How is CNME organized?
CNME was incorporated in August 1978 under the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act and is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Agency is run by a Board of Directors that works in partnership with the agency s Executive Director. Presently, two of CNME s eleven board members are public members; a public member is not affiliated in any way with the naturopathic profession. The board has three positions for institutional member representatives, who are elected rotationally for three-year terms from among administrators and faculty members at the four accredited naturopathic medicine programs. Our Articles of Incorporation also require from four to six profession members, who must be licensed naturopathic physicians. Five profession members currently serve on the board. • How does someone start a new naturopathic college? Establishing a new naturopathic program within an existing college or university is preferable to beginni
