Any COMSEP member in good standing may be nominated (must be a current 2025 COMSEP member) and may be nominated for more than one position. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are looking for individuals that are passionate about medical student education, have strong interpersonal skills, and ideas that they would like to share to move our organization forward. This is a great way to get more involved within COMSEP, and we strongly encourage you to nominate your colleagues and self-nominate for these open leadership positions.
To nominate someone or yourself, you will need to submit a CV of the nominated individual as well as a statement of why this person would be a strong candidate, their involvement in COMSEP, experience leading projects and/or teams, and how they would contribute to our goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion (max 250 words). If you are nominating someone, please make sure to notify them.
The deadline to submit nominations: November 19, 2025.
The COMSEP elections will open in January, and close in late February so that new officers may be certified prior to the 2026 COMSEP Annual Meeting (March 25-28, 2026).
Treasurer (1)
- Serves a two-year term as one of four officers on the Executive Committee (along with the President, President-Elect, and Immediate Past President)
- Presents a proposed budget annually to the Executive Committee for the
following fiscal year - Monitors income and expenditures throughout each fiscal year and reconcile
year-end financial reports with the approved budget - Meets in person twice annually with the Executive Committee
- Participates in monthly conference calls of the Executive Committee
- Anticipated time commitment: 3-4 hours per month
Executive Committee Member at Large (2)
- Serves a three-year term as one of seven at large members of the Executive Committee
- Meets in person twice annually with the Executive Committee
- Participates in monthly conference calls of the Executive Committee
- Works on projects that the President and EC member decide upon
- Anticipated time commitment: 3-4 hours per month
Nominations and Awards Committee Member at Large (1)
- Serves a two-year term as a member of the Nominations and Awards Committee,
which is chaired by the Past President - Collects nominations for elected positions, reviews nomination packets,
proposes and finalizes the election slate with input from the President - Conducts the election and announces the winners
- Collects nominations for awards, reviews the nomination packets, selects the winners
- Anticipated time commitment: 1-2 hours per month
(work occurs between October – March/April) - Note: Currently serving members of the Nominations and Awards Committee shall not be eligible for nomination for any open positions - including EC, President-elect, Treasurer, EC member-at-large, and all award nominations during their appointed/elected term.