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The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending individuals for leadership positions on Administrative and Working Committees, and for CIBMTR Page Scholars Program, Distinguished Service Award, and Tandem Meetings Mortimer M. Bortin Lecture. CIBMTR requests nominees and candidates from the Assembly, Advisory Committee, Working Committee Chairs, and program staff, and the committee reviews them to develop recommendations that are presented to Advisory Committee for final approval. The committee strives to promote broad representation across disciplines, career stages, geographic regions, and international centers. Nominees and candidates are evaluated based on expertise, leadership potential, engagement of junior investigators, and contributions to diverse representation in support of CIBMTR's commitment to improving access to cellular therapies.

 

Responsibilities

Nominating Committee Chair:

  • Leads Nominating Committee meetings
  • Ensures CIBMTR leadership positions are filled per Nominating Committee guidelines
  • Advises on Nominating Committee procedures
  • Fulfill other Nominating Committee duties as needed
  • Represents the Nominating Committee on the Advisory Committee
  • Attend at least 75 percent of the annual Advisory Committee meetings
     

Nominating Committee Member:

  • Ensures Nominating Committee responsibilities are fulfilled
  • Fulfill other Nominating Committee duties as needed
  • Ensures broad representation across all CIBMTR leadership roles
  • Attend at least 75 percent of the annual Advisory Committee meetings 

 

Membership

  • Members are appointed by the Advisory Committee 
  • All nominees must provide conflict of interest disclosures before consideration
Chair:
  • Jennifer Holter-Chakrabarty, MD, OU Health, Oklahoma City, OK

 

Elected Members:
  • Dianna Howard, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Olalekan Oluwole, MBBS, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
  • Peter Riedell, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Ami Shah, MD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital / Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto

 

Adoptive Cellular Therapies (ACT) Member:
  • Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

 

Meetings

This committee meets by teleconference three times annually and as needed throughout the year.