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2025 ACTE Board of Directors Election
Nominations for the ACTE Board of Directors Election open April 1 and close June 15 (11:59 p.m. ET). Positions eligible for the 2025 election include:
President: Will serve a two-year term, as president from July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, and past president from July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. The 2024-2025 president-elect position has become vacant. According to the ACTE bylaws, the board holds the authority to appoint a successor to fill such vacancies until an official election can be conducted.
In alignment with this guideline, the board has appointed outgoing Agricultural Education Division Vice President Robert Torres as the new president-elect for the term, July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025. During the forthcoming election cycle, ACTE will open applications for the position of president, and the elected candidate will serve a two-year term, as president from July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, and past president from July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027.
Regarding the position of President-Elect: Serves a one-year term beginning in July 2025, followed by one-year as president and one-year as past president.
Business Education Division Vice President: Serves a three-year term beginning July 2025.
Engineering & Technology Education Vice President-Elect: Serves a three-year term beginning July 2026.
Region I Vice President-Elect: Serves a three-year term beginning July 2026.
Region IV Vice President-Elect: Serves a three-year term beginning July 2026.
Agricultural Education Division Vice President: Will complete the two-years of the 2024-2028 term beginning July 2026. The 2024-2028 position became vacant in February of 2024, a vice president was appointed in March 2024 for the July 2025 term.
See below for a list of application requirements and links to apply for a Vice President Position or President or President-Elect.
| Please see here for guidelines and eligibility requirements for Vice President candidates. | PLEASE NOTE: In order to apply for President and/or President-Elect, you must have served for at least one year (at the time of nomination) as a National ACTE Board Member as Region or Division Vice President. Additional information about the requirements/responsibilities of serving as a President can be found here. |
1. Official Nomination Form (including employer support) |
1. Official Nomination Form (including employer support) |
2. Biographical Information (160 words max.) |
2. Biographical information (250 words max.) |
3. Responses to candidate questions |
3. Responses to candidate questions |
4. Platform Statement (200 words max.) |
4. Platform Statement (300 words max.) |
5. Support Letter(s) from a colleague (minimum 1, maximum 4) |
5. Support Letter(s) from colleague (minimum 1, maximum 4) |
6. Photograph/Headshot (high resolution in .jpg format) |
6. Photo/Headshot (high resolution in .jpg format) |
| 7.Sign off on disclaimers and agreements | 7.Sign off on disclaimers and agreements |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Application materials for Vice President positions must adhere strictly to the word limits. Applicants are asked to keep responses to the candidate questions limited to two paragraphs per question. |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Application materials for President-Elect must adhere strictly to the word limits. Applicants are asked to keep responses to the candidate questions limited to two paragraphs per question. |
Campaign rules are available here. Please note the campaign policies are currently under review and will be updated in the summer. If you have any questions, please contact Marlen Zarcone at mzarcone@acteonline.org or call 800-826-9972 ext. 321.
More information on the Board election timeline can be found on ACTE's website.