Join the Board and make a difference!

The PANA Board of Directors will hold its annual re-elections in October, and we invite you to consider running for a leadership position in the organization.

Below you’ll find an FAQ as well as a recording of an informational webinar that’s more of a deep-dive into Board structures and workings.

You may have a few questions…

Am I a good fit for the Board?

If you are a motivated leader who likes that PANA:

• Advocates for the human voice
• Provides educational offerings, and
• Creates community and social opportunities

We’d love to have you on the team! We also put together a Board Job Description we’d recommend perusing:

What’s the time-commitment?

The board and the various board committees meet as a group once a month. The overall time commitment is about 6 hours a month, depending on how involved you would like to be. 

Are there particular positions available or skills that I would need?

We have 9 vacant board seats with 6 returning members from our 2023-2024 Board.

Here’s the Basic Board Breakdown: 

• 2 Co-Chairs
• Vice-Chair
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• 10 Board Members-at-large

Positions are officially chosen at the first meeting of the new board, so you aren’t running for any particular position just yet.

Skill-wise, this year we appeal to members that have experience in:

• Organizational development
• Sponsorship campaigns
• Programming and events
• Grant writing
• Previous board experience

The main requirement, however, is a desire to further PANA’s mission to support and elevate our diverse narrator community. If you have any questions, you can reach out to any of our board members or our Executive Director Maria.

How to submit your candidacy

Submit your candidacy no later than September 17, by following these instructions.

Create your professional statement, including:

• A bio of 300 words or less with your location, qualifications, and experience. (Need help? Current Board Member André Santana and DEI Committee Member Jennifer Aquino ran a great bio workshop that you can tweak for Board elections)
• A statement of 500 words or less on why you want to be a member of the PANA leadership.

Upload your headshot and your professional statement.

• Use the following file naming conventions:  PANAElections_FirstNameLastName_Headshot
  PANAElections_FirstNameLastName_BioAndStatement
• Upload your materials to this folder before Tuesday, September 17

Save the dates

Elections timeline

• Monday, September 2: Nominations open
• Tuesday, September 17: Nominations close
• Wednesday, September 25: Online voting opens
• Monday, October 7: Online voting closes
• Monday, October 21: Annual Membership Meeting, results are released and voted into record

We’ll email you with updates, and publish candidate details and voting information to the member section of our website as it becomes available.

Watch the webinar replay:

That’s all for now – We’re rooting for ya!

If you have questions about the process, shoot us an email, and we will get back to you ASAP!