About the GRC
Official Duties of the GRC
The Graduate Resources Committee (GRC) shall have a Chairperson unanimously elected from the GRC and approved by the President-elect, and an Executive Committee (EC) representative who shall usually be the immediate chair and is appointed by the President-elect. An upper cabinet shall be composed of six individuals: two administrators (Chairperson and EC Representative) and four standing subcommittee chairpersons (Endowment Festivities, Workshop, Publicity, and Mentoring Community Development). Additional membership in the GRC shall be unlimited. The GRC Chairperson, Chairperson-elect, EC representative, and standing subcommittee chairpersons shall have the ability to unanimously appoint other student members to subcommittees. If the past-Chair is not able to serve as the GRC nominee to the EC, the NABS President will select the EC Representative in consultation with the GRC Chair. The GRC membership will include a member from the university hosting the upcoming meeting who will serve as a liaison with the NABS Local Arrangement Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to 1) provide representation for NABS student body within other NABS committees; (2) facilitate cooperation and interaction among student members of NABS; (3) raise funds for the NABS Endowment to the benefit of NABS students; and (4) generate new ways to accommodate NABS students’ inputs and needs.
History of the GRC
Students have always been an integral part of NABS. While students have served on NABS committees over the years, it was not until 1995 when the NABS Executive Committee (Ex Comm) elected a student, Jennifer Tank, to a one-year appointment as the student representative.
Two years later, NABS President Gary Lamberti formed the Graduate Resources Committee (GRC) with Kristopher Wright serving as the first GRC Chair.
In 1999, the GRC became a standing committee, with two administrators (the Chair, originally elected by the NABS President, and the ExComm representative), five members of an ‘upper cabinet’ and 10 additional student members.
In 2002, membership to the GRC was opened to all interested students. The Chair is now elected by GRC members and the previous year’s GRC Chair serves as GRC ExComm representative.
The GRC has continued to grow over the years, with over 60 members in 2010.
Summarized from ‘Beneath the Surface: A history of NABS’ by Rosemary Mackay.
GRC Chairs: 1997-Present
- Kristopher Wright (1997-1998)
- Romi Burks (1998-1999)
- Lara Martin (1999-2000)
- Ashley Moerke (2000-2001)
- Steven Reynolds (2001-2002)
- Karen Gaines (2002-2003)
- Lisa Shama (2003-2004)
- Paula Furey (2004-2005)
- Robert Payn (2005-2006)
- Checo Colón-Gaud (2006-2007)
- Eric Sokol (2007-2008)
- Lisa Kunza (2008-2009)
- Natalie Griffiths (2009-2010)
- Erin Hotchkiss (2010-2011)