NAD Announces CEO Profile and Deadline
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) calls for candidates for a
visionary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who will lead broad advocacy efforts
covering the breadth of a lifetime and impacting future generations in areas
such as early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, and youth leadership.
The NAD CEO Search Committee (CSC) has developed a CEO profile and position
announcement with input from Deaf America on the character, skills,
experience, and educational background for the next chief executive of the
NAD. More than 80 delegates representing four NAD regions submitted input
during caucuses at the National Leadership Training Conference held October
28-31, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio. Click here to view vlog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acgQC7qHkJY
“The feedback provided by grassroots members was terrific and very helpful
as we developed the CEO profile and position announcement,” said CSC Chair
Kirsten Poston. “We got a clear feel for the type of leader that members
want for the NAD. The challenge now is to find prospective applicants who
meet this profile and have the vision to take the NAD to greater heights.”
Current CEO Nancy J. Bloch, appointed in 1992 as the first female executive
director, will depart by March 31, 2011. The CSC was formed by the Board of
Directors in the fall of 2009 to facilitate the search effort, which will
screen candidates and recommend finalists to be considered by the Board as
the next CEO of the NAD.
The NAD encourages community participation in the CEO search effort. “We
invite Deaf America to help spread word that the CEO search is happening via
email, blogs, as well as Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets,”
said NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins. “We also encourage Deaf America to
recommend names of prospective candidates.”
Names of prospective candidates can be submitted to CSC Chair Kirsten Poston
at [email protected]. Interested persons should review the CEO profile and
position announcement for instructions on submission of applicant materials
no later than Monday, March 1, 2010.
About the CSC
Follow the CEO search! Get updates via Twitter at @NADtweets or visit
www.nad.org/ceosearch for public announcements and captioned vlogs as
well as CSC member bios, search timeline, notices of public meetings,
announcements and other important information.
About the NAD
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by deaf
leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign
language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its
interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to
this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. As a nonprofit
federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the
civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals
in the United States of America. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad,
covering the breadth of a lifetime and impacting future generations in the
areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, youth leadership, and more.