Becoming a Volunteer Leader

Committee and Board of Director Applications and Nominations

Submit your nomination or self-nomination by Monday, April 7.

Are you interested in becoming more involved in ASHG? If so, serving on a committee or the Board of Directors is an excellent way expand your professional network, strengthen your leadership and professional skills, and contribute to implanting ASHG’s mission.

Our committees develop implementation of a variety of programs and generate new programmatic ideas to support our mission and increase member value. Both nominations and self-nominations are encouraged.

ASHG seeks to identify and select individuals who are representative of the entirety of ASHG membership and the broader scientific community. Selection is made without regard to criteria such as ethnicity, race, gender, or any other discriminatory factors.

Committee Appointment Process

1. Nominations and self-nominations accepted.
2. The Nominating Committee reviews all the nominations with extensive input from committee chairs to finalize committee appointments, which are ultimately approved by the ASHG Executive Committee. (Please note: we typically receive more nominations than available committee positions. We deeply value your willingness to serve and we actively seek opportunities to engage people who have volunteered their time through micro-volunteer opportunities throughout the year.)

Board of Directors Appointment Process

1. Nominations and self-nominations accepted.

2. The Nominating Committee will review all nominations and will determine the final ballot in accordance with the ASHG Bylaws. The Nominating Committee, with support from the Executive Committee, creates a slate of potential board members that reflects the Society’s core values.
   1. Prior to ASHG consideration of candidates, all Board of Director nominees will be informed of professional conduct expectations and the ASHG Leadership Nominee and Applicants Procedures and Policies. Nominees will be given the opportunity to decline consideration, with no imputation of inappropriate conduct. If nominees proceed to be considered, nominees will be asked to state, confidentially and in writing to a Board representative (the CEO), whether they are now, or have been, subject to an allegation, inquiry, action or decision regarding alleged professional misconduct as that concept is outlined in the ASHG Code of Ethics, or whether they have engaged in conduct that could reasonably give rise to such a claim. Disclosure of this information will not automatically disqualify a nominee from consideration, but it will allow the Society to make an informed decision with the benefit of any context provided by the nominee.
3. Once a slate is composed, an election takes place. Per the ASHG Bylaws, at least two (2) candidates are required to be put forth for each director position and one (1) candidate is required to be presented for the president-elect position.