The President-Elect has a term of three (3) years, sequentially serving as President-Elect (2028), President (2029), and Past President (2030).

Responsibilities for the President-Elect year:

• The President-Elect shall serve as an active voting member of the BOD and attend all meetings
• Work with the Program Chair and Associate Chair to develop the APA program for the following year (President-Elect’s Presidential year)
• Before January of the Presidential year, in consultation with the Student Board members, appoint a Student Representative to serve during the Presidential and Past presidential years
• Plan the Mid-Winter Meeting to be held during your presidential year
• Meet with the President and Central Office during the APA annual meeting to review duties and timelines for the presidential year
• Trio Assignment- Serve as the chair of the Awards Committee
• Read Annual reports, minutes, Operations Manual, bylaws and other historical documents
• Select optional Presidential Initiative or focus for the year.
• Serve on the Finance Committee
  Complete online APA Division Leadership Training
• Participate in general duties of the Board of Directors
• Serve on Committees and complete tasks as assigned by the President

The Secretary has a term for two (2) years (2028-2030).

Responsibilities include:

• The Secretary is an officer and voting member of the Board of Directors and serves as recording secretary and parliamentarian of all official board meetings As well as performing all other duties of a Secretary as required
• The Secretary is responsible for documenting the work of the society and the orderly storage of Board documents
• Serves as a signatory on the SCCAP bank accounts and assumes check authorization if the treasurer is unable
• Serves on committees as appointed by the SCCAP president

The Membership Member-at-Large (MAL) has a term for two (2) years (2028-2030). The overarching responsibilities for this position are increasing society membership and members’ connectedness to the society through the development of programs and membership benefits. The focus of this MAL is to create programs and incentives that retain members, recruit new members, and transition students to full members.

General Responsibilities

• Attend all SCCAP Meetings, Serves as a voting member of the Board
• Oversee the Membership drive and renewal process
• Supervise and develop plans to recruit and maintain Early Career Professionals
• Supervise the university liaison program that communicates membership benefits through department chairs, training directors, and student liaisons
• Supervise and recruit the Special Interest Groups
• Chair or appoint a chair to the Membership Committee, appoint members, and report activities back to the board
• Continually update the board on the membership statistics
• Work with the Central Office to approve copy for member-related documents, membership brochures, stock advertisements, banners, etc.
• Work with the Treasurer to establish dues rates
• Provide articles for the newsletter
• Provide Social Media content

Maintain information relevant to membership on the SCCAP website