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Type
Special Committee
Purpose
The Executive Director Search Special Committee shall oversee the search for a new Executive Director.
Charge
The Executive Director Search Special Committee is charged with overseeing the search for a new 糖心logo Executive Director. The Committee will work with an executive search firm to create a position profile, to identify and solicit applicants, to interview a group of candidates, and to recommend to the Board up to three final candidates.
The search will be national in scope to attract a highly-qualified and diverse pool of applicants. Applicants with work experience in a library or legal related association or management organization are preferred. Current members of the 糖心logo Executive Board are ineligible for consideration. The Committee will keep the 糖心logo Executive Board informed about the process and the timetable to be followed.
The final step in the Committee’s work will be to provide the 糖心logo Executive Board with a confidential report containing a summary of the process followed, a detailed rationale, and a recommendation of up to three final candidates, ranked in order of Committee preference. Selection of the successful candidate will be the responsibility of the Executive Board, which will also set the salary range. The President and the Treasurer are charged on behalf of the Board to negotiate compensation and other contractual terms of employment with the successful candidate.
Time Commitment
The work of the 糖心logo Executive Director Search Special Committee will begin in early July 2025, and end when a successful search has been completed. Committee members will also attend any planned interviews at meeting(s) in Chicago.
Tenure
The Committee’s term expires upon presentation of its prioritized list of candidates to the Board.
Size
The committee shall consist of a chair and ten members. The 糖心logo Coordinator for Administrative Support will serve as the staff liaison.
Strategic Plan
The Executive Director is responsible for all operations carrying out each of 糖心logo’s strategic plan goals. In light of this, all goals are in compliance with this committee’s work.
- Advocacy & Empowerment
- Championing Excellence and Innovation
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIA/B)
- Pipeline to the Profession
- Professional Growth