Serve the WAA Community and Field as a Board Member!
WAA is seeking dedicated and dynamic performing arts professionals to fill multiple director seats in 2025!
We’re excited to announce that nominations are now open for passionate people seeking to shape the future of our field and WAA! As a membership organization, your voice matters, and we invite you to serve on our esteemed Board of Directors. WAA is looking for candidates that demonstrate a passion for our mission and a commitment to serving the needs of our members. In addition to this you’ll aide in WAA’s evolution as we respond to changes and challenges in the field.
As a member of the WAA board you will have the unique opportunity to impact WAA and help steward its evolution. As a board member, your voice will shape:
1. Strategic Direction
2. Community Advocacy
3. Conference Programming
4. Membership Benefits
5. Governance
Board duties include acting as the fiduciary and guardian of organizational assets, setting policy, and establishing long- and short-term goals. All employees of member organizations and individual membership holders are eligible to nominate and sit on the WAA Board.
Whether you’re a presenter at a rural university, an agent in the big city, or an artist somewhere in-between there’s room on the board and the need for your voice in the room.
Submit your nomination — for yourself or a colleague — by the deadline: January 31 at 11:59pm PT.
WAA’s Governance Committee will review and vet all nominees, and a slate of candidates will be distributed to the membership via email for a vote later this year.
2025 Board Rotation
Director Rotation
Tamica Washington, end of 1st Full Term as Director. Seeking Re-Election
Officer Rotation
Rafael Gonzalez, end of partial term as Secretary/Treasurer ending 2025. Seeking Re-Election As An Officer
Incumbents Seeking Re-Election
Rafael Gonzalez seeks the Secretary/Treasurer position with term ending 2027.
Tamica Washington-Miller seeks an additional term as a director with term ending 2027-2029
2025 Vacancies*
Vacant Director Seat. Term Ending: 2027 - 2029
The Board of Directors did not elect to appoint a new director to fill the partial term ending 2025 created by Rafael Gonzalez's appointment to Secretary/Treasurer in 2024.Vacant Director Seat. Term Ending: 2027 - 2029
The Board of Directors did not elect to appoint a new director to fill the partial term ending 2025 created by Qacung Stephen Blanchett's board resignation effective February 2025.