The strategic future of NGAUS will be the major topic of conversation this weekend when the association’s board of directors meets for the first time this year.
Board members will consider the initial work of the NGAUS Strategic Planning Committee, which has spent the last 15 months developing the framework for an appropriate way forward in a rapidly changing advocacy environment.
Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers of Michigan, the NGAUS chairman of the board, is looking for the board to “validate the strategic direction,” this weekend, not a final plan.
“There is still much work to done,” he said. “That will come next.”
Activities begin Friday, with meetings of the association’s General Conference Committee, Company Grade Committee, Warrant Officer Committee, the National Guard Educational Foundation board and the trustees of the NGAUS Insurance Trust.
The full 29-member board, the association’s governing body, will gather Saturday.
The agenda includes presentations from senior National Guard Bureau leaders and an update on plans for the 148th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 28 to 31 in Indianapolis.
The board will also consider nominations for 2026 NGAUS individual awards. The board accelerated the timeline for the association awards to provide more time to arrange for recipients to attend the conference to receive their awards.
Events will conclude with a reception recognizing approximately 15 major financial donors to the NGEF.
The board consists of a chairman, vice chair-Army, vice chair-Air, secretary, treasurer, the immediate past chairman and 23 additional members, including three (one Army, one Air, one adjutant general) from each of six geographical areas nationwide, two retired/separated representatives (one Army, one Air), two company-grade reps (one Army, one Air) and a warrant officer representative.
A full listing of NGAUS and NGEF board members — and the members of each association committee — is available here.
—By John Goheen