Board of Directors
Qualifications and Commitments
Board Member Responsibilities & Commitments
Board members are the fiduciaries who steer the Association towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance, and financial management policies, as well as ensuring the American Association for Physician Leadership has adequate resources to advance its mission.
Board members provide foresight, oversight, and insight while the CEO, in conjunction with the Association senior leaders, steer the Association staff by managing day-to-day operations.
Just as for any corporation, the Board of Directors has three primary legal duties known as:
Duty of Care: Officers and directors must act in a manner that they believe to be in the best interests of AAPL, and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. Directors take care of the Association by ensuring the prudent use of assets, including facility, people, and goodwill.
Duty of Loyalty: Ensure that the Associations activities and transactions are, first and foremost, advancing its mission. Officers and Directors recognize and disclose conflicts of interest; making decisions that are in the best interest of the Association and its collective members.
Duty of Obedience: Ensure that the Association obeys applicable laws and regulations; follows its own bylaws; and adheres to its stated Association purposes/mission.
Board members play significant roles providing guidance to AAPL by contributing to the organization’s strategic focus, effectiveness, and financial sustainability, and serving as ambassadors and advocates. Beyond fulfilling your legal duties, AAPL’s board members are an important resource for the organization.
AAPL’s Board Directors are individuals who are dedicated to serving the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Association.
They manifest and demonstrate the core AAPL Leadership Competencies for healthcare leadership, provide the organization with a mature understanding of the domestic healthcare system and the environment in which healthcare leadership functions, and have the willingness to devote their time to the governance, activities, and conferences of the Association. Board Members are value resources who meet the needs and are readily available to AAPL’s membership.
Commitment of Time, Participation, and Availability
The Board holds meetings quarterly, with meetings being held both in-person and virtually. As a member of the Board, Directors will need to be available to travel to in-person meetings as well as take part in Committee meetings which are also generally held once a quarter. Directors are generally assigned to at least one committee, becoming a Committee Chair in their fourth year of service.
During their term, Directors will also have the opportunity to apply for Board positions such as Board Chair and Vice-Chair. If a Director is elected to a to Board Chair position, the commitment of time will include availability to participate in multiple committees and management of the Board.
Qualifications to be a Board Director
Board Directors must also have demonstrated their commitment to Physician Leadership by having attained the Certified Physician Executive (CPE) credential, and/or be an AAPL Fellow. Directors should have experience in one or more of AAPL's Areas of Expertise (AOE) as outlined below.
Directors should also be skilled in at least one of the following Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise are the Directors unique combination of professional knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to effectively participate in the Board of Directors.
Academic Medical Centers-Leadership
Accreditation
ACOs, CINs, PHOs & Value Based Models
Communications, National Public Speaking, Public Relations & Media Relations
Executive Recruitment & Search
Federal Agencies & Regulations
Federal Medicine (Military, VA, Public Health)
For Profit Health Care Systems-Leadership
For Profit Payors & Managed Care/Retail Pharmacy
Health Care Economics & Next Generation Payment
Health Equity
Health Law
Health Policy & Federal or State Relations
Health Services Research
Information Technology & Medical Informatics
Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital
Medical Education – UME, GME, CME, MOC
Medical Group Practice-Leadership
Medical Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Devices
Non-Profit Health Care Systems-Leadership
Patient & Family Advocacy
Population Health
Post-Acute Care Settings
Quality, Safety & Efficiency
Rural Medicine & Critical Access Hospitals
Safety Net Clinical Delivery Systems-Leadership
Workforce Wellness