Call for 2027 ANEC Self-Nominations
The Affiliate Network Executive Council (ANEC) invites members of Affiliates who have been in the Affiliate Network for at least 12 months to self-nominate for a seat on the council. A link to the self-nomination form is at the bottom of this message. Self-nominations must be submitted by midnight on October 1st.
What is ANEC?
FASD United’s Affiliate Network Executive Council (ANEC) is the Affiliate Network’s leadership body that represents Affiliate interests by serving an assigned Affiliate Region. ANEC provides guidance, feedback, and oversight regarding Affiliate Network policies, programs, priorities, strategy, positions, and activities. ANEC aims to reflect, serve, and support the regional, sector, generational, racial/cultural, socioeconomic, and other kinds of diversity within the Affiliate Network.
ELECTION PROCESS AND TERM OF MEMBERS
ANEC members serve a 2-year term that may be renewed up to 3 times. Member terms are staggered to ensure a certain degree of continuity within ANEC. A member who served 3 consecutive terms is eligible to be elected to the ANEC again after being off the Council for 2+ years.
- Candidates must meet with the Network Director and/or members of the ANEC Leadership Team either before or after submitting the self-nomination form for an overview of ANEC, an explanation of ANEC members’ role, responsibilities, and expectations, and to provide an opportunity for the candidate to ask questions.
- A list of candidates and ballots will be posted and sent out to the Affiliate Community during the second week of October.
- Votes are to approve an entire slate of nominees, not individual members.
- Voting will last until the Friday following the October Affiliate Monthly Meeting.
- Election results will be announced by November 1st!
An ANEC new member orientation and onboarding session will take place in December to help new members prepare to begin meeting with ANEC in January of the following year.
Current council guidelines are listed here.
We try to match first-year ANEC members with the region they live/work in. However, we may pair an ANEC member with a new region. We want ANEC members to benefit from knowing their area and the resources available to them beyond their state borders. We also want ANEC members to be engaged and curious about the FASD landscape across the US and beyond. That is how we develop leaders for a national movement.
Current ANEC members:
- Nathalie Brassard, FASCETS
- Barb Clark, The Florida Center for Early Childhood, Florida
- Rebecca Ciesielski, Texas FASD Network
- Tim Diffenderfer (Vice Chair), Papillion Center for FASD, Tennessee
- Kristen Eriksen, MassFAS, Massachusetts
- Kendra Gludt, Proof Alliance, Minnesota
- Kallio Hunnicutt-Ferguson, Emory University
- Lex Loutzenhiser, Illuminate Colorado, Colorado
- Annika Montag, Center for Better Beginnings, University of California San Diego, California
- Shaneca Smith, Arkansas None for Nine
- Stacia Stribling, Formed Families Forward, Virginia
- Joanne Sparrow (Chair), FASD Focus NW, Washington
We hope you will consider joining ANEC!
