ASHA Board Seeks Input on Governance, Elections Restructuring Proposal

Recommendations developed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Review would refresh the association’s nominations and elections process and its governance structure. The ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) is soliciting members’ feedback on these and two other recommendations, as part of its ongoing periodic review and evolution of best practices in association governance. Governance ASHA has two advisory councils (ACs)—the Audiology Advisory Council and the Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council—designed to identify, analyze, discuss and prioritize issues of concern for the BOD. Each state and territory has a representative on each council. The ad hoc committee identified several concerns with the current structure. ASHA governance already includes a number of groups that provide input on specific issues: 33 standing committees, boards and councils; 30 ad hoc committees since 2013; 19 Special Interest Groups; 22 focus groups and 20 surveys in the past five years. ASHA also has active affiliation with many other associations. Not all AC members are affiliated with their respective state associations—some report back, others do not. In addition, ASHA has other state-based positions, such as State Education Advocacy Leaders and State Advocates for Reimbursement. In the past eight years, there has not been a complete slate of AC candidates. Several positions are unfilled or have one candidate. Active engagement of AC members has been difficult to achieve, with minimal ...
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