The organization is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 14 members. The membership annually elects three Directors-at-Large for three year terms. Every other year, the membership also elects a new President-Elect for a two year term. After the conclusion of the term as President-Elect, this individual becomes President for the following two years, and then Past-President for another two year term. The Board appoints a Treasurer and an Executive Director for terms of three years.
The Board of Directors typically comes together for two meetings per year to deliberate and make decisions on policies and other larger issues. Aside from these meetings, the Board works through committees that each cover important areas of SMS’ activities. Some of these committees help operate the organization across programs and activities (e.g. Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee), most committees though align with a particular program area (e.g. Publications, Conferences, Awards & Honors, Research Funding, Membership) and are active in the policy development and supervision of that particular activity within SMS.
The SMS bylaws make some prescriptions for officers to be part of certain committees, e.g. Treasurer to chair the Finance Committee. Other than those, Directors are appointed to committees by Board vote following a recommendation from the President. Most Directors are members of two committees. Some committees have additional members, who are not Directors, for example the Publications Committee has an editor from each journal as member. In general, Board committees review issues and come up with proposals in preparation of action by the Board.
| Awards and Honors Committee Chair: Russell Coff Julian Birkinshaw Dovev Lavie |
Conference Committee Chair: Julian Birkinshaw Javier Gimeno J Myles Shaver George Stalk Jr |
Ethics Committee Chair: Yan Anthea Zhang Julian Birkinshaw J Myles Shaver |
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| Finance Committee Chair: Tomi Laamanen Africa Ariño Marvin Lieberman Sharon Matusik Eileen McCarthy |
Membership Committee Chair: Ruth Aguilera Africa Ariño Will Mitchell George Stalk Jr |
Nominating Committee Chair: Russell Coff Dovev Lavie Eileen McCarthy Yan Anthea Zhang |
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| Publications Committee Chair: Marvin Lieberman Ruth Aguilera Javier Gimeno Will Mitchell Yan Anthea Zhang |
Research Committee Chair: Will Mitchell Tomi Laamanen Dovev Lavie |
We appreciate the dedication of our members that agree to serve as leaders of the SMS Interest Groups and Communities. As elected positions, these leaders promote the field of strategic management through different activities within their topical areas.
