Joel Harrison , W5ZN, is President of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national association for Amateur Radio, elected by the ARRL Board of Directors to his first term in January 2006. First licensed as WN5IGF in 1972, Harrison went on to get his General, Advanced and Amateur Extra tickets WB5IGF. He's had his current vanity call sign in since 1996. Harrison started his volunteerism with the League in 1981 after becoming a Section Emergency Coordinator in Arkansas. arrl.org