2024 Board & Award Nominations

Nominate your peers or yourself for a SoACE Award or the Board of Directors. The deadline is October 28.

Board Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025-2026 SoACE Board of Directors. The board fulfills an important role by providing strategic guidance and oversight of the association. Nominees are recommended but not required to have at least considerable volunteer or committee involvement within SoACE or another similar association. Self-nominations are encouraged. Position descriptions are available here.

SUBMIT A BOARD NOMINATION

Board of Directors positions open for nomination:

  • President-Elect (3-Year Term: President-Elect, President, Past President)
  • Director - Communications and Marketing  (2-Year Term)
  • Director - Targeted Knowledge Groups (2-Year Term)
  • Director - Member Services (2-Year Term)
  • Director - Professional Development (2-Year Term)

Composition: Past-President (Chair), President, President-Elect, association management firm (ex-officio), plus at least two additional association members. Members are:

The 2024 Nominations Committee includes:

  • Shereada Harrell (chair) - Past President
  • Summer Salazar - President
  • Ralph Leal - President-Elect
  • Mia Ziegler – Florida A&M University
  • Xavier Jones - University of Texas at Dallas

Award Nominations

Nominations are open for the 2024 SoACE Awards. These awards recognize individual members or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the profession or the association. Self nominations are encouraged. Award descriptions and qualifications are available here.

SUBMIT AN AWARDS NOMINATION

Nominations for the following awards are being accepted:

  • Founders Award
  • Southern Star Award
  • New Professional Award
  • Graduate Student of the Year Award
  • Imaginative Spirit Award
  • Champion of Diversity Award
  • Mosaic Award
  • Honorary Lifetime Membership
  • Servant Leader Award

Composition: Past-President (Chair), President, President-Elect, association management firm (ex-officio), and two to three additional association members selected by the Past-President. Members are:

The 2024 Awards Committee includes:

  • Shereada Harrell (chair) - Past President
  • Summer Salazar - President
  • Ralph Leal - President-Elect
  • DeNeatria N. Robinson - Purdue University
  • Sandra Scheidegger – University of South Carolina
  • Mallory Powell – Vector Marketing 

Questions? Contact the SoACE Office:

Toll Free 1-855-946-1013 or email, [email protected].