Region and SIG Co-Chair Hub

Jenna Silversmith, Executive Assistant

Contact for:

• Website updates
• Meeting/Webinar Planning
• Co-Chair Election assistance
• Community Board assistance

Bailey French, Association Coordinator

Contact for:

• Region Meetings (including registration, abstract systems, and other marketing)
• Region Budgets

Other - Contact APA national office

What are the community boards?

APA’s Community, formerly known as APA’s Listervs, is a members-only email discussion and networking platform designed for interactive discussions and resource sharing with your academician colleagues.

How do I download a list of members from the board?

Guide to getting member lists.

You must be a community admin of the board for this to work. If you are not showing up as a community admin, please email info@academicpeds.org.

Why is my Post not showing up?

You can post directly to the groups that you are a community admin of.

For posts on any other boards they first must go through moderation. Please be aware that posts are manually approved by the APA team. Posts submitted outside of work hours (8:30am-5pm Eastern) may not be approved until the next workday.

If you notice a post is taking a while to appear please feel free to email us for more information.

Chairs may request to update the information on their respective Region or SIG webpages by submitting details to the APA national office. Please be sure to include the URL of the webpage and the edits you would like made.

Click here for Guidelines and Process

Click here for Templates for Region/SIG Election Results

Important Reminders:

• APA Membership is a requirement of being a co-chair
• Chairs need to be recruited through this process
• Chairs recruited outside of this process without the APA’s knowledge will not be recognized

The APA team is here to help so please reach out to us at any point in the process regarding any questions or assistance needed.

2025 Recruitment Schedule Exact Dates are subject to change

• November 6-December 20 - APA soliciting Regions and SIGs for who needs a new chair
• Monday, January 6 - Open Nominations
• Friday, February 21 - APA Team notifies chairs of the current amount of nominations for the open seat
• Monday, March 17- Nominations Close (End of Day ET)
• March 17-21 - APA Team creates ballots *
• Monday, March 24: Elections Open
• Friday, April 11 - Close Ballots (End of Day ET)
• April 11-16 – Ballot Results Calculated
• Thursday, April 17 - Results announced internally & Nominees Notified
• PAS (April 24 -28, 2025) - Results announced Publicly & Groups introduce New Chairs
• May - Update APA Website, community boards and chair rosters

Calander View

*If a group only has one nominee, the chairs may choose between having an election or approving the nominee. The nominee will need to be approved by all the current chairs.

2024 - 2025 Quarterly Chair Meetings

Meeting minutes and a recording of the call will be sent to all chairs 1-2 weeks after the call.

Region Chair Calls

1. August 6, 2024 at 1pm ET
2. November 5, 2024 at 1pm ET
3. January 7, 2025 at 1pm ET
4. April 1, 2025 at 1pm ET

SIG Chair Calls

1. August 6, 2024 at 4pm ET
2. November 5, 2024 at 4pm ET
3. January 7, 2025 at 4pm ET
4. April 1, 2025 at 4pm ET