Executive Board Roles
Executive Director (ED)
Nominated by the previous Executive Director or Board of Advisors, this individual must have a Bachelors Degree from an accredited university, be involved in the APIA community, and commit to serving two years as a mentor, advisor, and liaison between the Board of Advisors and the Executive Coordinating Committee.
Board of Advisors (BOA)
Nominated by the Executive Director, the Board of Advisors is comprised of 3-10 individuals with a Bachelors Degree from an accredited university and be
committed to serving two years as a mentor of the Executive Coordinating Committee.
Executive Coordinating Committee (ECC)
Executive Officers must be current students of a member school in good-standing, and are elected during the general assembly meeting at the annual MAASU Spring Conference.
- Chairperson (1 position available)
• Provide vision to each member of the ECC by supporting the established vision of MAASU.
• Coordinate with the host schools for the Leadership Retreat and Spring Conference to receive regular updates on the progress of program planning.
• Update application files and Constitution when necessary.
• Venture into new projects that will provide stability in MAASU's future or financial future.
• Represent MAASU at as many other conferences as possible while maintaining ECC priorities.
- Public Relations (2 positions available)
• Produce press releases, press packets, and marketing packages for all MAASU-sponsored events and provide these materials to member schools.
• Create regular newsletters and video logs with MAASU content to be distributed on the website, Facebook, Youtube, and other forms of media.
• Work with Technical Networking, Communications, Programming, and Advocacy for content and distribution.
- Fundraising (2 positions available)
• Prospect, recruit, and develop potential MAASU partners and sponsors by maintaining close relationships with alumni, employers and other external organizations.
• Manage all communication between MAASU donors and sponsors, as well as coordinate an annual career fair at Spring Conference.
• Work closely with the Chairperson and Spring Conference planning committee, especially the Finance Chairs.
• Work towards the advancement of MAASU as an organization, with a main priority geared towards fundraising and long-term partnership development with other organizations.
- Programming (2 positions available)
• Establish programs in line with MAASU's vision/mission to provide unity across campuses.
• Draft program proposals to be distributed to member schools to aid in their understanding of the program and their involvement.
• Partner with Advocacy to identify potential programs to promote advocacy.
• Work with Technical Networking, Communications, and Public Relations to distribute program proposals.
• Assist the Leadership Retreat and Spring Conference planning committees in organizing and planning events to develop MAASU programs not related to the LR or SC.
- Communications (2 positions available)
• Establish relations with MAASU Representatives (M-reps).
• Be the liaison between ECC and M-Reps and distribute information to M-Reps on a timely basis.
• Promote interaction among M-reps, including M-Rep meetings and conference calls.
• Maintain, update, and expand database of M-Rep contacts at each member school, beginning with identifying the new M-Reps for the following academic year right after Spring Conference.
• Work with Executive Director to ensure the information on new membership forms are updated in the M-Rep contacts list.
• Work with Membership Outreach to recruit new member schools through the M-Rep network.
- Membership Outreach (2 positions available)
• Establish relations with new schools, communicating MAASU’s mission and the benefits of becoming a member school.
• Research history of involvement of member and potential schools.
• Plan one recruiting event with Communications, Programming, and PR and one event before the Spring Conference for all member schools to participate in.
• Collaborate with Communications and Public Relations in M-Rep development, while collaborate with Programming to establish new programs.
• Help Communications connect with new member schools.
- Advocacy (1 position available)
• Keep abreast of issues and organize mobilization on advocacy and education.
• Update MAASU members of current issues that may affect students across the regions.
• Collect and provide information on issues to be distributed through various forms of media.
• Search for opportunities to develop coalitions with other minority groups.
- Secretary (1 position available)
• Document all MAASU meetings with MAASU Representatives (M-Reps), ECC, and any other general assembly, assisting with the maintenance and record of files.
• Distribute minutes after meetings and collect responses to polls.
• Maintain Facebook and work with Technical Networking and Public Relations to ensure content is consistent with website and newsletter.
- Technical Networking (1 position available)
• Update website content regularly and maintain archives of files.
• Aid host schools in hosting their conference website if necessary or forwarding capabilities.
• Create @maasu.org e-mails for ECC members that forward to their personal e-mails.