2020–2023 At-Large Board Member Nominations
Submit your nomination by 8:30 AM PT on November 25, 2019

About

The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) is a voluntary association headed by a Board of Directors. The Board is composed of 18 at-large elected members from the NAEP membership, four ex-officio members, and one chapter representative for each 150 NAEP members in the 18 Affiliated Chapters. All serve without compensation. Each year in the fall, six at-large Board Members are elected to serve a three-year term of office. At-large Board Members are expected to attend all of the quarterly board meetings and the annual conference.

The Board establishes policy and the association management company, SBI, assists the Board in implementing NAEP programs and practices. The NAEP Board oversees the work of all contracted entities for the administration of NAEP, the annual conference, educational activities, and publications.

The NAEP Board of Directors currently meets four times each year at various locations around the country. In-person board participation is desirable; however, attendance by conference call is allowed. The meetings are normally held on a Saturday and last for 6-8 hours. Elected at-large board members are installed at the annual conference and serve a period of three years, which terminates at the annual conference held in the third year of service. Board members attend their first Board Meeting at the annual conference in the year in which they are installed. The Board meets again at various locations around the country approximately three, six, and nine months after the annual conference. As a voluntary association, there is no reimbursement for travel expenses or the other costs associated with being on the Board of Directors.

Requirements

Board of Director Nominees must have retained NAEP membership for at least three years
Only voting members shall be eligible to hold office, which consists of Fellow Members, General Members (Individual or Group), Emeritus Members, or Emerging Professional Members.

The NAEP membership will have the opportunity to install six elected, at-large Board members, to serve three-year terms from 2020 to 2023. The Board of Directors is represented by a five-member Executive Committee, with participation by the Permanent Conference Committee and Membership Committee Chairs, on an as-needed basis. The Executive Committee meets at the discretion of the NAEP President, normally twice-monthly by conference calls. To be eligible to serve on the Executive Committee, and NAEP member must have served as a Board Member for at least one year prior to the election as an Officer of the Association.

Submit Your Nomination

If you are a NAEP member and would like to become an at-large member of the Board (or retain your current position on the Board), please download and complete the Self-Nomination Form and submit it to the NAEP Office.