Apply to Join The HEDS Board!

• Are you a Houston-based eating disorder professional looking to get involved locally?
• Can you identify needed areas of growth within Houston’s eating disorder community and want to make a difference?
• Are you passionate about improving educational opportunities for local eating disorder professionals?
• Are you a dreamer who is excited to brainstorm fresh ways to serve HEDS membership and local community members in recovery?

If so, we strongly urge you to submit an application to join the HEDS Board! We are thrilled to announce the following positions are available this Spring 2026. ***To submit your application, please email your name and first and second choice chairs to information@houstoneds.org. Deadline for applications is April 3rd 2026. ***

Available positions include:

• Conference Chair (Accepting 2 new ones!)
• Education Chair 
• Parliamentarian Chair
• Membership Chair 
• Social Media and Marketing Chair

Descriptions for each of these chair positions can be found below. If you have further questions, please email the board at information@houstoneds.org for more information.

Chair Descriptions: 

Conference Chairs
Conference Chairs are responsible for planning a yearly conference. This alternates between Community Conference and Professional Conference.

Responsibilities include:

• Brainstorming conference ideas with HEDS Board.
• Finding and booking a conference venue.
• Marketing the conference, such as managing social media, sending out emails to HEDS members and other organizations that could benefit from the conference, developing marketing materials.
• Collaborating with sponsors, developing sponsorship tiers and what is included at each level, organizing booth placement, sending W9s.
• Putting together and distributing blind proposals and select speakers in conjunction with the HEDS board.
• Manage conference spending, submitting budget proposal to be approved by HEDS board, and staying on track with budget.
• Communicating with speakers, attendees, and volunteers.
• Creating various volunteer committees to support conference planning.
• Collaborate with education chair on CEU approval and distribution.

Term Length: 3 years (including 2 active years, and 1 advisory year)

Education Chair
Education chair is responsible for the scheduling of speakers for bi-monthly membership meetings (Second Tuesday) and planning the Holiday Party.

Responsibilities include:

• Find speakers for educational membership meetings
• Obtain speaker bio, presentation title, objectives, and location of restaurant they chose to host meeting at.
• Create “save the date” email with registration link to membership with speaker information
• Track meeting registration number for allowed space and ordering food.
• Send reminder email to membership 1 week prior and one day before member meetings.
• Create sign in sheets to be distributed and collected at meetings for CEU’s
• After meetings, create survey and email to registrants who attended for CEUs
• Create a CEU certificate for educational membership meetings

Term Length: 2 years

Parliamentarian
The organization’s appointed board member who advises on parliamentary procedure as established by the organization through bylaws, policies, and procedures. The parliamentarian may assist in drafting and revising those bylaws, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain a copy of the organization bylaws, policies, and procedures.
• Draft and revise bylaws, policies, and procedures in keeping with board decisions.
• Ensure rules of order are followed in meetings and in voting practices.
• Serve as advisor based on established board guidelines.

Term Length: 2 years

Membership Chair
Membership chairs are responsible for monitoring membership, aid in onboarding new members, and brainstorm ways to improve the member experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring memberships in HEDS.
• Keeping the HEDS website listings and listserv current.
• On the HEDS Executive Board.
• Provides a current membership report during the monthly meeting. This report includes number of new members since last meeting and total number of members.

Term Length: 2 years

Social Media and Marketing Chair
Social media chair is responsible for marketing and promoting HEDS events online. This person should be creative, collaborative, and familiar/comfortable with social media apps.

Responsibilities include:

• Post on social media apps, such a instagram, facebook and linkedin for HEDS events such as member meetings and conferences
• Use Canva to create appealing graphics with a clear message
• Take photos at events like the member meetings and conference to be used in marketing or on the website
• Brainstorm ways to market HEDS events in the community

Term Length: 2 years

***To submit your application, please email your name and first and second choice chairs to information@houstoneds.org. Deadline for applications is April 3rd 2026. ***