $2.1B in outbound supplier payments, and approves 35,000 travel expense reports.

Before joining BU in 2017, Randall served as a procurement strategy consultant with Accenture, serving clients in all industries globally. He began his career performing various supply chain-related roles for Häagen-Dazs and Frito-Lay.

Contact Randall
rcmoore@bu.edu

Randall Moore
Boston University

Greg Shabram

Greg Shabram serves as the Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Oregon. He leads a team responsible for all procurement and high-level contracting activity for goods and services at the University. Greg also oversees the teams responsible for operating UO’s eProcurement system “Duck Depot” as well as administrating UO’s P-Card program, disadvantaged business entity outreach, and sustainable procurement activity.

Prior to his current tenure at UO, Greg worked at Boeing Commercial Airplanes as a procurement agent leading contracting activities for various airplane systems in development and production. Previously, Greg worked as a Contracts Manager at UO and a civil litigator in private legal practice.

Greg has a JD from the University of Oregon School of Law and a BA in History and Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Contact Greg
gshabram@uoregon.edu

Greg Shabram
University of Oregon

Tally Thrasher

Tally Thrasher, C.P.M., MSSM, is the Assistant Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at University of Michigan. In this role, she is responsible for all procurement operations, including strategic sourcing, the procure-to-pay platform, contract administration, procurement systems and software modules, the travel and expense program, the PCard program, financial analytics, business enablement and service delivery teams as well as a number of auxiliary operational services.

These auxiliary services include print/copy/mail, space analysis, property control, and property disposition. University of Michigan’s Procurement Services Department manages an annual spend of $6+ billion and supports the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses as well as Michigan Medicine.

Prior to joining University of Michigan, Tally held a number of leadership positions in purchasing at Indiana University. Most recently, she was the Executive Director of Purchasing Services, where she led the implementation of a procure-to-pay system, worked to create opportunities for disadvantaged businesses, developed strategic sourcing teams, and created a customer-centric culture to support Indiana University’s employees and students.

She has a B.S. in business management and an M.S. in strategic management, both from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Contact Tally
tthrashe@umich.edu

Tally Thrasher
University of Michigan

2026 Board of Directors Nominees

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