Election Process

Junior Fellow District Election Process

District Vice Chair

Three-year term (beginning as Vice Chair, progressing to Chair, then to Immediate Past Chair).

Candidates must submit a one-page Word document beginning with a letter of intent followed by your curriculum vitae to [email protected]. The letter should include:

• The office you are seeking
• The District you reside in
• A statement that demonstrates how you would help your respective District's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Please also include a signed copy of the Policy on Public Statements by ACOG Officers and Those Seeking Nomination for Office in your email submission.

Candidate Qualifications

• Required to be a Junior Fellow of the District and to remain in the District during your Vice Chair and Chair year^*
  • ^*In order to qualify as District Junior Fellow Vice Chair, one must plan to remain in their respective District for the first two years. Funding for in-person meetings for past chairs who have left the District will be at the discretion of the District, however, participation in meetings remotely is still expected.
  • Please note, applicants with a prior history of service to ACOG at a section, district, or national level as an officer, committee member, task force member, or have attended or participated in an ACOG Junior Fellow or Fellow District Advisory Council in some compacity will be given priority
• Required to attend the following meetings:
  • Junior Fellow District Officer Orientation and Junior Fellow College Advisory Council Interim Meeting (January)
  • Junior Fellow College Advisory Council Annual Meeting (April or May)
  • Your respective Annual District Meeting (Fall)

District Secretary-Treasurer

One-year term*

*One-year term with option to serve one additional one-year term for a maximum of 2 terms. In order to be eligible to serve a second term, the candidate must re-apply and be deemed eligible by the Junior Fellow District Nominating Committee.

Candidates must send one Word document including a letter of intent and summary of CV electronically in a Word format to ACOG.

Qualifications

Required to be a Junior Fellow member of the District.

Nomination and Election Timeline

Junior Fellow Section Election Process

Each section shall elect a Section Vice Chair Elect. Each Section Chair shall appoint a section nominating committee consisting of the Chair, at least one other Junior Fellow from the section and the Junior Fellow District Advisor (ex officio). The Section Chair shall appoint the section nominating committee in June or July.

1. This nominating committee shall propose a candidate or candidates for the office of Section Vice Chair Elect.
2. Each Section Vice Chair Elect shall be elected by the members of the section. The newly elected officer shall assume office at the end of the national Annual Meeting following his/her election.
3. Each Section Vice Chair Elect’s term begins at the conclusion of the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting and the commitment shall be two consecutive years, one as Vice Chair and one as Chair.

Section Vice Chair Elect

Candidates must submit one Word document that includes a letter of intent stating the office you are seeking followed by your Curriculum Vitae to [email protected].

Term

Two-year term progressing from Section Vice Chair to Section Chair

Qualifications

Required to be a Junior Fellow member of the Section and to remain in the Section during your Vice Chair and Chair year. Also required to attend a total of 3-4 meetings per year (National, District and Section).

Nomination and Election Timeline