Planning and Awards Review Committee (PARC)
While
keeping the ultimate fiduciary responsibility of the Awards Program,
the Foundation Board has delegated to the Planning and Awards Review
Committee (PARC) the responsibility of reviewing the various
applications and recommending which are to be funded, as well as making
recommendations about any alterations in the Foundation's Awards
Program.
PARC is composed of eight voting members and one
nonvoting member. Those selected to be voting members of PARC are
selected by the AAOF BOD from recommendations originating from the AAO
BOT (through both the AAO COE and AAO COSA), PARC, and from the AAOF
Board itself. Individuals recommended by either council and nominated
by the AAO BOT need not be members of either council. Typically, PARC
members serve a maximum of two three-year terms. The Chair and Vice
Chair of PARC are both determined by the AAOF BOD. The nonvoting
member of PARC, who is designated the AAOF Board Liaison to PARC, is
selected by the AAOF BOD from among Foundation Directors.
PARC membership 2008-2009 is Stephanos Kyrkanides (NESO/NY – Chair), Leslie Will (NESO/MA – Vice Chair), Stephen J. Lindauer (SAO/VA), Calogero Dolce (SAO/FL), Sunil Kapila (GLAO/MI), Hyun-Duk Nah (MASO/PA), Emile Rossouw (SWSO/TX) and Kirt Simmons (SWSO/AR). Jeffrey Cavanaugh (MSO/MO) continues to serve as Board Liaison to PARC.
