Who would you like to see on the NAQC Board of Directors?

Who would you like to see on the NAQC Board of Directors?
Response needed by Friday, February 28!

Dear Colleagues,

The North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) invites its members and partners to recommend qualified candidates for the 2020 Board of Directors. All nominations must be received by Miranda Spitznagle, Chair of the Nomination Committee, c/o Board@naquitline.org by Friday, February 28. 

NAQC strives to ensure balance and diversity within its membership and is seeking a Board member to help govern the organization. We are counting on you to help us find outstanding candidates again this year. You are welcome to recommend names of new candidates and candidates nominated in past years. You can find a list of current board members here and detailed information on the election process here. 
 
This year, we have  one vacancy for a director and plan to put forward up to three names to the membership for election.  
 
The NAQC board is responsible for setting strategic direction, connecting with its members and ensuring NAQC’s advancement and sustainability. 
 
The qualifications for this year’s candidates are shown below:

Quitlines are experiencing many changes in the populations served, technology used, service models and approaches to sustainability. NAQC seeks candidates for the board who are innovative “difference makers” and who can help guide us through these changes.
Candidates for the board should have senior level experience, possess leadership skills, be strategic thinkers and display professional and collegial demeanor. Board members do not represent their employer or any specific constituency, but instead work together to create a global vision for NAQC. NAQC follows a policy governance model developed by John Carver which focuses on business issues and strategic leadership (as opposed to program development). We seek candidates with experience in governance. We strive to have a Board that is diverse in terms of geography, race, ethnicity, and other important factors. The board seeks members who are committed to NAQC’s mission and values, contribute diverse viewpoints and cultural experiences, can fulfill fiduciary responsibilities, and have expertise in some of the areas listed below:

• Understanding sustainability issues for NAQC and for quitlines: Ensuring sustainability of the organization is a key responsibility of the Board. NAQC seeks candidates who offer strategic leadership in fundraising and working with donor and/or grant-making organizations. Ensuring sustainability for quitlines is a key objective for NAQC. Government funding for quitlines and tobacco control programs has been decreasing. NAQC seeks candidates who offer strategic leadership on new approaches to sustainability planning for quitlines, including public-private partnerships, integration of quitlines in health systems, and quality assurance.
• Addressing priority populations: Addressing disparities in health is a key objective for NAQC. We seek candidates with an expertise and background in cultural knowledge and experience in reaching priority populations.
• Interests of the membership: The Board represents the interests of the membership. The Board seeks candidates familiar with the interests of quitline funders, operators, promoters, researchers, evaluators and other partners.
• Relationships with health plans and employers: Engaging private health plans and employers has become an important activity for quitlines. The board would benefit from a member who has relationships in these sectors.
• Finance: The Board is responsible for financial oversight of the organization, and seeks candidates with expertise in this area. Currently, there are no CPAs or MBAs on the Board.