Project Groups:

Executive Council

President

 

Jeff Stec

 

jstec@swosha.org

 
   

President Elect

 

Christina Yeager

 

cyeager@swosha.org

 
   

Past President

 

Annette Cosgrove

 

acosgrove@swosha.org

 
   

Treasurer

 

Molly Polasky

 

mpolasky@swosha.org

 
   

Secretary

 

Kirsten Keppner

 

kkeppner@swosha.org

 
   

Membership

 

Sally Demmler  
sdemmler@swosha.org  
   

Director of Public Information

 

Katie Ondo

 

kondo@swosha.org

 
   

Vice Director of Public Information

 

Sue Schmidlin

 

 
   

Director of Professional Services

 

Sarah Focke

 

sfocke@swosha.org

 
   

Vice Director of Professional Services

 

Mindy Freson

 

 
   

Director of Continuing Education

 

Jessica Buringrud

 

jburingrud@swosha.org

 
   

Vice Director of Continuing Education

 

Bethany Stortz

 

 
   

Nominations

 

Debbie McGraw  

dmcgraw@swosha.org

 
   

Laurie DeWine

 

 
   

Lesley Fette

 

lfette@swosha.org

 
   

Judy Luebbe

 

 
   
Duties of Council Members

The duties of elected officers shall be as follows:
 President – preside at all regular meetings of the Association, to call any meetings of the Executive Council, to represent the Association at other professional gatherings or appoint someone to serve in his or her place, or to make recommendations to the Directors regarding Council appointments and other appropriate appointments for the proper dispatch of Association business, to serve as Director of the Association Management Team, and to serve as an ex-officio member of all project groups.  The President will activate the Association Management Team Project Groups as needed.

Past President shall mentor the Association Management Team, will chair the biannual audit, will chair the Nominations Committee, serve on the Committee for counting ballots, act as an ex-officio member of all project groups, and assume duties assigned by the President.

President-Elect - shall serve as a voting member of all standing project groups, perform the duties evolving from this office, serve on the committee for counting ballots, collaborate with the Director of Public Information, serve as Vice-Director of the Association Management Team, will be the chairperson of the Parlimentary/Structure Project, and assume other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time.

Secretary – shall keep the minutes of meetings, including regular and called as well as Executive Council meetings; maintain the official records of the Association, take roll and establish quorum, and carry on all correspondence assigned by the President and the Executive Council and participate as a member of the Association Management Team.

Treasurer – shall collect all dues from the Membership Chairperson; prepare an annual budget; submit an itemized financial report annually or upon request of the President or the Executive Council; assist the Audit Committee; act as the contractual agent for the Association; receive gifts and bequests in the name of the Association with approval of the Executive Council; and participate as a member of the Association Management Team. The Treasurer and President shall be the only officials authorized to manage financial matters for the association consistent with the approved budget. Expenses exceeding the approved budget and new items for the budget must be approved by Executive Council.

The Nomination Committee – shall consist of five (5) members. Two members of the Committee shall be elected each year .The chairman of the Nominations Committee shall be the Past President. The Nominations Committee shall be responsible for all election procedures (See Article X, Section 1). Committee members shall represent different interests of the Membership and regional diversity when possible.

Directors of Professional Services, Continuing Education and Public Informationshall collect information that is pertinent to each of the subject areas in his/her scope of responsibility and disseminate such information to the Executive Council; form or appoint project groups, as necessary, to accomplish the projects assigned to their scope of service; and serve as an ex-officio member of any project group operating under his/her scope of responsibility; make informed recommendations to Executive Council about the Association’s position or action on any issues, interests, or concerns in each of the subject areas in his/her scope of responsibility; solicit, and encourage member participation in project groups; and attend all schedule meetings of the Executive Council.

Vice-Directors of Professional Services, Continuing Education and Public Information – shall be elected for a two-year term. They shall assist the Directors of their respective division in preparation for assuming the Directorship the second year of his/her term.

Roles and Responsibilities of All Directors

  • Appoint annual project chairpersons for your unfilled positions.  Fill all positions by the end of September
  • Make sure that procedures for your division are updated and given to me.  When they are updated, we will give them to Deb to put on the website.
  • Have all committees in your division contribute something to the website by October 1, 2006
  • Encourage your committees to contribute to all newsletters
  • Collect information that is pertinent to your group (committee reports) and send committee reports to me prior to the Executive Council meetings. (preference 3 days)
  • Submit a brief summary of your Division’s activities to the President at the final meeting of the fiscal year.
  • Vice Director should assist with these tasks in preparation for assuming the Directorship role.

Roles Specific to Division

Public Information

  • Mentorship – Coordinate mentorship/shadowing project between students enrolled in the universities
  • Professional Services Directory – Compile, produce and distribute directory (we have discussed changing that)
  • Better Speech and Hearing Month – Organize and promote events during the designated month to increase public awareness of SLP and Aud.
  • Publicity – Publicize all Association events and activities to community and membership (including mailing information out)
  • Marketing Project –Develop and execute marketing tools including website for the promotion of the professions and Association (Deb is maintaining the website but not the rest of the marketing)

Professional Services Project

  • School Affairs – Address issues and concerns regarding needs of employees in school settings.  They also develop the Summer Directory
  • Audiological Affairs - Address issues and concerns regarding needs of employees in Audiological settings. 
  • Private Practice Group - Address issues and concerns regarding needs of employees in private practice settings. 
  • Hospital/Clinic Project - Address issues and concerns regarding needs of employees in Hospital/Clinic settings. 
  • Newsletter Project – Responsible for preparing and mailing the newsletter
  • Honors- Recommend to EC the criteria for awarding Honors of the Association and shall recommend possible recipients.
  • Scholarship Project – Promote the Scholarship fund through various activities

Continuing Education

  • Coordinate and prepare Association workshops
  • Begin planning for NEXT YEAR’S Fall Meeting.  This is our big meeting and it is strongly recommended that we book speakers one year in advance
  • Work on all CEU information
  • Work with Publicity Project to ensure that brochures are developed and marketed.

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