Role: The regional representative appoints the professional development chair. The professional development chair assumes leadership of the regional professional development team. The professional development chair and their team coordinate the development of the program for the annual regional conference, one-day events, lunch-n-learns, symposiums, etc.

Responsibilities:

Appoint a regional professional development team to assist with the program development for regional events.

Develop theme for events and craft language for a call for proposals and a description of event for promotional materials.

Serve as a proposal reviewer (if applicable) for the conference program chair and help in selecting sessions for conference.

Provide suggestions and/or help recruit invited speakers for plenary or concurrent sessions and pre-conference workshops.