CEO Applications and Nominations

NAD Announces CEO Profile and Deadline

Posted January 5, 2010

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 [1] 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 [2].

“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 csc@nad.org [3]. 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 [4] 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.