b'2 EAST news | 2022 Issue 3EAST Mission Statement3.The Executive Committee is comprised of the President, ImmediateEAST is a scientificPast-President, President-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary.The President,organization providing lead-Immediate Past-President, and President-Elect are one-year terms. Theership and development for President-Elect automatically becomes President and the Presidentearly career and mid-career automatically becomes Past-President upon completion of their one-yearsurgeons active in the care terms. Treasurer and Secretary are three-year terms. In an identical processof the injured patient through to the selection of the Directors, President-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretaryinterdisciplinary collabo-are nominated by the Nominating Committee and are on the slate that isration, scholarship, and presented to the membership. By convention, the Treasurer and Secretary,fellowship.upon completion of their terms typically are selected by the Nominating Committee to serve as President-Elect. The President is the only position in the organization that requires that the individual be no more than 20 yearsEAST following their terminal training (the Bylaws change from last year that wentVision Statementfrom age 50 years to 20 years following Chief Residency) at the time they are appointed to be President-Elect. EAST seeks to improveAll of the nominations and appointments to leadership positions in EAST arecare of the injured by provid-suggested through the lens of trying to maximize diversity in the organizationsing a forum for the exchange leadership. We strive for diversity by consideration of self-identified gender,of knowledge in the prac-ethnicity, and other personal characteristics of the individuals appointed ortice of trauma surgery; to nominated as well as in our representation of the practice of trauma surgerypromote trauma prevention, with respect to geography, trauma center designation, and practice type. Theresearch, and improvedorganization is committed to ongoing growth and transformation in equity andtrauma systems design;diversity in our leadership. We dont always succeed in being as diverse as weto encourage investigationwould like, but we will continue to try. and teaching of the methods All of this information is available on the website, but please feel free to reachof preventing and treating out directly to me if you have thoughts, question or concerns. I hope that thetrauma; and to stimulateinformation provided above provides some additional transparency in somefuture generations of sur-of the organizations processes. I very much look forward to seeing you allgeons to meet the challenge.in January in Lake Buena Vista, Florida for the 36th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly. Please stay safe and well.Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM President, Eastern Association for the Surgery of TraumaEAST is on LinkedIn!Join the more than 950 EAST members who are already connected to EAST on LinkedIn! Build your network, connect with your peers, and stay updated on the latest EAST news. Search for Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and stay in touch!'