Nominating Committee Guidelines
- The Nominating Committee shall present a slate of candidates for Academy officers from among the members of the Academy and for elected (regular) members of the Board of Directors from among members of the Academy in accordance with the guidelines listed below. It should be emphasized that these are guidelines, not mandates, to assist the Nominating Committee, but not to usurp its ultimate responsibility to exercise its independent judgment and discretion in the selection of candidates.
- President-Elect—one candidate
The candidate should have previously served as a Vice President or Secretary-Treasurer of the Academy, or have served on the Board of the Academy, or have served as Chairperson of the ASB or ABCD. At least one year of such service should have occurred during the last seven years. While a rotation among the practice areas of casualty, health, life and pension may be desirable, the most important consideration is the candidate’s ability and willingness to serve in the best interests of the Academy.
- Vice President—enough candidates, when added to existing Vice Presidents whose terms are not due to expire, to fill six Vice President positions.
Each candidate should have previously served as Secretary-Treasurer or as an elected member of the Board of Directors with at least one year of such service during the last ten years; or as an Academy Committee Chair within the last three years; or as an ASB member or Committee chair within the last three years; or as an ABCD member within the last three years. Former Vice Presidents may also be considered for a Council other than the one they chaired previously.
In order to provide appropriate leadership for the Practice, Professionalism and Financial Reporting Councils, there should be a Vice President for each Council. In choosing a candidate, emphasis should be placed on the candidate's ability and willingness to serve the Academy, with the expectation that the candidate would be a possible future candidate for President-Elect.
- Secretary-Treasurer—one candidate
The candidate, although elected annually, should normally be expected to serve three years. The candidate should have previously served on the Board of Directors.
- Regular Directors—enough candidates, when added to existing Directors whose terms are not due to expire, to fill nine Regular Director positions. Candidates for regular Directorships will normally have served the Academy or the actuarial profession by:
- Serving on Academy committees or task forces;
- Serving on the ABCD, or on the ASB or an ASB Committee;
- Attainment of important stature in the insurance business, in actuarial consulting or in some other field of actuarial work, such as teaching and government.
In selecting the slate of candidates, emphasis should be placed on the candidates' ability and willingness to serve the Academy. In this respect, most of the candidates should be possible future candidates for officers of the Academy.
- The slate of candidates should be selected so as to result in a Board of Directors which, when members serving unexpired terms are taken into account, will produce a balanced distribution by:
- Specialty—casualty, health, life and pension, with elected Board members divided roughly equally between these specialties.
- Business affiliation—roughly equal representation by type of employer (e.g., insurance companies, consultants), with some representation from government and/or academia, if possible.
- Employer—Avoid over-representation from a single organization.
- The Nominating Committee will not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, personal appearance, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, religious affiliation, matriculation, political affiliation, physical, mental or emotional disability, source of income, place of residence, or unfavorable discharge from military service, as those terms are defined by applicable state and federal law.
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