2025 Board of Directors Election

The Board of Directors is ANCOR’s governing body. As the association’s Bylaws describe, it is responsible for the organization’s “property, affairs, business and concerns.” The opportunity to help lead ANCOR is a notable personal and professional achievement. By serving on the ANCOR Board of Directors, you can expect to work hard, get results, and have an enriching experience. Board members devote their time, energy, creativity, and ideas to leading ANCOR into the future. Board Directors are elected for three-year terms and can serve for two terms.

This summer, ANCOR will conduct an election in which Full members in good standing will be asked to vote for a candidate to serve a three-year term on the association’s Board of Directors beginning October 1, 2025. This page includes information about the call for candidates to serve in this role and outlines the election procedures.

Call for Nominations

There will be an open seat on the Board of Directors starting October 1, 2025, for which no incumbent is running.

Board members are expected to support ANCOR’s strategic priorities. You can learn more about these priorities by reviewing our 2025-2029 Strategic Plan.

To learn more about the current composition of the Board of Directors, meet our Directors.

Required Commitment

Members of ANCOR’s Board of Directors are expected to attend three meetings per year in person, and to be available for a standing monthly Board meeting held virtually if activated. In-person meetings are usually held in late winter (typically February or March), mid-summer (typically June or July) and mid-fall (typically October). Monthly meetings, if activated, are typically held on Zoom on the first Friday of each month. Directors must cover all travel expenses associated with attending in-person meetings.

Additionally, the Board of Directors expects 100% participation among Board members in annual giving campaigns for the ANCOR Disability Champions’ Political Action Committee (ANCOR DC PAC) and the ANCOR Foundation.

The following are requirements of members of ANCOR’s Board of Directors:

  • Attend Board meetings regularly.
  • Be prepared for all Board meetings.
  • Be collaborative.
  • Become familiar with ANCOR’s Bylaws, policies and procedures.
  • Participate in Board meetings, special briefings, committees, and policy decision-making.
  • Make informed decisions by insisting on complete and accurate information and then support all decisions once they have been thoroughly discussed and resolved by the Board.
  • Bring issues to the Board for discussion and action.
  • Invest personal energy and skills in the purposes and objectives of ANCOR, seeking opportunities where individual skills and abilities can be applied.
  • Be respectful of varying points of view.
  • Show respect for others and their opinions and respect the right of others to disagree.
  • Actively discipline themselves and other Directors of the Board by identifying Board actions and conditions that run counter to these policies.
  • Bring to the President’s immediate attention any condition or action that they believe exceeds an executive limitation policy or is in noncompliance with the Bylaws.
  • Keep all information strictly confidential and make no public attribution to individual Board Directors’ discussions made during Board activities.
  • Have a good sense of humor.
Eligibility Criteria

Per ANCOR’s Bylaws, interested individuals must be employed by an organization that is a Full member of the association in good standing.

Note: ANCOR’s Leadership Development Committee will review all nominations prior to the July 11 “Meet the Candidates” call in order to confirm eligibility.

Board Composition & Commitment to DEIA

The ANCOR Board of Directors recognizes that a governance body advances ANCOR’s mission by, to the maximum extent possible, reflecting its commitment to inclusion and in representing the diversity of its full and associate corporate members as described below.

Corporate diversity includes, but is not limited to, organization size, geographic representation, types of programs offered/service models, corporate status, faith-based affiliation, and other international, national, or state affiliations. Board membership is limited to no more than one member from any single-parent corporation or entity.

Board Makeup

The Board is composed of five Directors that are employed by Full member organizations in good standing and elected by Full members; three Directors that represent the Board of Representatives; one Director that represents the State Association Executives (SAE) Forum; one Director that represents the associations participating in ANCOR’s 100% state provider association program; one Director that represents the ANCOR Foundation; and up to two additional Directors that may be elected by the Board of Directors at its discretion. The Board is led by an Executive Committee that is composed of a Past President, President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer, all of whom are elected by the Board of Directors.

Election Timeline
  • June 16, 2025: Call for Nominations Opens
  • June 23, 2025, 11 am EDT: Board Expectations for Director Candidates (register for the virtual meeting)
  • June 30, 2025: Call for Nominations Closes
  • July 11, 2025, 1 pm EDT: Meet the Candidate(s) Forum for Full Members (register for the virtual meeting)
  • July 14, 2025: Electronic Voting Begins
  • July 25, 2025: Electronic Voting Ends
  • Week of July 28, 2025: New Director Announced to Full Membership
  • October 1, 2025: Term Begins

How to Nominate

To nominate yourself or someone else to serve on the Board of Directors, please complete the application form no later than 11:59 pm PDT on Monday, June 30.

Questions?

If you have questions, contact Robyn Wolfe via email.