Organizational members are defined as any organization (including government agencies) that joins in support of an ACS NNRT’s mission and goals. They are committed to advancing the shared agenda and goals of the ACS NNRT by actively participating in roundtable activities. Organizational members demonstrate outstanding expertise on patient navigation with broad potential for education and promotional opportunities. These members have full participatory rights, voting rights, and qualify for leadership positions. 

Organizational Members must: 

• Commit to advancing the shared agenda and goals of an ACS Roundtable. ​ 
• Commit to actively participate in roundtable activities.​ 
• Demonstrate a broad potential (national, regional, or state) to educate and promote on the roundtable subject matter. ​ 
• Demonstrate outstanding expertise in the subject matter area of the roundtable. OR​ Demonstrate critical expertise in populations that experience disparities. 

Corporate members are defined as organizations that join in support of ACS NNRT’s mission and goals, but also make or distribute a product that aids across the cancer care continuum in reducing health disparities through patient navigation. This category also applies to any organization that has significant commercial interest in providing services where such interests have potential to cause actual or perceived improper influence or undue bias. These members have limited participatory rights, are non-voting, and unable to hold leadership positions. 

Corporate Members must: 

• Commit to advancing the shared agenda and goals of an ACS Roundtable. ​ 
• Commit to actively participate in roundtable activities.​
• Demonstrate a broad potential (national, regional, or state) to educate and promote on the roundtable subject matter.​ 
• If a delivering a product, efficacy of products must be supported by scientific research.

Individual members are defined as individuals with outstanding expertise in patient navigation. These members must be invited to apply and approved by the roundtable steering committee. They have full participatory rights, voting rights, and qualify for leadership positions. 

Individual Members must: 

• Commit to advancing the shared agenda and goals of an ACS Roundtable. ​ 
• Commit to actively participate in roundtable activities.​ 
• Demonstrate outstanding expertise in the subject matter area of the roundtable. 

Affiliate members are defined as organizations that join in support of the ACS NNRT’s mission and goals, but do not meet the criteria of any other membership category. These members have limited participatory rights, are non-voting, and unable to hold leadership positions. 

Affiliate Members must: 

• Commit to advancing the shared agenda and goals of an ACS Roundtable. 
• Demonstrate a potential to educate and promote on the roundtable subject matter. 

Member organizations shall designate a representative member and an alternate member. Each member organization shall have full membership rights including the right to attend ACS NNRT meetings, to participate in discussion, to vote, to be a candidate for elective office, and to accept appointment to committees and task groups. Members with governmental affiliation (designated as non-advocacy members) will abstain from voting on policy issues.

Organizational/Institutional Membership

• medical professional organizations
• federal agencies
• cancer centers
• state health departments
• hospitals
• educational institutions
• research institutions
• advocacy organizations
• voluntary organizations

Corporate Membership is open to companies and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to:

• navigation education
• navigation programs

Corporate associates shall have all of the participatory rights of organizational or institutional members with the exception of voting rights and or the right to serve as an elected officer of the ACS NNRT. Corporate members are, however, encouraged to seek and accept appointments to task groups and vote on matters within that task group.

Subject Matter Experts (SME) who are invited by the ACS NNRT Steering Committee to be members due to their distinguished and demonstrated activities focused on navigation or in a field related to patient navigation that could assist in advancing the goals of the ACS NNRT.