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ASPB Call for Council Nominations 2025

Nominations Open Monday, December 9, 2024
Nomination Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET)

 
 

Please nominate individuals whom you feel are well suited to serve the Society as president-elect, and elected member of the council.

 
ASPB President: The three years of service is an elected position, currently selected by the membership in an annual vote from a slate of two candidates. All terms start on 1 October. The President is the face and voice of ASPB, and provides strategic leadership.
 
Some of the attributes for an ASPB president are someone who has:
  • Comprehensive vision for the future of ASPB
  • Experience in leadership positions and advisory capacities: the president does both and these sometimes conflict
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Persistence and outstanding organizational skills to complete tasks in addition to your day job
  • Willingness to dedicate time to address the ASPB community’s needs
  • Capacity for big-picture, long-term thinking
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    Duties Year One
    Duties Year Two
    Duties Year Three
Elected member: The Elected Member of Board of Directors serves on the Board of Directors and on Council. Each elected member is selected by the membership in a biennial vote from a slate of two candidates. Service on both committees is for four years.
 
Some of the attributes for an ASPB elected member are someone who has:
  • Willingness to dedicate time to address the ASPB community’s needs
  • Capacity for big-picture, long-term thinking
  • Balancing need for confidentiality on sensitive matters with transparency and openness
  • Sensitivity to the needs of the broad membership
  • High-level experience with budgets and budgeting
  • Experience in science management, team science, and/or developing policy
    Duties
 

For your reference to see who is currently serving on the ASPB Council, here are the Officers and Council members serving as of October 1, 2024.

  • Leeann Thornton, Immediate Past-President, Chair (2022-2025)
  • Hong Ma, President (2023-2026)
  • Kent Chapman, President-Elect (2024-2027)
  • Ian Wallace, Secretary (2023-2025)
  • Sreekala Chellamma, Treasurer (2023-2026)
  • Sarah Wyatt, Elected Member [elected by ASPB membership] (2023-2027)
  • Elena Monte, Elected Member [elected by ASPB membership] (2021-2025)
  • Aruna Kilaru, Elected Member [elected by ASPB Council] (2024-2025)
  • Aruna Kilaru, Chair, Membership Committee (2024-2028)
  • Danielle Ignace, Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2016-2025)
  • Lisa Ainsworth, Chair, Publications Committee (2016-2025)
  • Erin Friedman, Chair, Education Committee (2019-2025)
  • Patricia Leon, Chair, International Committee (2021-2025)
  • Georg Jander, Chair, Science Policy Committee (2024-2027)
  • Rebecca Roston, Chair, Women In Plant Biology Committee (2023-2026)
  • Miguel Alfonso Pineros, Rep to Council, Northeastern Section (2023-2027)
  • Marco Burger, Rep To Council, Western Section (2023-2026)
  • Caren Chang, Rep To Council, Mid-Atlantic Section (2024-2025)
  • Mike Mickelbart, Rep To Council, Midwestern Section (2024-2026)
  • Aruna Kilaru, Rep To Council, Southern Section (2023-2026)
  • Christopher Vincent, Rep to Council, Environmental and Ecological Plant Physiology Section (2023-2026)
  • Azam Noori, Rep to Council, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Section (2024-2026)
  • June Simpson, Rep to Council, Mexico Section (2024-2027)
  • Brianna Griffin, Rep to Council, Early Career Plant Scientists Section (2023-2025)
  • Janeen Braynen, Rep to Council, Ambassador Alliance (2023-2025)
  • Seth Edwards, Rep to Council, Early Career Representative (2024-2026)

Please contact Sylvia Lee for assistance:

Sylvia Lee
American Society of Plant Biologists
Executive and Governance Affairs Administrator
15501 Monona Drive
Rockville, MD 20855
Email: slee@aspb.org
Phone: 301-296-0898
Fax: 301-279-2996

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