Each year, AHEAD’s nomination and election process provides us with the opportunity to actively seek and engage new leadership who will bring critical representation, knowledge, and skills to AHEAD’s leadership.
AHEAD is currently seeking diverse, visionary and effective leaders for its Board of Directors. In order to fulfill AHEAD’s mission, Board members have a demonstrated commitment and capacity to deliver on AHEAD’s priorities of equity, diversity, inclusion, and strategic planning. AHEAD’s Board is committed to identifying nominees who represent multiple and intersecting identities and have the capacity to integrate diverse views into Association decision-making.
We are currently seeking nominations for:
- Two (2) Director-at-Large positions.
If you would like to learn more, please reach out to any current Board member.
If you or someone you know can contribute to AHEAD’s work in advancing disability resources in higher education, please consider nominating yourself or another member.
In April, nominees will be required to prepare a candidate statement that provides responses to the following questions. This statement will be made public during the voting process.
- Please tell us why you are interested in a Board position and discuss how your leadership and personal and professional experience will benefit AHEAD and its Board of Directors in advancing the organization’s mission and vision.
- Please describe your involvement with AHEAD or AHEAD Affiliates, including any leadership positions you have held.
- Please describe how you will work to advance AHEAD’s Core Values if elected to this position.
- Please describe a time when you have contributed to creating a new vision for your office, or created/revamped a process, a team etc. Describe your rationale and process.
- How will your unique personal and professional experiences help you to advance AHEAD’s work with respect to equity, inclusion, and diversity across our membership, professional development offerings and/or strategic outreach.
The position description for the open positions is as follows:
Director-at-Large (2 will be elected in 2021):
Directors-at-Large are key members of the Board and serve as:
- Voting members of AHEAD’s Board of Directors, serving to advise the Association on matters of policy, direction, strategy, and position;
- Liaisons who provide oversight to one or more committees;
- Voting or nonvoting members of assigned Association committees;
- The official representative of the Association at affiliate, industry, and other meetings as may be deemed necessary; and
- Leaders or members of ad hoc committees, task forces, or other duties, and assume responsibilities assigned by the President of the Board or by the entire Board.
Ideal candidates for Director-at-Large are members of AHEAD who have experience and interest in diversity and inclusion, strategic planning and thinking, policy development, volunteer leadership and supervision, governance, and small business operations.
These positions require up to 10 hours per month, plus two, two-day in-person meetings per year in addition to attending the AHEAD Conference and a subsequent Board meeting. All travel expenses are paid by AHEAD. Board meetings may involve both weekdays and weekends. Newly elected Directors-at-large will be invited to attend the Summer 2021 Board meeting on Saturday, July 24th, 2021 at AHEAD’s expense.
This is a three (3)-year term, commencing on July 25, 2021.
To nominate an individual, please complete the online form (New Window) by April 19, 2021.
We look forward to receiving your nominations. If you have any questions about the nomination process, please feel welcome to contact AHEAD’s Board Secretary, Dr. Jill Sieben-Schneider. All candidates will be notified via email of the election results by June 15, 2021.