Applications must be completed and submitted by Wednesday, July 31, 2025.

Criminal Background Check: All applicants must submit to a criminal background check. A current Background Verified Inspector badge fulfills this requirement. If an applicant does not have a current background check on file, the applicant must have an approved criminal background check by July 31, 2025. Please contact headquarters for more information about criminal background check requirements.

 
Qualifications for offices:

5.1 Qualifications for Office Candidates for Officer, Director, and Nominating Committee shall qualify under one or more of the following. In addition, candidates for President-Elect shall be a current ASHI Officer or Director with at least one calendar year of service on the Board.

5.1.1 Serve on a national committee, as either the chair or a member, for at least three years within the immediate past five years and shall be a voting ASHI member in good standing for at least the immediate past five years.

5.1.2 Serve as a Chapter President, President-elect, Immediate Past President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary for at least three years within the immediate past five years and shall be a voting ASHI member in good standing for at least the immediate past five years.

5.1.3 Serve as an Officer, Director, Nominating Committee member, or Certification Committee member within the immediate past five years and shall be a voting ASHI member in good standing for at least the immediate past five years.

5.1.4 Be a voting ASHI member in good standing for at least the immediate past ten years.

5.2 Qualifications for Certification Committee Candidates for the Certification Committee shall be ASHI Certified Inspectors.

ASHI staff will verify the qualifications of all applicants to ensure that they satisfy the requirements of the bylaws. The ASHI Nominating Committee will meet after the nomination period closes on July 31, 2025. It shall recommend at least one candidate for each available position. ASHI staff will prepare a ballot that lists all qualified candidates and will send this ballot to the voting members on September 15, 2025. The election period ends on October 31, 2025, at 5:00 pm CT.

All candidates for office should understand that their application (excluding criminal background information) will be displayed in the membership section of the ASHI website for voters to view in an effort to make informed decisions when casting their ballot.

Candidate Qualifications

Applicant Questions

To All prospective ASHI nominees, you are legally and ethically required to fulfill several duties and obligations if elected as an officer or director.

Please review the information below and sign that you understand that adherence to these principles is a requirement of the office.

Anti-Trust Statement

ASHI, its chapters, committees, and members totally ban any and all anti-trust activities, express or implied. This includes, for example, fixing inspection prices, carving up territories, and determining the level of inspection services. Consumer choice for those seeking inspectors and their services is always encouraged. The ASHI Bylaws and ASHI Policy located in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 provide additional details that must be followed. Anti-trust activity is strongly discouraged both in and out of meetings. If a meeting attendee sees a possible violation, this should interrupt the meeting and be pointed out.

Duty of Loyalty

An officer or director must not exploit ASHI’s opportunities or misuse inside information. A director or officer must account to ASHI for any profit received as a result of being a director or officer. A director or officer may not obtain a private or secret profit as a result of his/her official position. An officer or director has a duty to act in good faith for the best interests of the organization. Once the Board has voted, you will support all decisions regardless of personal viewpoint. Either actively support the action or be silent. If you are asked how you voted, feel free to answer this question and express your views. You shall not publicly and actively campaign against a board decision.

Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest transaction is when an officer or director has a financial or direct personal interest in a matter being considered or in a proposed contract or transaction in which ASHI may be a party. An officer or director should not vote upon a matter in which the individual has an adverse interest. The officer or director must fully disclose to the board any personal or financial interest he/she has in a matter being considered by the board before the board votes. After disclosure, the action may only be approved by a majority of disinterested directors.

Corporate Opportunity

An ASHI officer or director is under a (fiduciary) duty not to use an ASHI business opportunity for his/her own personal gain. This is related to the concept of undivided loyalty to ASHI. Thus, an insider should not use his/her inside position to benefit his/herself by seizing a business opportunity available to and suitable to ASHI. Additional restrictions are extended to situations in which the officer or director competes against ASHI.

Duty of Care

A Director or officer must utilize reasonable skills in the exercise of his/her responsibilities. A Director must exercise the same care and skill that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances in his/her own personal affairs. By accepting office, officers and directors undertake to give his/her best judgment to ASHI.

Confidentiality

In general, an officer or director should treat as confidential all matters involving ASHI until there has been public disclosure or unless the information is a matter of public record or common knowledge. The presumption of confidentiality should apply to all current information about legitimate board or ASHI activities. A director or officer shall discharge his/her duties (1) in good faith; (2) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner he/she reasonably believes to be in the best interest of ASHI.