Call for API Governing Council Nominations - For Open Positions (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)

The Association for Pathology Informatics (API) Nominations Committee is accepting nominations for open seats on the API Governing Council for terms beginning in 2026 (July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027).  

Nominations
Nominations for Council positions can be made by any API member, and self-nominations are highly encouraged. Nominations will be accepted until November 30, 2025.

Eligibility
Members eligible to serve on API Council are those members who are in good standing and who are Individual, Sustaining, and Technical Staff members, and non-trainee members via Teaching Institutional Memberships. Trainees are eligible to serve on API Committees but are not eligible to serve on API Council.

Voting
The API Nominating Committee will confirm all nominations no later than December 31, 2025. Ballots will be sent to eligible voting members the first week of January and voting will be open until January 31, 2026.  

Open Positions for 2026-2027 (July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027)

President-Elect
1-Year Term; 3 Year Commitment (Progression: President-Elect; President; Past President); 1 Opening

The President-Elect assists with the duties of the President and the Governing Council. The President-Elect chairs the Nominating Committee and is a voting member of the Governing Council as well as the Budget and Finance Committee.  The President-Elect assumes the role of President the following year (the President has general direction of the affairs of the Association and presides over the annual business meeting of the Association) and Past-President (the Past-President assists with the duties of the President and the Governing Council) the subsequent year.

Treasurer
2-Year Term; 1 Opening 

The Treasurer provides oversight and management of the Association’s financial records in conjunction with the Executive Director of the Association and other Association staff. The Treasurer and Association Staff report on the financial health of the Association to the Governing Council no less frequently than once per month. The Treasurer is the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee and is a voting member of the Governing Council and the Nominating Committee.

Membership Committee Co-Chair
2-Year Term; 1 Opening 

The Membership Committee makes recommendations about strategies to increase and retain membership in the Association and proposes updates to member benefits to the Governing Council. The committee investigates and reviews alleged violations of the ethical standards, policies or procedures of the Association by a member. The committee reviews membership statistics on an at least semi-annual basis and reports rates of new members, membership attrition and overall membership by membership category to the Governing Council. In conjunction with Association staff, the committee performs the annual solicitation of membership renewals and communicates with members who have failed to renew their memberships. The committee provides names of members who have exceeded the renewal grace period to API Staff for removal of member benefits. The committee solicits feedback on member benefits from API members at least annually and works with the Budget and Finance Committee to develop the annual dues for each membership category.  The committee performs all other membership-related duties as assigned by the Governing Council and completes its charge in accordance with a budget established by the Governing Council.

Program Committee Co-Chair
2-Year Term; 1 Opening

The Program Committee develops and organizes program content for all scientific and educational programs (e.g., companion society meetings, courses, programs, webinars, conferences assigned by the Governing Council) including the annual Pathology Informatics Summit in partnership with the Pathology Informatics Summit Planning Committee. The program committee is responsible for content planning, invitations to speakers and completing any necessary documentation for API or other organizations related to program content and planning. The committee is responsible for collecting, assembling and providing results of evaluations of program content as directed by the Governing Council. The committee maintains a schedule of conferences at which API will provide program content as well as a schedule of preparatory tasks and submission deadlines for content planning (e.g., solicitation of speakers, presentation titles and abstracts, maintenance of certification questions).

Publications Committee Co-Chair
2-Year Term; 1 Opening 

The Publications Committee is responsible for coordinating the efforts of the various publications of the Association including but not limited to the Journal of Pathology Informatics, the Association newsletter, the Association web site and social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn). The committee is responsible for solicitation of content for as well as construction and dissemination of the Association newsletter at least annually to the Association membership. The committee should communicate with the Association staff including the webmaster for necessary updates to Association website content.  

Technology Standards and Innovation Committee Co-Chair
2-Year Term; 1 Opening

The Technology Standards and Innovation Committee coordinates and tracks changes in technical standards that impact the practice of pathology and pathology informatics (e.g., data standards for security, confidentiality, coding, and reporting, as well as standards and validation of methods for the transfer, sharing and merging of data among institutions). The committee reviews changes in standards and applicable regulations and, when necessary, notifies the Governing Council of changes that would benefit from a formal response by the Association. The committee works with Governing Council to construct formal responses within any necessary timelines and works with the Publications Committee to publish those responses in appropriate venues. The committee provides formal written semi-annual report of standards activities related to pathology informatics to the Governing Council. In fulfilling its charge and when appropriate, the committee works with other pathology and scientific professional societies, regulatory agencies and industry groups.   The Chairs are voting members of the Governing Council. 

Training and Education Committee Co-Chair
2-Year Term; 1 Opening 

Co-Chair the Training and Education Committee which works in partnership with the Pathology Informatics Summit Planning Committee and the Program Committee to ensure that content is developed that meets the educational needs of API members of all categories but particularly for Associate members; maintains primary responsibility for the Travel Award program which provides funding to Associate Members of the Association to travel to and participate in the Pathology Informatics Summit. The committee solicits funding for the Travel Awards to the Pathology Informatics Summit and works with the Pathology Informatics Summit Planning Committee and Governing Council to determine the number of Travel Awards that can be funded at least six months prior to the Pathology Informatics Summit; recruits Associate Members to become more involved in the organization and puts forward interested Associate members to chairs of other API committees as possible committee members.

Please feel free to e-mail API's Executive Director, Nova Marie Smith at [email protected] with any questions.

Submit your nomination(s) HERE