Candidates sought for TCIA Board of Directors
TCIA is currently seeking candidates for At-Large Director positions on its Board of Directors for a term running 2023 – 2026.
Candidates affiliated with both Active (tree care companies) and Corporate (suppliers, dealers, etc.) are needed this year. Interested candidates should represent member companies that are active and engaged*.
Candidates should also be aligned with the Board’s Core Values and candidates that represent women or minority-owned member companies are encouraged to apply. Candidates that may help to maintain the geographic and company-size mixture of the Board will also be considered.
TCIA recently updated its nominations process, so please read the following information carefully.
Applying or recommending a candidate has ended (May 23, 2022)
Deadline
All candidate applications must be complete and received by May 23, 2022, to be considered by the TCIA Nominations Committee.
Publishing of applicants’ information
In order to bring further transparency to the process, TCIA will be publishing the names of all applicants for director positions on its website and in the Reporter New. This publication will include the applicant’s name, job title, and company for which the applicant works along with a brief statement from the applicant. TCIA members may submit feedback about individual candidates to the Nominations Committee via email to elections@tcia.org.
Timeline
TCIA will accept applications through May 23, 2022. TCIA will then publish the list of candidates on its website from June 1 through August 31, 2022, and in the July/August 2022 edition of the Reporter News. The Nominations Committee will select candidates to interview based upon the initial applications and member feedback and conduct those interviews between October 3 through October 20, 2022. The Nominations Committee will then submit its nominations to the Board of Directors at its meeting on November 9, 2022. The Board will then transmit ballots, along with a statement explaining its recommended slate of candidates, to the membership, with a deadline to return ballots by January 13, 2023. Duly elected candidates will be inducted and assume office at the TCIA Annual Business Meeting on February 6, 2023.
* Active engagement is defined as having a member engagement score over 300. Contact TCIA at elections@tcia.org if you would like to know your company’s score.
For questions or more information, please email us at elections@tcia.org.