2025 NAEA Nominating Committee

NAEA is now accepting applications from members who wish to serve on the 2025 Nominating Committee. New for 2025, one committee, with representatives from each NAEA Region and Division, will be tasked with the work of reviewing nominations and selecting the candidates for the 2026 Board of Directors ballot, the open positions of the 2026 ED&I and Research Commissions. 

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NAEA is seeking a team of active members, representing diverse perspectives, expertise, geographic locations, and backgrounds to help guide the nomination and selection process for candidates for these national leadership positions.

View the NAEA Membership Regions and Divisions.

Qualifications for 2025 NAEA Nominating Committee Members

A Nominating Committee member must: 

• Be a current member of NAEA. 
• Possess a reasonable knowledge of the workings and structure of the group for which they are reviewing nominations. 
• Have the ability to confidently and clearly express their opinion regarding candidate applications. 
• Be willing to consider others’ opinions regarding candidate applications.
• Possess a clear understanding of why they would like to serve on this committee, as well as what they would bring to the work of the Nominating Committee. 
• Support NAEA’s mission along with its goals relating to equity, diversity, and inclusion.  Not be planning to be nominated or self-nominate for an elected/appointed position on the NAEA Board of Directors, Research Commission, or ED&I Commission during the 2025–2026 review period.

2025 Nominating Committee Selection

Per NAEA policy, the Nominating Committee members are selected by NAEA staff and current Board members through assessment of nominee Regional and Divisional representation, as well as past experiences contributing to NAEA and desire to contribute to the selection of volunteer leaders.

How to Apply for the 2025 Nominating Committee

NAEA is using a submission platform called Submittable to collect and review applications. To submit an application, you will first need to create a free account with Submittable.

To apply to serve on the NAEA Nominating Committee, click here.

After beginning the application form, you can save a draft and return to finish it at any time before June 3.

Application deadline: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Timeline of 2025 Nominating Committee Work:

• June 3, 2025: 2025 Nominating Committee application closes
• Week of June 23, 2025: Nominating Committee selection notifications sent
• Week of July 28, 2025: 2026 Board of Directors nominations sent to Nominating Committee for review
• July 28–August 28, 2025: 2026 Board of Directors review period
• Week of September 8, 2025: 2026 Board of Directors candidate review meeting
• September 15–November 10, 2025: Nominating Committee break
• November 17, 2025: 2026 Research Commission nominations review period
• November 24, 2025: 2025 ED&I Commission nominations review period
• Early December 2025: Nominating Committee meets to review and finalize ED&I Commission nominees and Research Commission nominees

About the Board of Directors:

The NAEA Board of Directors guides the Association forward on behalf of NAEA’s members and their learners. In advance of odd-numbered years, the Committee shall prepare a slate of two candidates for each President-Elect and Division Directors-Elect. The NAEA Board will ratify the committees and designate the Chairs.  

About the Commissions: 

The NAEA Research Commission advances the ongoing research needs of the visual arts education field. Commissioners coordinate and communicate about research that relates to the needs of practitioners and stakeholders who are concerned with understanding critical questions of importance to the field to provide the highest quality visual arts education possible in our schools and educational institutions.

The NAEA ED&I Commission works in concert with the NAEA Board of Directors, state association affiliates, and members to respond to previously unaddressed and newly emerging issues to advance NAEA’s ED&I recommendations (developed by the ED&I Task Force), as well as to fully realize this work. 

Questions? Please email Sydney Krieck, Executive Project Manager, at skrieck@arteducators.org