2026 NAEA Board of Directors Nominations: Regional Vice President
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About This Opportunity
The NAEA Board of Directors guides the association forward on behalf of NAEA’s members and their learners.
The Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the following NAEA Board of Directors positions: Regional Vice Presidents. Please consider nominating NAEA members you know who have an interest in national leadership and service.
Nominations for 2026 National Officer Positions are due June 27 at 11:59 PM in your designated time zone.
About the Positions
Regional Vice Presidents represent art educators from each of NAEA’s four geographic regions (Eastern, Western, Southeastern, and Pacific), leading the work of the Delegates Assembly and other key Association initiatives to propel the organization forward.
See NAEA’s Region designations here.
Term:
Regional Vice Presidents serve a 4-year term: 2 years as the Regional Vice President–Elect, followed by 2 years as the Regional Vice President.
The term as Elect begins at the conclusion of the 2026 NAEA National Convention in Chicago, IL, March 2025, and ends at the conclusion of the 2028 NAEA National Convention in Phoenix, AZ. At that point, the candidate selected as Elect would become the Vice President from March 2028 through March 2030.
General Responsibilities Include:
- Plan and preside over the Delegates Assembly convening at the National Convention;
- Facilitate and serve as members of the Platform Working Group for the review of NAEA Platforms and Position Statements;
- Coordinate Region-specific nominations and submission review for the NAEA Awards Program;
- Organize and chair the NAEA Regional Leadership Conferences (in odd-numbered years), and inform the planning and organization of the National Leadership Conference (in even-numbered years);
- Serve on and chair committees, and working groups as needed;
- Act as the Board liaison to NAEA Interest groups; and
- Assist with the planning and implementation of quarterly Leader2Leader meetings, and other events and meetings as needed.
Please see a more detailed version of the Regional Vice President job description here.
Eligibility
- Must be a current member with a minimum of 3 cumulative (not necessarily consecutive) years of membership, with the exception of Preservice nominees.
- Must not be a staff member of NAEA.
- Accepts the nomination by signing the consent-to-serve form.
- Demonstrates leadership ability for the office through prior experiences that include a track record of leadership and service at local, state/provincial, regional, and/or national levels.
- Nominees for Regional Vice President must hold membership at the time of nomination in the Region for which they are nominated.
- Nominees for Division Directors must be members in the Division for which they are nominated for at the time of nomination. Additionally, nominees for Division Director must be certified, licensed, and/or employed within the job-alike category for which they are nominated, with the exception of nominees for Preservice Division Director.
- Nominees for Preservice Division Director must be a current NAEA Preservice member and must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (intended for art education licensure or certification), spending 51% of time as a student at the time of nomination.
How to Nominate or Self-Nominate
If you are nominating someone else for the position of Regional Vice President, we encourage you to use the Submittable “Collaborators” feature. This feature allows you to enter the email address of the nominee, which then sends them an automatic email invitation and provides them with access to work on your form with you in real time. Utilization of the Collaborator feature is highly recommended to ensure a complete nomination. Please note: Only the nominator who starts the nomination form can submit the nomination when it is complete.
Self-nominations are also welcome. If you are self-nominating, please complete the form in its entirety. There is a section near the end of the form that allows you to enter the name and email address for the person who will supply your letter of support. Once you complete this section, the person you enter will automatically receive an email from Submittable asking them to supply the required information.
For questions about the nomination process, please contact Sydney Krieck, NAEA Executive Project Manager at skrieck@arteducators.org.