Step into Shared Leadership. Join the MLC Board of Directors.

Serving on the MLC Board of Directors is a deeply rewarding experience that will help you grow personally and professionally. In addition to developing new leadership skills and expanding your network, this is a rare opportunity to come together with the best and the brightest in your field to steward this unique and essential community.

Self-Nominate Today

Requirements for serving on the Board of Directors:

• Candidates must have a minimum of three years of experience in science education and outreach, or equivalent qualifications

• During their term, Directors must be willing to commit to participating in at least:

• Three virtual meetings per quarter

• One MLC conference per year 

• Must commit to actively working on a minimum of one sub-committee throughout their term to further MLC strategic goals

• Each Director shall serve for a two-year term

Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/ECEa3HfKTBkx1QNdA 

Role and Responsibilities of Board of Directors:

• Provides strategic direction for the MLC including identifying objectives and goals, new initiatives, and long-term planning

• Participates in implementing objectives, goals, new initiatives identified by the BODs

• Provides updates at each Board meeting about activities undertaken in pursuit of MLC

strategic goals

• Work with Chair(s) and Financial Director to manage MLC and conference

budgets

• Commit to actively working on a minimum of one sub-committee throughout their term to further MLC strategic goals

• Annually submit a Conflict of Interest form

• Directors have ultimate fiduciary responsibility for MLC and conference finances

Election Procedure In Brief (full details here)

• Candidates self-nominate. Nomination period closes on February 13, 2026 

• There are eight available Board seats this year

• Self-nominated candidates are vetted by the Board Election Committee (made up of Directors completing Year 1 of their 2 year term)

• Approved candidates must submit a Position Statement within one week of their approval

• The Election Committee then sends nominee names and position statements out to all participants in the 2025 MLC Annual Conference and current dues-paying members via email

• Each member organization submits one ballot; each conference-attending organization also submits one ballot (in the case that multiple ballots are submitted from the same organization, only the first submitted will be counted) 

• Voting will be open for two weeks

If you have questions, ideas or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to any of the current MLC Board members or by emailing our general inbox at mobilelabcoalition@gmail.com.