Vice - Speaker
Amanda Irish, MD, MPH
University of Connecticut
My goal as EMRA speaker is to ensure emergency medicine residents voices are heard and to foster communication within the greater EM community. I will work diligently and energetically with my colleagues to maintain an atmosphere of respect and openness enabling identification, discussion, and development of policy to support the diverse needs of current and future residents alike. Expanding on the strengths of EMRA, I will focus on addressing the many existential threats faced by our members, developing resolutions to strengthen our role and enable us to continue providing essential care to those who rely on us.
I have leadership and policy experience as a US Marine, a graduate of EMRA’s leadership academy, and in my current board positions on my state’s ACEP chapter and medical society. I am privileged in these roles to develop and promote policy affecting fellow physicians but also to advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations. I am exceptionally well-organized, have an eye for detail, excel at managing multiple tasks, am passionate about actualizing others’ ideas, and consistently see the development of projects through to their conclusions. Given my experience and enthusiasm for this role, it would be my honor to serve as your EMRA Speaker.
Amanda Irish CVVice-Speaker of the Council (elected every year)
The Vice-Speaker of the Council must make a two-year commitment to EMRA. Your first year is spent as Vice-Speaker and your second year as Speaker. You will function as a voting member of the board and one of the Association officers. Your travel requirement will consist of the general board travel (ACEP Scientific Assembly (October), CORD Academic Assembly (April), ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Meeting (May), and the EMRA Board of Directors Retreat (January), as well as other optional events. In addition to general board duties, your responsibilities during this term will also include:
- Prepare to become Speaker of the Council
- Oversee the Representative Council and its committees in conjunction with the Speaker
- Assist the Speaker in the performance of her/his duties. You will also assist the Speaker as Parliamentarian for the Representative Council
- Guiding the following sub-committees of the Representative Council: Conference Committees, Credentials and Tellers Committee, Reference Committee, Sergeant-at-Arms, Parliamentarian, and Policy Review Committee
- Direct Representative Council task forces as convened by the Representative Council
- Alternating with the Speaker, write articles EM Resident
- Serve as the board liaison to EMRA Committee and Divisions as assigned
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