Elections

Nominees for President-elect must be an active AACP member. The President-elect shall be elected by active individual members to a three-year successive term with one year as President-elect, one year as President, and one year as Immediate Past President, beginning with the termination of the annual meeting.

• Serves as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee and commits to serving on the board for three years
• Performs all duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President
• Chairs the Strategic Planning Committee
• Serves as a member of Finance Committee
• Attends the Leadership Forum, Interim Meeting, and Annual Meeting
• Attends an executive leadership program in association management with the EVP/CEO
• Appoints volunteers to the committees of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• Performs other duties as requested by the President or Board of Directors
• Represents the Association at AACP/NABP District Meetings

For complete descriptions of roles and responsibilities expected of Presidential officers throughout the three years of their term, please see the AACP Board of Directors Prospectus. Please contact Immediate Past President Anandi Law for more information.

Nominees for Speaker of the House must be an active AACP member. The Speaker-elect will be elected every three years by the delegates present and voting in the final session of the House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting. The Speaker may stand for re-election for a second three-year term.

• Serves as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee and commits to serving on the board for three years
• Serves on the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee
• Presides over all sessions of the House of Delegates
• Attends the Leadership Forum, Interim Meeting, and Annual Meeting
• Communicates with delegates and provides orientation of new delegates

For complete descriptions of roles and responsibilities expected of Board officers, please see the AACP Board of Directors Prospectus. Please contact Immediate Past President Anandi Law for more information.

A nominee must be an active AACP and COD member. The Chair-elect of the Council will alternate on an annual basis between a CEO Dean and an Assistant/Associate Dean. Nominees for 2026 COD Chair-elect position will hold the title of CEO Dean. The Chair-elect shall be elected by the Council to a three-year successive term with one year as Chair-elect, one year as Chair, and one year as Immediate Past Chair, beginning with the termination of the annual meeting.

• Serves as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Board of Directors and commits to serving on the board for three years
• Serves as a member of the COD Administrative Board of the Council and commits to serving on the Council for three years
• Serves as a member of the AACP Strategic Planning Committee
• Attends the Leadership Forum, Interim Meeting, and Annual Meeting
• Assumes the duties of the Chair in the event of the Chair’s absence at COD business meetings
• If the office of Chair becomes vacant, the Chair-elect completes the unexpired term of the office and the office of Chair-elect remains vacant until the next regularly scheduled election

For complete descriptions of Council of Deans Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please visit the COD Connect Community Library. Please contact Immediate Past Chair George MacKinnon for more information.

A nominee must be an active AACP and COD member. The Secretary of Knowledge Management shall be elected by the Council to a two-year term, beginning with the termination of the annual meeting. The Secretary of Knowledge Management may be re-elected to serve additional terms. The Secretary of Knowledge Management shall serve the Council by collecting the group's knowledge assets and sharing the knowledge assets within the group's Community in AACP Connect. This consists of keeping record of the minutes of all business meetings as well as the group's other work products. Other work products include but are not limited to committee and/or taskforce reports, standing rules of procedures, policies and guidelines.

• Implements, supports, and reinforces AACP's knowledge management processes within the Council
• Works with AACP staff to ensure that meeting minutes and other work products are properly uploaded to the group's Community document library in AACP Connect
• Assists the Council to understand the importance of knowledge management and supports a culture of knowledge capturing and sharing
  Works to capture the historical context of the Council by promoting the recording and sharing of expertise and experience within the group by using the
• Community's document library and discussion board in AACP Connect
• Records and disseminates the minutes of the business meetings within 30 days of the meeting, and serves as the communications person for all administrative activities of the Council

For complete descriptions of Council of Deans Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please visit the COD Connect Community Library. Please contact Immediate Past Chair George MacKinnon for more information.

A nominee must be an active AACP and COF member. The Chair-elect shall be elected by the Council to a three-year successive term with one year as Chair-elect, one year as Chair, and one year as Immediate Past Chair, beginning with the termination of the annual meeting.

