Constitution and Bylaws

Constitution

Article III—Officers

Section 1

The officers of the Pharmacopeial Convention shall be a President, a Past President, a Treasurer, and an Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Officers may also include one or more Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents as the Executive Vice President-CEO may deem necessary and may appoint from time to time. The Executive Vice President-CEO shall also have the authority, but shall not be required, to designate officers as the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or similar such titles.

Section 2

The President and the Treasurer, each shall be a member of the Pharmacopeial Convention at the time of their election and shall be elected by majority vote by ballot at each stated meeting. The President and the Treasurer shall be elected by ballot at each stated meeting. The Committee of Tellers shall report to the President the number of votes cast for each nominee, and the President shall announce to the Convention the winner(s) in each office or position without disclosing the number of votes cast or the number received by each nominee. However, any nominee may publicly or privately obtain this information with regard to his or her own election and the election of others seeking election to the same position or classification, and, in such event, to the degree it is necessary to do so in order that the Convention may rule upon the propriety of the election, the votes cast may be disclosed publicly.

Section 3

The Executive Vice President-CEO shall be an employee of the Convention, selected and hired by the Board of Trustees.

Section 4

Vacancies in these offices shall be filled as provided in the Bylaws.