Leadership Manual

Governance: Council, Standing and Sessional Committees

Council:

President                     Secretary

President-Elect          Member-at-Large

Past-President           Managing Editor

Treasurer

Standing Committees:

These brief descriptions of the purpose function and structure of each SPNHC Standing Committee form part of the Society’s governance and are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Archives CommitteeFinance
Biodiversity and Crisis ResponseInclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee
Best Practices CommitteeLegislation and Regulations Committee
Bylaws CommitteeLong-Range Planning Committee
Conference CommitteeMembership Committee
Conservation CommitteeNetworking and Career Development Committee
Education CommitteePublications Committee
Elections CommitteeRecognition and Grants Committee
Executive CommitteeWeb and Social Media Committee

Sessional Committees:

These brief descriptions of the purpose function and structure of each SPNHC Sessional Committee form part of the Society’s governance and are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Collection Theft and Security Monitoring of Collections

US Federal Collections

Representatives/Liaisons:

The Society Representative/Liaison positions are members appointed by the President to represent SPNHC’s interests to like-minded societies and vice versa.  The function and responsibilites of these positions are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Representative/Liaison

Also forming part of SPNHC governance and the Leadership manual are the Society policies and information documents. Some are draft documents for further review.

Former Committees:

Ad Hoc Finance Sessional 2020

Emerging Professionals Committee (merged with Professional Development to form Networking and Career Development Committee 2023)

Governance Sessional

International Relations (dissolved 2022)

Mentorship Sessional

Professional Development Committee (merged with Emerging Professionals to form Networking and Career Development Committee 2023)

SPNHC 2020 Emergency Organizing Sessional

Website Redesign Sessional

(SPNHC 2020 Emergency Ad Hoc Finance Committee; SPNHC 2020 Organizing Committee

See our Publications and Resources section for articles regarding society policies and and informational documentation.