2025 Summer President's Letter
“Summertime is the smile of nature.” ~ James Dent
Greetings,
Our AIA community includes many people working together with excellent results. Steven Covey said, “Synergy is better than my way or your way, it’s our way.” I notice this in our committee work and representative outreach. I would love to share updates from our committees and reps:
- Representatives: Promoting local, regional, and all-member community relationships. We are grateful for how active our reps are and the number of AIA Representatives continues to grow. Look for your rep in the journal and if you don’t see one in your area, connect during the all-member rep meetings – or fill out an application and join the fun. The AIA Co-Global Reps and Rep Mentor provide a supportive environment for all reps.
- Business & Fundraising: Implementing ways to support AIA Business Members and AIA Members who own or want to own a business. Check out the Business Members listed in the journal. Remember that most of them offer a discount to AIA Members and you can find the discount codes in the Members Access area of the website. If you own a business and would like to support this endeavor, reach out to business@alliance-aromatherapists.org.
- Ethics & Professionalism: Updating the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.
- Research Academy: Activating our Mentor Program. Members will find us in the Members Access/AIA Classroom/Research Academy. Non-members may find out more and sign up here: https://www.alliance-aromatherapists.org/Research-Academy. We will be launching our YouTube Channel shortly - stay tuned!
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- Clinical Committee: Working on the Language of Aromatherapy, we will keep you updated.
- Research Committee: Published two reviews in Aromatics in Action® and added eight reviews to the Research Database in the first quarter of 2025.
- Education Review Team: We are constantly adding and renewing Advanced Practice Members and AIA Recognized Schools and this team makes certain they are up to our standards. The schools are listed in the journal and on our website, making it easy to find education you can trust.
- Education Committee: Connecting with and supporting Recognized Schools is the current project, while continuing to and organize and host monthly webinars.
- 2026 Conference Committee: Save the Date to celebrate 20 years of AIA with us! We already put out the call for speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors. The committee found a beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains Retreat in North Carolina. Outside events are planned. We are going to have an incredible time while we learn more about the art & science of aromatherapy. Watch for our posts and emails. The conference is September 24 – 27, 2026. We will offer pre- and post-conference workshops, so plan accordingly.
- Membership & Nominations: This small, but enthusiastic team contacts new and renewing members, brainstorms ways to support our members, and considers who might be a good nominee for the AIA Board of Directors. This is the perfect time for you to consider if you would like to nominate someone, or yourself, to join the Board. You could help shape the future of AIA. If you want to learn more, reach out to nominations@alliance-aromatherapists.org. The Membership and Nominations Committee would welcome a few more committee members who would like to help brainstorm ways to support our current members and invite aromatherapists and aroma-enthusiasts to join our community.
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- Media Committee: We have received high compliments on the AIA posts and reels. We have experienced a lot of activity, especially on LinkedIn. Please follow us, like us, comment, and share our posts. You are key to helping us spread our message:
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