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Positions
Executive Board (President and Vice Presidents)
PRESIDENT
The President of the Student Alumni Association is responsible for overseeing the Leadership Team’s activities, providing direction and guidance, and maintaining the effectiveness and prestige of the Student Alumni Association. The President works with the SAA advisors, other GT Alumni Association staff, and the SAA Executive Board to develop the strategic direction of the organization and to ensure its continued growth. The President serves as the face of the SAA, promoting and representing the organization on and off campus. They attend Alumni Association Board of Trustees meetings and other functions. The President develops the strengths of the team and ensures that they are growing as student leaders.
VICE PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS RELATIONS
The Vice President of Campus Relations is responsible for overseeing the Mentor Jackets program and SAA’s campus partnerships. The VP of Campus Relations oversees the two Mentor Jackets and Campus Relations chairs. This role manages the oversight of student recruitment for Mentor Jackets, while also setting the goals for the program. Additionally, they will reach out to Campus Partners to set up programs that all students are able to attend.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI CONNECTIONS
The Vice President of Alumni Connections is responsible for ensuring that SAA meets its connection strategic priority: To facilitate meaningful interaction between students and alumni to demonstrate the value of the Georgia Tech network in students’ personal and professional lives. The Vice President of Alumni Connections supports all alumni connection programs. This Vice President reaches out to alumni to encourage and request participation in the mentioned programs and other SAA programs. They are trusted to develop the leadership abilities of the chairs within the Alumni Connections pillar. They coordinate with other members of the Executive Board to support their programming needs.
VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP
The Vice President of Membership is responsible for overall membership recruitment, experience, communication, and retention. They plan, oversee, and execute recruitment strategies to meet membership goals. Working along with the Social Media Chair, Member Experience Chair, Member Engagement Chair, and Communications Chair, they oversee SAA members’ engagement and their experience as SAA members and are responsible for the strategic planning of SAA’s marketing strategies. The Vice President of Membership oversees execution of monthly member meetings. Additionally, they help keep SAA Social Media up to date with the Social Media Chair.
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
The Vice President of Operations is responsible for the general internal operations of the Student Alumni Association. The Vice President of Operations sends meeting reminders, prepares an agenda for the meetings, tracks leadership attendance at meetings, and records minutes at meetings. The Vice President of Operations manages the email and calendar of the info@gtsaa.com account. They oversee the Logistics Manager and Data Analytics Chair. The Vice President of Operations is responsible for leading meetings and/or representing SAA in the president’s absence
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM
The Vice President of the First Year Program (FYP) is responsible for the oversight, recruitment, programming, and experience of the First Year Program. They work with the Chairs of the FYP to plan and execute FYP programming and meetings. They coordinate with other members of the executive board to ensure the FYP supports their needs and programming
Member-at-Large
The Member-at-Large (MAL) is in a unique position on the Leadership team and function independently of any committee. MAL sit on the executive committee and are expected to attend all Leadership and Exec meetings. MAL are also free to pursue personal projects to improve SAA beyond the scope of any one committee. Primarily, MAL serve to provide an experienced voice of reason on the Leadership team, create bonding programming within the team, and serve as a resource to all members of the leadership team.
Leadership Team (Chairs)
All chairs are responsible for engaging SAA members, overseeing their respective programs, and leading a committee, if applicable. Chairs report to the SAA Vice President assigned to their area.
CHAIR OF ALUMNI CONNECTIONS
The Alumni Connections Chair is responsible for overseeing the Alumni Connections programs. The Chair's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, training the event facilitators, providing logistical support and coordination to the facilitators throughout the duration of event planning, marketing alumni connections events, and personally facilitating events when needed.
CHAIR OF MENTOR JACKETS
The Mentor Jackets Chair supports the VP of Campus Relations in running the Mentor Jackets program. Specifically, the Mentor Jackets Chair guides the development of recruitment strategies for the Mentor Jackets program, educates program participants on roles and expectations, and ensures that the mentoring relationships run smoothly for both parties. The Mentor Jackets Chair plans and executes events that supplement and benefit the Mentor Jackets program, such as Mentor Jackets Meet Ups and Webinars.
CHAIR OF CAMPUS OUTREACH
The Campus Outreach chair supports the VP of Campus Relations by managing partnerships with other organizations on campus and facilitating programming that is open to all students. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to, interacting with campus partners, reaching out to other student organizations, planning events for all students, and facilitating events for all students when needed.
CHAIR OF MEMBER EXPERIENCE
The Member Experience Chair is responsible for implementing the strategic planning of SAA’s member experience goals. The Experience Chair plans and executes initial member recruitment, executes initial member info sessions alongside the rest of the team, plans and leads monthly general member meetings, and executes other programming geared towards improving the member experience.
CHAIR OF MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
The Member Engagement Chair is responsible for executing the SAA Engagement Tier Program. The Engagement Chair keeps track of overall engagement, manages engagement tiers, distributes tier rewards, and handles member probation. These
responsibilities include preparing and maintaining a member engagement tracker, communicating with members, and updating tier lists for event access.
CHAIR OF SOCIAL MEDIA
The Social Media Chair is responsible for running SAA’s Facebook and Instagram page. They will create a schedule each semester that includes posts designed to establish and build the SAA brand. This will include posts from current programming/events, member testimonials, and other meaningful content. This chair is tasked with creating meaningful posts, while also staying on schedule to get approval from the advisor before posting.
CHAIR OF DATA ANALYTICS
The Data Analytics Chair is responsible for tracking, collecting, and analyzing data to share meaningful conclusions and feedback with the leadership team to support goal setting/tracking and organizational improvements. They will do this through weekly/monthly updates of membership and engagement statistics. They will also facilitate collection of feedback on events and the organization.
CHAIR OF THE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM
The First Year Program (FYP) Chair is responsible for the execution of the First Year Program. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to, recruiting members of the FYP, leading weekly meetings, and facilitating meaningful programming.