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ASPET Council Nominations

ASPET 2024 Election Candidates

The ASPET 2024 Elections closed on February 9, 2024. The list of newly elected Council candidates are now available.

Play a Role in Choosing Your Next ASPET Leaders

The call for nominations for ASPET Council positions opened April 1, 2024. Nominate fellow colleagues and/or yourself for President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer-Elect and Councilor positions for consideration in the 2025 ASPET Election. The 2025 ASPET Election will occur in January 2025. Newly elected Council officers will take their positions effective July 1, 2025.

These are critically important positions that will shape the future of the field by ensuring that the Society’s leadership continues to represent its diverse and growing membership. When selecting potential candidates, we urge you to consider visionary leaders – people with great ideas, sound judgment and the willingness to work productively to see things to completion. It is especially important that the elected individuals be aligned with the direction of ASPET.

The deadline to submit nominations is April 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.

ASPET is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of the society, especially in leadership. To better represent the breadth of our membership, nominations are particularly encouraged from diverse racial and ethnic groups, women and persons with disabilities. ASPET also seeks representation from a variety of sectors, scientific disciplines and career paths.

Nominees should possess the following desired attributes:

  • Demonstrated leadership, commitment and involvement with ASPET and the pharmacology community.
  • Positive leadership attributes, emotional intelligence and the ability to work collaboratively and be engaged in appropriate debate and discussion when needed.
  • Visionary and strategic thinker.
  • Commitment to participate in four to six council meetings a year (two in-person meetings, and two – four conference calls).
  • Must be an ASPET member in good standing.

ASPET Council

The Society is governed by an elected council consisting of the President, the President-Elect and the immediate Past President (each serving for a one-year term in that elected office), the Secretary/Treasurer, the Secretary/Treasurer-Elect and the immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer (each serving for a one-year term in that elected office), and three Councilors (each serving a three-year term in that elected office, with one Councilor retiring each year). In addition to the elected members of Council, the Executive Officer, the chair of the Publications Committee, the chair of the Program Committee, the FASEB Board representative, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion representative, and the chair of the Young Scientists Committee are non-voting ex officio members of Council during their terms in the respective offices.

Benefits of being on the ASPET Council Include:

  • A significant role in advancing your leadership and professional skills.
  • An opportunity to enhance the value of ASPET to the pharmacology community.
  • Access to up-to-date information about the challenges facing the pharmacology community.
  • The chance to exchange ideas and perspectives with other volunteer leaders.

Submit a Nomination

To submit a nomination (including self-nominations) for any of these positions, please:

  1. Review the ASPET Council position descriptions and;
  2. Complete the 2024 nomination application.

Please note:

  • Nominees must be ASPET members in good standing.
  • While your identity as a nominator will be known to the Executive Officer, nominations can be anonymized for the committee upon request (please indicate this on the nomination application).
  • Only nominations received by 11:59 PM ET on April 30, 2024 will be considered by the Nomination Committee.
  • While the nomination process is open, being nominated does not guarantee that a nominee will appear on the ballot. The committee will convene in late Spring 2024 to consider all nominations and discuss and select the election slate for each position.
For questions about the nomination process, please contact ASPET Governance and Office Coordinator, Yesenia Mendez.  

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