The WPAOG Board of Directors would like all graduates to be aware of the Board's
continuous effort to broaden the base of expertise and experience present on the
Board of Directors and the Advisory Council. The effort is intended to enrich
the perspectives, characteristics, skills and attributes important to the
performance of the Board and Advisory Council as groups representing the full
spectrum of graduates.
On May 2, 2014, the Board offered more specific
guidance to the 2014 Nominating Committee on the skills and attributes desired.
(This guidance supplements the skills/attributes outlined in the WPAOG Bylaws,
Section 8.4 (e) iv.) The specific guidance (in no order of priority) is as
follows:
(1) Women
(2) Retired general officers (rationale: desiring
to have a few serve who, because of their careers, have specific knowledge of,
access to and familiarity with DoD organizations and senior military
leaders)
(3) Under-represented race/ethnicity
(4) Corporate lawyer (or
lawyer with significant corporate experience)
(5) Strategic communication
professional(s)
(6) Compensation/human resources professional(s)
(7) IT
professional(s)
(8) Retired military career (rationale: similar in those
insights and potential contributions that retired GOs bring, but without the
drawback and burden of always being viewed as "the General")
(9) Age/Class
diversity
(10) Diversity of work experience to include some individuals from
both public and private sectors
(11) Exhibited ability to constructively
participate and contribute as a volunteer based on past activity with WPAOG,
West Point Class or West Point Society
Please note that volunteer service
on the WPAOG Advisory Council or the Board of Directors requires in-person
attendance, at personal expense, at meetings (most are held at West Point) and
demonstrated consistent financial support of West Point.
Nominations are
open until 1 July 2014. Nomination applications must include a personal resume,
response to the questionnaire contained on the website, nomination from your
class leadership and/or your Society leadership, and a personal letter affirming
acknowledgement of the personal financial requirement to travel and attend
meetings at West Point. This information is at
WestPointAOG.org/nominationpolicy.
Additionally, this information posted
on the website at http://www.westpointaog.org/nominations-committee-guidance.
