What is the role of the Board of Trustees?
Board of Trustees

• 6 SWE members elected by SWE membership (3 yr staggered terms)
• Fiduciary responsibility for fiscal management of SWE's Trust Funds
• Do not have a role in the management of SWE
• Reports to the Membership on the state of the Funds.

• Conducts Business of the Society
• Focused on Strategic Issues
• Serves as external face of the Society
• Meets with corporate partners who want to donate money
• Executes the strategic plan developed by the Council

• Chief legislative & policy determining body of the Society
• Voting members
• Representatives from each professional section (1 to 4 reps depending on size), the Member at Large, and 1 representative from each student region

• Director of Regions - Acts as the board liaison for the Region Governors
• Region Governor - Coordinates communications within the Region, promotes & facilitates section vitality, and identifies needs within the Region
• Region Council - Transacts the business of the Region

• Member - Each member is assigned to a Member Section based on geographic location. Member Sections have their own leadership.
• Member at Large - Members who do not live within the zip code boundaries of a member section can form their own leadership similar to the Member section.
• Collegiate - Affiliation is assigned to a student based on the college or university attended. These sections are governed by officers.

• Transacts business of Section
• Positions - Officers are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Section Representative, and Voting Members of EC.
• Chairs of Committees - Voting members of EC.
• Standing Committees: Membership, Nominating, Fundraising, Website, Programs, Scholarship, and Community Outreach.