Copy of Open Nominations for Board of Directors (2025) |
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS IS OCTOBER 8, 2025
The Health Research Alliance (HRA) is seeking dynamic leaders to serve on the HRA Board of Directors. All qualified applicants for the Board of Directors will receive consideration for nomination without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Any employee (or consultant) of an HRA member organization may be nominated for the Board of Directors, with a term beginning January 2026 and lasting for 3 years. HRA members may self-nominate or nominate another member. There is no limit to the number of nominations an HRA member may submit.
As a member-based organization, HRA relies on the Board of Directors to support the strategic plan in an advisory role, leveraging complementing skills and experiences across a range of member backgrounds.
In evaluating candidate statements, the Nomination Committee will consider several factors including:
- Engagement in HRA activities either currently or in the recent past (newly engaged members with fresh perspectives are welcome!)
- Willingness to serve for a minimum of 3 years. Board members are eligible for a second 3-year term.
- Ability to serve on board committees or as an officer if called upon, subject to availability and professional commitment.
- Passion for supporting the mission of HRA.
To support HRA’s strategic objectives as outlined in the 2021 Strategic Plan, the nominating committee will consider additional factors including:
- Candidate’s familiarity with the HRA strategic plan and willingness to build on and support its success.
- Candidate’s expertise complements existing board expertise in finance, communications, commitment to open science, and/or increasing equity and sustainability in the biomedical research ecosystem, or experience with HRA infrastructure (HRA Analyzer or HRA Open).
- The lack of diversity in the health research workforce excludes important perspectives that are necessary for advancing discovery and solving disparities in health outcomes. We seek to ensure the Board’s diversity both with respect to individual representation as well as organizational representation on the board to ensure all perspectives are included.
- Candidates ability and ideas to broaden HRA’s revenue stream (identify grant opportunities, in-kind donations, or other sources of revenue).