Ambassador Committee

In alignment with the Strategic Plan and its priorities, develop and execute outreach initiatives that promote the Association and the anatomical sciences. The primary focus of the Ambassador Committee is to serve as outreach ambassadors to assist with the recruitment and retention of members, as well as form and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships with appropriate entities outside of the association.

 

The committee must fulfill all responsibilities and committee activities while complying with the association’s Code of Conduct and Ethics, and all other policies in place at the time of service.

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Qualifications

  • Be an active member in good standing.
  • Familiarity with membership programs and benefits.
  • Willingness to and comfort with engaging with a wide variety of people of differing backgrounds.

Responsibilities

  • Retention outreach to encourage further engagement of existing members.Identify outreach activities designed to interact with appropriate outside groups (e.g., activities to recruit members from underrepresented groups/entities).
  • Represent the Association by serving as ambassadors to guests and first-time attendees at meetings (i.e., annual and regional).
  • Promote association activities and resources to members and non-members via Anatomy Network and other media channels.
  • The committee consists of 2 subcommittees: Social Media, Support and Outreach.
  • Review awards as appropriate. 
  • Welcome new members by making phone calls and sending emails to everyone who joins.
  • Retention outreach to encourage further engagement of existing members.

Roster

Chair

NameCompanyThru Date
Mary PiscuraEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine3/31/2028

Members

NameCompanyThru Date
Megan BalleMarian University College of Osteopathic Medicine3/31/2029
Michele BarbeauWestern University3/31/2027
Libby BradleyMichigan State University3/31/2028
Dallas Galguera-KelmUniversity of Florida3/31/2029
Sydney GreerUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City3/31/2028
Megan KruskieUniversity of Aberdeen3/31/2027
Rakesh NairFlorida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine3/31/2028
Raj NarnawareMacEwan University3/31/2029
Enobong ObongWashington University in St. Louis3/31/2027
Mike PascoeUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus3/31/2029
Helder PimentaFederal University of Ceara3/31/2029

Reporting

  • The Committee Chair makes a report to the Board at least once a year.

Schedule

  • The Committee shall hold video conferences as needed and may meet during the Annual Meeting.

Composition

  • 14 members, including the chair.
  • Committee members serve 3-year terms and the chair serves a 2-year term.

Application Process

  • Applications are solicited annually through a Call for Volunteers.
  • Applications are reviewed and scored by the committee chair and outgoing members; scores, demographics, needs of the committee, and comments from the reviews are taken into consideration when choosing new members.
  • New committee members are chosen and are then approved by the full Board of Directors.
  • After Board approval, notifications are sent out. Feedback is given if requested by the applicant.

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