Dear GHS Members,

As chair-elect, I am inviting you to consider running for a GHS leadership position. We need new leadership to support our Section’s current leadership and future. Please consider!

We have several vacancies including one Governing Councilor and two Section Councilors.

The Governing Councilor position is a two-year term. The primary

responsibility is to attend the Annual Meeting and represent the GHS at its corresponding Governing Council meetings then report back to the GHS Section (for more details on APHA’s Governing Council see below or the APHA Bylaws: http://www.apha.org/about/gov/bylaws/. These meetings start the Saturday prior to the program and end the following Tuesday. In addition, you call in mid-year for a Governing Council conference.

Section Councilors provide service to the GHS as needed with minimal pre-determined roles for a term of three years. Examples of contributions of previous section councilors include serving as the GH Section’s Awards Chair, chairing an awards subcommittee, drafting a policy statement, assembling and overseeing staffing of the Section’s booth during the Annual Meeting, and serving on GH Section committees.

If you are interested in either of these two leadership positions, please e-mail me directly and 1) tell me why and 2) if you have any other GHS service experience. Also, please confirm that your membership is current.

If you have any questions about these positions or about running for a leadership position in general, please do not hesitate to contact me at llstorms@ucla.edu or (310) 825-7388.

Sincerely,

Lené

Lené Levy-Storms, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor & Hartford Faculty Scholar

UCLA Departments of Social Welfare & Medicine/Geriatrics

Mailing Address: UCLA School of Public Affairs-Soc Wel

BOX 951656, 3250 Pub Policy Bldg

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656

E-mail: llstorms@ucla.edu

Voice: (310) 825-7388

Fax: (310) 206-7564