Veterinary leaders needed
Nominations are invited for 76 vacancies on AVMA entities and 14 liaison positions. The House of Delegates will fill council openings when it meets in July 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Executive Board will make liaison and committee appointments at its April 2007 meeting.
Nominating materials for councils—including instructions for publishing candidates' biographies in the 2007 Campaign Guide—were sent in August to AVMA delegates and chief staff officers of organizations represented in the HOD. Others may obtain council and committee nomination forms on the AVMA Web site, avma.org/about_avma/governance/default.asp, or by calling AVMA headquarters at (800) 248-2862, Ext. 6651 for councils, Ext. 6605 for committees.
Councils
The AVMA is currently seeking nominations to fill 13 council vacancies. Nominations shall be made by organizations represented in the House of Delegates, or by petition of 10 voting members.
Council nominations must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2007, and sent to Dr. Bruce W. Little, AVMA executive vice president. Nominators should use the proscribed nomination form versus sending résumés or other biographic information to ensure that nominations will not be invalidated because the information supplied is incomplete.
Council members' terms are six years, and no council member may serve two consecutive terms on the same council. For this purpose, terms of three years or less will not be counted. No member may serve simultaneously in the HOD and on a council, or on two councils. A former council member may become eligible for election to a council at the next annual session after the end of a previous term on a council. The Bylaws also require that nominees be actively, or at the time of retirement, engaged in the appropriate area, if an area is specified in the vacancy.
AVMA guidelines for council nominations further stipulate the following:
- Nominations must be signed by an officer of the nominating organization
- A nominee will not be eligible to be a candidate for more than one council per year
- A candidate will not be permitted to change the category after the Feb. 1 nomination deadline
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Council | Professional category of vacancy | Individual whose term expires |
Biologic and Therapeutic Agents | Private practice, predominantly small animal | Kenneth Blood |
Communications | Private practice, predominantly small animal At-large |
Sherry Dodson Robert Krapfl |
Education | Veterinary medical research Private equine clinical practice Large animal clinical science Private food animal clinical practice (unexpired term ending July 2012) |
Kirk Clark William Fishback Fred Troutt † Michael Kerfoot |
Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine | Public health agencies or the Armed Forces Agricultural agencies |
Donald Lein John Schiltz |
Research | Private clinical practice (a member who is predominantly engaged in private clinical practice) Veterinary medical research (a member who is predominantly engaged in active research at the time of election.) |
Robert Poteet * Kent Lloyd |
Veterinary Service | Private mixed practice, predominantly food animal or equine Academic clinical science |
Ronald Gill Robert Gilbertw |
Judicial | No terms expiring in 2007 |
* Eligible for re-election
†Deceased
Predominantly means that 50 percent or more of the individual's professional activity is in the specified category
Exclusively means that 90 percent or more of the individual's professional activity is in the specified category
Trusts, committees, and boards
Nominations are invited for each of the AVMA trust and committee members to be appointed by the Executive Board at its April 2007 meeting. These nominations should be postmarked no later than March 9, 2007, and sent to J. Karl Wise, PhD, AVMA associate executive vice president.
Nominations may be made by local or state veterinary associations, by allied groups represented in the House of Delegates, or by an AVMA member on that person's or another's behalf.
Each nomination must include a one- or two-page curriculum vitae and a statement that the nominee has agreed to serve, if appointed. Only the first two pages of lengthier curricula vitae that are submitted will be reviewed.
