2025 ASVCP Officer Nominations

Executive Board Nominations

Open, Deadline July 1, 2025

Each year, we rely on ASVCP members to serve as members of the Executive Board. Get involved today! Click the link below to learn more and nominate a member who embodies ASVCP values. Self-nominations are accepted.

Positions open for November 2025 include:

• President Track (President-Elect)
• Executive Board Member
• Treasurer-Elect

Lifetime Achievement Award

Open, Deadline July 1, 2025

The ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award honors members who have made a strong contribution over many years to the profession of veterinary clinical pathology. Contributions come in many forms and the ASVCP strives to recognize the breadth of deserving individuals in accord with the Society’s Core Values.

The 2025 Call for Nominations is now open (deadline July 1, 2025)! The nomination requires completion of the Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination including:

• Nominator and nominee contact information
• Nomination Letter
• Nominee CV
• Three letters of support (combined into a single file).

The ASVP Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented during the ASVCP Business Meeting at the 2025 ACVP Annual Meeting.

Educator Award

Open, Deadline July 1, 2025

The Educator Award celebrates the achievements of veterinary clinical pathologists who have made outstanding contributions in veterinary clinical pathology education for veterinary students, graduate students, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, laboratory technologists, interns, and/or residents.

The 2025 Call for Nominations is now open (deadline July 1, 2025)! The nomination requires completion of the Educator Award Nomination including:

• Completion of the online Nominator Form by the nominator
• Completion of the online Nominee Form  by the nominee, including attachment of a curriculum vitae

The ASVCP Educator Award will be presented during the ASVCP Business Meeting at the 2025 ACVP Annual Meeting.

The Finance and Development Committee (F&D) of the ASVCP was formed in 2024 to focus on the sustained fiscal health of the ASVCP. Our mission includes the development of financial policies for the society, promoting responsible stewardship of societal funds, implementing strategic or long-term initiatives to grow financial resources, and fostering relationships with donors and corporate partners.

Each year the F&D committee is responsible for:

• Developing comprehensive financial policies for the ASVCP and regularly reviewing existing policies
• Meeting with the ASVCP’s investment advisor to assess the society’s investment portfolio
• Reviewing the ASVCP’s financial reserves and proposing any changes to financial policies, if warranted
• Soliciting corporate sponsorship in support of ASVCP activities
• Identifying funding opportunities and developing new fundraising initiatives
• Cultivating donors and sponsors
• Helping to update the ASVCP donation portal, as needed

F&D is seeking additional members to join the committee! If you enjoy strategic thinking, process improvement, project management, or team building, please consider joining us. We welcome enthusiasm, fresh ideas, and creative thinking.

If you would like to get involved, please contact

committee chair, Nora Springer (nspringer@utk.edu).

Dear ASVCP Members,

My name is Tara Piech, and I am the first year ASVCP Executive Board (EB) member. I am the EB liaison for the Quality Assurance and Laboratory Standards (QALS) Committee and the Resident Liaison Group (RLG). QALS has been working diligently on a digital cytology guidelines document and endocrinology total allowable error guidelines, while the RLG ensures that residents are represented on all the ASVCP committees and is currently working on a summer webinar series. I feel honored to be able to serve our Society and our members in such a meaningful way. I truly could not ask for a better group of people to work with on the EB who are genuinely kindhearted, thoughtful, levelheaded, and always put our members first.

I currently live on (not “in,” as the locals will tell you!) Long Island, New York, and am the Cytopathology Manager and Clinical Pathologist for Zoetis Reference Laboratories. I love working collaboratively with various stakeholder groups to advance our diagnostic services and working closely with colleagues to help them reach their professional goals.

Outside of work, I love spending time with my partner Sebastian and our orange cat Romo, who runs the house and definitely lives up to the orange cat stereotype! I enjoy running, cooking, going to concerts, and traveling to NYC frequently to explore the endless amazing restaurants and breweries that it has to offer.

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An iridophoroma in a bearded dragon

Contributors: Dr. Irene Alvarado Hidalgo, Cornell University, and

Dr. José Daniel Cruz Otero, Global Dx, Zoetis Virtual Laboratory

Call for Works of (Slide) Art! Have a great image to share? Send any and all images (with our without captions!) to Ashleigh Newman, ASVCP Secretary, for use in future NewsBlasts.

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