Early-Career Fellow at Large
Basic Function
The Early-Career Fellow at large serves as a member of the ACOG Board of Directors and is responsible for ACOG’s general management and governance and for highlighting Early-Career Fellows’ interests and concerns to the ACOG Board of Directors.
Consistent with ACOG's Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence, we are dedicated to having a Board and organizational culture that is diverse, equitable, inclusive, anti-racist and founded in justice for our membership and the people they serve. The Early-Career Fellow at large will be asked to assist in supporting this commitment.
Primary Responsibilities
The Early-Career Fellow at large has fiduciary duties to ACOG including the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. All ACOG Board of Directors responsibilities must be carried out in good faith, with reasonable care, honesty, and due diligence in a manner that is in the best interest of ACOG, not to any constituent group.
The Early-Career Fellow at large must be well informed and report to the ACOG Board of Directors information from the members. The Early-Career Fellow at large is responsible for reviewing selected documents for consistency with ACOG policies. The Early-Career Fellow at large prepares and reviews documents, agendas, reports or other materials for the business of ACOG. The Early-Career Fellow at large must be available to participate and vote on issues between meetings that require approval. The Early-Career Fellow at large may be asked to serve as a Board liaison to one or more committees.
The Early-Career Fellow at large attends the following regularly scheduled meetings:
- ACOG Board of Directors Meetings
- ACOG Board of Directors Retreat
- ACOG Board of Directors Orientation
- Grievance Process Ratifications
- Committees on Bylaws (one Early-Career Fellow at large will serve on a rotation determined by policies and procedures of the ACOG Board of Directors)
- Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
- Annual Business Meeting
- Annual District Meeting (of their district)
- Interim District Meeting (of their district)
- Presidential task Forces (if appointed, and meeting is at time of an ACOG Board of Directors meeting)
Qualifications
To be eligible for an Early-Career Fellow at large position a candidate must have been a Fellow for eight or fewer years as of the deadline for submission of nomination materials. Fellows must be board-naïve. Fellows seeking this position must not have served in any capacity on the ACOG Board of Directors previously.
Election and Term of Office
Two Early Career Fellows-at-Large will serve on the ACOG Board of Directors according to the bylaws and policies and procedures established by the ACOG Board of Directors. They will have three-year terms. The Early-Career Fellows at large are not eligible for re-election to that position. Their terms will be staggered.
Honorarium
An honorarium is provided to the Early-Career Fellow at large for the duties performed and meetings attended. The honorarium may be adjusted depending on circumstances determined by ACOG policies and procedures. The Compensation Committee determines the honorarium level annually.
Per Board action on February 16, 2024, the Fellows in the category of Young Physicians has been renamed and will be referenced going forward as Early-Career Fellows.