Deadline August 1, 2025, 11:50 pm CDT
Available Positions
VICE PRESIDENT
The av福利社 Nominating Committee seeks your nominations and self-nominations for the position of Vice President whose term will begin at the conclusion of the av福利社 2026 annual conference in Mexico City. The Vice President serves a one-year term, renewable to a maximum of two consecutive terms. At the end of two terms, the Vice President is nominated to serve as President. The President serves a one-year term, renewable to a maximum of two consecutive terms. Serving as Vice President and President requires a four-year commitment.
DIRECTORS
The av福利社 Nominating Committee seeks nominations and self-nominations for six new
av福利社 Board members who will begin their term at the conclusion of av福利社’s 2026 annual conference in Mexico City. Board members will serve a three-year term—April 2026 to April 2029—renewable for a second three-year term, for a maximum of six years.
Position Descriptions
Officers and Board members are expected to fully engage with the oversight and fiduciary responsibilities for av福利社. This includes attending in-person and virtual board meetings, attending the annual conference, serving on committees, helping to implement the av福利社 Strategic Plan and av福利社 IDEAS initiative, ensuring av福利社 furthers its educational mission, and participating in av福利社’s development and fundraising activities.
In addition to the Board Participation Policy, please read the Responsibilities of the av福利社 Vice President.
While it is difficult to estimate the time commitment for Board positions, it is safe to say that on average two to three hours per month would generally cover committee work, with an additional five hours per Board meeting. The Vice President can expect an average of 10 to 15 hours per month of time commitment. Board meetings are held in the Spring (April), Summer (July or August) and Fall (November). Executive Committee meetings are held four to five weeks prior to a Board meeting, and on an as-needed basis.
How to Apply
To submit a nomination or self-nomination, please complete the av福利社 Board Nomination form
Nominations will be confidentially compiled in the av福利社 office and forwarded directly to the Nominating Committee.
The av福利社 Board Nomination form package requests the following information:
- Nomination form
- name and email address of the nominator (if not a self-nomination)
- name, affiliation (if applicable), email address and phone number of the nominee
- confirmation that nominator (if not a self-nomination) has reached out to the nominee to ask if they will serve
- nominee's statement of interest; please see criteria below (file upload, word or PDF)
- nominee’s CV (file upload, word or PDF)
- Statement of Interest (Maximum of 750 words)
Nominations will be considered on the following criteria and the candidate’s personal statement should address them:
- Achievements in scholarship, teaching, leadership, or other professional work relative to the candidate’s career stage and circumstances.
- Explanation of why the nominee should be considered for the av福利社 Board and what they would contribute if elected to the Board, including but not limited to potential to diversify the board with expertise, perspectives, and professional connections that would complement those of current members.
- Explanation of how the nominee’s history with av福利社 including prior board experience, committee service, publication, conference participation, as well as non-av福利社 organizational experience have prepared them for this role.
- Capacity and desire to support the mission of av福利社 with regard to participation, recruitment, funding, and being an ambassador for the organization.
Submit a nomination
We greatly appreciate your recommendations and interest as we continue to build a strong and diverse Board.
Deadline for submitting nominations is August 1, 2025, 11:59 pm CDT.
Creating Greater Equity and Accountability at av福利社
av福利社 is actively working toward creating a more equitable organizational structure that is inclusive and whose leadership represents the wide range of perspectives in the field of architectural history at large. To that end, av福利社 welcomes the nominations and self-nominations of candidates who will add racial, ethnic, gender, national, and expertise diversity to the av福利社 Board; those who are working outside the tenure track, including contingent faculty; and those who are working outside the academy. Nominees should represent the diversity of the field of architectural history and contribute to a more inclusive discipline.
Nominations of emerging scholars and independent and non-affiliated historians of architecture, landscapes, planning, and related disciplines are welcome. Nominations of practitioners in architecture, historic preservation and related fields are also encouraged, as are nominations of professionals such as people in business, law and investments who chose architectural history as their avocation. All nominees should reflect a commitment to excellence in the field of architectural history.
Governing Structure of av福利社
av福利社 is governed by two branches of one board: an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. The Executive Committee is composed of the elected Officers—President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary—and one appointed Officer, the Executive Director of av福利社. Serving in tandem with the Executive Committee is a Board of Directors currently comprised of 14 voting members and a shifting number of non-voting Ex-Officio members who represent av福利社’s publications, committees, chapters, and Affiliate Groups. The Executive Committee is authorized to represent the Board of Directors between board meetings.
The election slate of candidates for members of the governing body are vetted from a pool of nominations and self-nominations that are reviewed by av福利社’s Board and Officer Nominating Committee. The av福利社 Board and Officer Nominating Committee is made up of five individuals appointed by av福利社’s President who have been nominated or self-nominated to serve on the Committee through an open call.
The Nominating Committee reviews the nominations and self-nominations and prepares a list of vetted finalists to be presented for election to the av福利社 Board. The Nominating Committee will provide a list of no less than five finalists and no more than sixteen for the Director positions. If the position is for an av福利社 officer, the minimum is one and maximum is eight. The Nominating Committee takes into consideration the makeup of the current Board, the expertise of those who will be rotating off, and selects candidates who will best serve the priorities outlined in the call for av福利社 Board Nominations. Those priorities include identifying individuals who will add racial, ethnic, gender and ability diversity to the Board; professionals with financial or legal expertise; architects, attorneys, and historic preservationists; adjuncts and contingent faculty; independent scholars, etc.
After, confirming with the candidates that they support av福利社’s mission, and that they understand the time commitments and responsibilities of serving on a not-for-profit Board, the Nominating Committee finalizes the slate of candidates and shares it as an informational item with the current Board at its November meeting. The slate is then presented to the av福利社 membership for ranked choice voting by electronic ballot in February. Elected officers and directors are notified by the av福利社 office when the results are tabulated after the polling closes. The membership at large is notified in the first Newsletter following the election. The new Board members begin their service at the end of the av福利社 Annual International Conference in April.
Nomination and selection to serve on either the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors is a formal acknowledgement of several potential factors, including one’s contributions to scholarship or excellence within their chosen field, one’s long-term service to the organization, or one’s potential to diversify the future impact and oversight of the organization.
