NAD Announces CEO Application Period Has Closed

Submitted by M.Draganac-Hawk [1] on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 14:10

(This vlog is shown in captioned format; below is the official search committee announcement)

The NAD CEO Search Committee (CSC) would like to announce the close of the CEO application period, which began in early January 2010.

The CEO profile and position announcement was developed with feedback from more than 80 delegates representing four NAD regions shared input during caucuses at the National Leadership Training Conference held October 28-31, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, the CSC has since received more than a hundred email messages from NAD members across the nation.

The CSC will now screen the applications and recommend three finalists to the NAD Board by July 2010. The finalists will be available during the 50th Biennial NAD Conference in Philadelphia from July 6-10 to interact with everyone, meet with stakeholder groups, and give a public presentation.

“We are excited to be working on identifying and recommending the three finalists to the NAD Board,” said CSC Vice Chair Melissa Draganac-Hawk. “Meanwhile, please make your plans to attend the NAD Conference!”

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.

"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 look forward to identifying finalists and having them explain their visions to Deaf America.”

The CSC sincerely thanks everyone who submitted nominations and applications.

About the CSC
Follow the CEO search! Get updates via Twitter at @NADtweets or visit www.nad.org/ceosearch [2] 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.