Committees
Annual Meeting
- Purpose: To organize the Annual Meeting and provide continuing education opportunities to the members of ASCLS and other laboratory professionals through the state of Iowa.
- Chair: Lindsey Davenport-Landry
Bylaws
- Purpose: The Bylaws Committee to maintain current and up-dated Bylaws consistent with ASCLS Bylaws.
- Chair: Mick Williams
Finance
- Purpose: To be fiscally responsible with membership finances by creating annual budget and evaluation of financial documents to ensure accuracy.
- Chair: Judy Jackson
Government Affairs (GAC) and Political Action (PAC)
- Purpose: The Government Affairs (GAC) and Political Action (PAC) Committee strives to keep informed of and disseminate regulatory information impacting on the profession of Clinical Laboratory Science to the Society’s members.
- Chair: Theresa Ortner
Historian
- Purpose: Responsible for the collection, preservation, indexing and display of material and items of historical value to the society.
- Chair: Yvonne Hinrichsen
Leadership Development
- Purpose: The Leadership Development Committee cultivates members to encourage those individuals who have indicated a talent and interest in serving in a leadership position.
- Chair: Sheila Dunn
Member Recruitment (MRC)
- Purpose: To recruit members for our state society to ensure continued representation of our profession.
- Chair: Tara Sorenson
Member Services (MSC)
- Purpose: Responsible for the retention of present members, reactivation of lapsed members, and other member services.
- Chair: Janice Frerichs
New Professionals
- Purpose: The New Professionals Committee provides a forum where young professional leaders can clarify the needs and wants of the newest generation within our profession, and communicate them to the Board of Directors for consideration and implementation to meet those needs and wants whenever possible.
- Chair: Shawn Froelich
Nominations and Awards
- Purpose: To nominate members to stand for election to the ASCLS-IA board. To reward and recognize members for their leadership and service to ASCLS-IA and to the laboratory profession.
- Chair: Lindsey Davenport-Landry
P.A.C.E. Coordinator
- Purpose: P.A.C.E.® is an administrative system serving as the quality assurance mechanism for continuing education programs offered to clinical laboratory professionals. P.A.C.E.® Committee maintains the standards of P.A.C.E.® approval for education programs sponsored and/or offered by ASCLS-IA.
- Chair: Kim Von Ahsen
Promotion of the Profession (PPC)
- Purpose: To promote the profession throughout the state of Iowa
- Chair: Lindsey Davenport-Landry
Subcommittee – Career Recruitment
Purpose: To continue to promote careers in the Medical Laboratory Science profession to all levels of students.
Chair:
Subcommittee – Professional and Public Relations
Purpose: Serves to promote both the profession and society through appropriate media outlets.
Chair:
Publications
- Purpose: To publish the newsletter NewsScope quarterly to inform membership of ASCLS-IA accomplishment and activities.
- Editor(s): Yvonne Hinrichsen and Judy Jackson
Scholarship
- Purpose: Review scholarship applications and award scholarships based on academics, essay and personal recommendations to students at Iowa MLS/MLT programs.
- Chair: Jan Frerichs
Webmaster
- Purpose: To maintain the ASCLS-IA website and other current technology social networking/communication applications. The website serves as an essential means of communication information to potential, new, and existing members about the activities of ASCLS-IA.
- Chair: Kim Von Ahsen