WASLA Roles and Responsibilities

Below is a list of WASLA's committees. Please click on each committee for more information.

• Executive Committee

• Chapter Communications & Management
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: Katie Bang

• Governmental Affairs
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: Don Benson

• Member Programs
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: David Hilgers and Len Zickler

• Public Relations
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: Don Benson

• Student and Emerging Professional
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: Katie Bang

• Professional Practice and Continuing Education
  Committee Chair:
  Executive Committee Representative: Courtney Landoll

  • Committee on the Environment
    Committee Chair:
    Executive Committee Representative: David Hilgers and Craig Anderson

Committee Chair and Member Policies

• Terms of service for Committee Chairs and Committee Members of standing committees and other committees created by the Executive Committee shall be a minimum of one (1) year and shall begin and end at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Society.

• The Executive Committee approves Committee Chair appointment.

• Each Committee should have a separate Executive Committee Representative and Committee Chair.

• The Committee Chair shall report to the Executive Committee Representative before their monthly meeting. The Executive Committee Representative will be responsible for updating the Executive Committee at the monthly meetings.

• The Executive Committee Representative and Committee Chair will be responsible for setting the term goals and tasks for the committee.

• Committee activities, aside from internal committee meetings shall be approved by the Executive Committee

Committee Roles

• Executive Committee Representative - the Executive Committee Representative will report on committee activities at the monthly Executive Committee meeting and provides communication from the Executive Committee to the Committee Chair including; goals, budgetary concerns and feedback from the Executive Committee on committee activities.

• Committee Chair - The Committee Chair is responsible for organizing committee tasks and responsibilities. The Committee Chair is responsible for setting up meetings, maintaining committee rosters and help recruit committee members. The Committee Chair reports activities to the EC Representative.

• Committee Members - Committee members work with the Committee Chair to complete tasks established by the committee.