2025 Board Nominations Now Open

Do you have a passion for growing the cider industry? Are you looking to find a platform for your ideas, where you will be seen and heard? Would you like to work with a group of like-minded industry leaders to create positive change?

Five seats on our Board of Directors are up for grabs in 2025. Seats that will be up for election this year are as follows: 1 Large Cidery Seat, 1 Regional Chair – South, 1 Regional Chair – East, 1 Regional Chair – Pacific Coast, and 1 At-Large Seat. Our annual nomination window is now open, and we want to hear from you! 

Elections will take place electronically during CiderCon® 2025 in Chicago, Illinois on February 6-7. All U.S. member cideries are eligible to vote (1 vote per cidery).

Although it is not required, we strongly encourage candidates to have an ACA volunteer history before running for office.  

Please see below for more specifics on service and how to apply:

• Positions are open to any active ACA member cidery in the U.S., regardless of size. 
• Applications are due by November 14th, 2024.
• To qualify for candidacy, you must be a permanent employee of a bonded cidery, producing cider in the U.S. 
• Incumbents may be running for their seats again.
• Terms are three years. 
• Applicants will be reviewed when the submission window has closed
• Qualified candidates will receive further instructions on developing their platforms and what board service includes. 

Have more questions about board service? Schedule a chat with ACA CEO Michelle McGrath by clicking here.

To submit your nomination by the November 14th deadline fill out the self-nomination form.