2024 ASCLS Volunteer Opportunities for Developing and Ascending Professional

ASCLS is looking for Developing and Ascending Professionals who wish to provide their creativity, energy, and passion to our mission. Opportunities to serve in volunteer leadership positions for the ASCLS are now open for the Society year that runs until June 2025.

To make this process easier, the application process has been streamlined. Data gathered will be used to match volunteers with the opportunities that most closely align their area of interest.

ASCLS has opportunities for Developing and Ascending Professional members to serve on the following committees:

• Awards Committee: Coordinates and markets all the awards offered by ASCLS for members and Constituent Societies.
• Body of Knowledge Committee: Responsible for the review process of the ASCLS Body of Knowledge document. This important document helps communicate the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of medical laboratory professionals.
• Bylaws Committee: This important Committee receives proposed changes to the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation and prepares said Amendments for consideration. Also, the Committee examines, considers, and approves appropriate proposed changes to the constitutional codes of constituent societies.
• Constituent Society Steering Committee: This Steering Committee is responsible for advising the Board of Directors on standards for constituent societies, assessing the health of constituent societies, creating  educational programming and tools focused in improving the health and effectiveness of constituent societies, and facilitating mentoring relationships between constituent society leaders to promote peer-to-peer exchange of ideas and support.
• DCLS Oversight Committee: The committee coordinates activities related to establishing DCLS programs.
• Emerging Laboratory Managers Education Steering Committee: This committee is responsible for the development and execution of training programs to develop professionals in or seeking to enter laboratory management, which includes, but it not limited to the ELMC2 and the Laboratory Management Institute.
• Government Affairs Committee: The GAC assists ASCLS in achieving objectives of influencing the formulation of appropriate public (governmental) policy on health care issues vital to the profession and the public.
• Marketing and Communications Committee: The Committee assists the Society with identifying and implementing its MarCom strategy.
• Membership Committee: This Committee is responsible for the recruitment of new members and the retention of present members, reactivation of lapsed members, and other member services.
• Patient Safety and Diagnostic Stewardship Committee: The committee aims to promote standards in clinical laboratory methods and research for the delivery of safe, effective, equitable, patient centered, timely efficient laboratory services to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes.
• Political Action Committee: The Political Action Committee (PAC) works with the Government Affairs Committee to raise funds in support of the ASCLS legislative and regulatory goals. In addition to its primary focus on fundraising, the board members monitor legislation at the local, state and federal level dealing with clinical laboratory issues to help identify candidates who should receive the PAC's financial support.
• P.A.C.E. Committee: The Committee oversees the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program, which creates a combined provider approval and education documentation system for creating educational programs for interested allied health professionals.
• Leadership Development Committee: The Committee cultivates members to encourage those individuals who have indicated a talent and interest in serving in a leadership position.
• Virtual Learning Steering Committee: This committee leads the Society's efforts in virtual learning, which includes webinars and webcasts, as well as courses delivered through the ASCLS Learning Management System.

We look forward to receiving your application. If you have further questions please feel to ask any of the following individuals:

·         Kyle Riding, ASCLS President-Elect (KBRiding823@gmail.com)

·         Katherine Guise, Developing Professionals Forum Chair (katieguise917@gmail.com)

·         Ogechi Ohaeto, Ascending Professionals Forum Chair (oiohaeto@gmail.com)

·         Jesse Day, Ascending Professional Director (jesse.day.mls@gmail.com)