• Serves as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Board of Directors and commits to serving on the board for three years
• Serves as a member of the Council’s Administrative Board for a three-year term
• Attends the Leadership Forum, Interim Meeting, and Annual Meeting
• Works with the Chair to develop the agenda for the Council’s activities for the following year
• Collaborates with the Chair-elect for the Council of Deans and the Chair-elect for the Council of Sections to share visions, decide joint task forces and charges, and volunteer appointments
• Assumes the Chair’s duties and responsibilities in the event of the latter’s absence at meetings of the Section or of the Association, or in the event of the death, resignation, or incapacity of the Chair
• Serves on the AACP Strategic Planning Committee
• Serves as co-chair of the Teachers’ Seminar Committee to plan and preside over the Teachers’ Seminar held as a pre-session to the AACP Annual Meeting

For complete descriptions of Council of Faculties Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please visit the COF Connect Community Library. Please contact Immediate Past Chair Katherine Kelley for more information.
 

A nominee must be an active AACP and COF member. The Secretary of Knowledge Management shall serve on the Council’s Administrative Board and shall be responsible for taking the minutes at all meetings of this Council and of its Administrative Board. The Secretary shall be elected by this Council to a two-year term, in even numbered years, and the term of service shall begin with the termination of the annual meeting. The Secretary may not be elected to successive terms of office.

Specific duties:

• Take the minutes at COF business and administrative board meetings.
• Distribute minutes to COF Administrative Board and Executive Vice President of AACP (for review and approval) within 30 days of the conclusion of each business and administrative board meeting.
• Send reminder notifications to COF members regarding the date, time, and proposed agenda for the Council’s business meeting – typically in June
• Distribute final, approved minutes to COF members within 45 days of the conclusion of each business and administrative board meeting.
• Maintain and organize the Council’s document repository on AACP Connect
• Serve as the COF liaison to the New/Junior Faculty learning community and to assist with the development of COF programming and events relevant to new/junior faculty to be held at the AACP Annual and Interim Meetings.
• Serve as the COF liaison to the Quorum Committee

For complete descriptions of Council of Faculties Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please visit the COF Connect Community Library. Please contact Immediate Past Chair Katherine Kelley for more information.
 

To be eligible to be elected Chair-elect of the Council of Sections, one must be an individual active member of the Association and have been an administrative officer of a section (Chair, Immediate Past Chair) or COS Secretary of Knowledge Management (member of COS Administrative Board) within the past 3 years at the time of the election.

Specific duties:

• Serves as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Board of Directors and commits to serving on the board for three years
• Serves as a member of the Council’s Administrative Board for a three-year term
• Attends the Leadership Forum, Interim Meeting, and Annual Meeting
• Works with the current Chair to develop a focus for the Council for the following year
• Collaborates with the Chair-elect for the Council of Deans and the Chair-elect for the Council of Faculties to share visions, decide joint task forces, charges, and volunteer appointments
• Serves on the New Investigator Award (NIA) committee and contributes to the decision-making process for NIA awards
• Assumes the Chair’s duties and responsibilities in the event of the latter’s absence at meetings of the Council of Sections or of the Association, or in the event of the death, resignation, or incapacity of the Chair
• Serves on the AACP Strategic Planning Committee and chairs the COS Strategic Planning Committee

For complete descriptions of Council of Section Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please contact COS Immediate Past Chair Ana Quiñones-Boex for more information.

The Secretary of Knowledge Management shall be elected by the Council to a two-year term, beginning with the termination of the annual meeting. The Secretary of Knowledge Management may not be re-elected to serve additional terms. The Secretary of Knowledge Management shall serve the Council by collecting the group's knowledge assets and sharing the knowledge assets within the group's Community in AACP Connect. This consists of keeping record of the minutes of all COS and COS Administrative Board business meetings as well as the group's other work products. Other work products include but are not limited to committee and/or taskforce reports, standing rules of procedures, policies and guidelines.

Specific duties:

• Implement, support, and reinforce AACP's knowledge management processes within the Council
  work with AACP staff to ensure that meeting minutes and other work products are properly uploaded to the group's Community document library in AACP Connect
• assist the Council to understand the importance of knowledge management and support a culture of knowledge capturing and sharing
• work to capture the historical context of the Council by promoting the recording and sharing of expertise and experience within the group by utilizing their Community's document library and discussion board in AACP Connect
• record and disseminate the minutes of the COS and COS Administrative Board business meetings within 30 days of the meeting, and serve as the communications person for all administrative activities of the Council

For complete descriptions of Council of Section Administrative Board roles and responsibilities, please contact COS Immediate Past Chair Ana Quiñones-Boex for more information.