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Committee or group |
Term (years) |
Max # terms |
Representing | Incumbents |
Animal Welfare | 3 | 2 | AASRP AAAP AAFP AASV Zoo and/or wildlife AAV |
Vacant Gregg Cutler William Folger Christa Irwin Timothy Reichard Darrel Styles |
Aquatic Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 2 | State/federal regulatory veterinary medicine Extension/diagnostic services Research in aquatic animal health |
Marilyn Blair * Stephen Smith * Roy Yanong |
Clinical Practitioners Advisory | 3 | 2 | AASV AAFP, alternate representative AAEP AAEP, alternate representative Aquaculture/seafood medicine Aquaculture/seafood medicine, alternate representative AASRP |
* Lisa Becton * Julie Levy * T. Byars * Carol Clark * Bronwyn Szignarowitz * Jill Spangenberg * David Wallace |
Convention Management and Program |
3 | 3 | Personal/Professional Section manager Public/Corporate Section manager Veterinary Technician Section manager Chair Liaison industry adviser |
Wendy Emerson John Herbold Dean Knoll Dennis McCurnin Phil Steinhauer |
Veterinary Technician Education and Activities | 6 | 1 | Clinical veterinary medicine, large animal Regulatory veterinary medicine Canadian VMA |
David Fell Pepi Leids Gavin Hamilton |
Disaster and Emergency Issues | 3 | 2 | Food animal practice Poultry medicine |
James Thorne * H. Towers |
Educational Commission on Foreign Veterinary Graduates | 6 | 1 | State veterinary licensing board | A. David Hayes |
Environmental Issues | 3 | 2 | IAAAM AABP AALC CPHRVM |
* Cindy Driscoll Christopher Dutton Eric Gingerich Mark Starr |
Food Safety Advisory | 3 | 2 | CPHRVM CPHRVM |
* John Huntley John Schiltz |
Governance Performance Review | 3 | 2 | House of Delegates Councils |
* Milli Bass Ronald Gill |
Human-Animal Bond | 3 | 2 | Veterinary ethology Public health |
Debra Horwitz John New |
Legislative Advisory | 3 | 2 | Executive Board AAFHV AAFHV, alternate representative AACPPV AACPPV, alternate representative AAVMC AAVMC, alternate representative AAAP, alternate representative AABP AABP, alternate representative |
* Larry Kornegay * Daniel Lafontaine * Rex Holt * Gerald Schmoling * David Hustead * Bennie Osburn * Andrew Maccabe Mo Saif * Mark Spire * Virginia Fajt |
Member Services | 3 | 2 | Academic veterinary medicine Private clinical practice Recent graduates |
* Richard Bednarski * Grace Bransford * Nicole Chevalier |
PAC Policy Board | 2 | 3 | Area 1, Eastern states Area 2, Central states Area 3, Western states |
* Walter Robinson * Vern Otte George Bishop |
State Advocacy | 3 | 2 | ASVMAE Area 3, Western states |
* Ralph Johnson * Jack Walther |
Strategic Planning | 3 | 1 | House of Delegates At-large |
Merry Crimi Richard Sibbel |
Veterinary Leadership Conference Planning | 3 | 2 | Constituent associations | Matthew Verbsky |
GHLIT | 4 | 3 | At-large | * Martha O'Rourke * Gary Holfinger * Harold Trimmer |
PLIT | 4 | 3 | At-large | * Andrew Clark * Raymond Ebert |
* Eligible for re-election
If underlined, the organization nominates its representative
Liaisons |
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American Association for Laboratory Animal Science American Feed Industry Association ANSI Z136.3 Subcommittee National Mastitis Council Risks from Animal Contact Compendium Committee, NASPHV National Association for Biomedical Research American Fisheries Society, Fish Health Section Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture, National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force Animal Producers Sub-Council Council on Agricultural Science and Technology World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Delegation International Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Alliance Rabies Compendium Committee, NASPHV USDA National Animal Health Reporting System, Aquaculture Commodity Working Group |
John Baker David Wallace Kenneth Bartels Robert Gilbert John Huntley K.C. Lloyd Helen Roberts Stephen Smith Lyle Vogel Lyle Vogel Lyle Vogel Vacant John Schiltz Marilyn Blair |
Acronyms: |
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AAAP | American Association Avian Pathologists | AALC | Animal Agriculture Liaison Committee |
AABP | American Association of Bovine Practitioners | AAVMC | Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges |
AACPPV | American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians | AAV | Association of Avian Veterinarians |
AAEP | American Association of Equine Practitioners | CPHRVM | Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine |
AAFP | American Association of Feline Practitioners | GHLIT | Group Health and Life Insurance Trust |
AASV | American Association of Swine Veterinarians | IAAAM | International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine |
AAFHV | American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians | NASPHV | National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians |
AASRP | American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners |