Executive Committee & Board of Directors
What do the Executive Committee and
Board of Directors do?
Executive Committee - Sets the Bylaws that determine how SSWP, Inc. is structured and how we function.
- Promotes membership in the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers.
- Determines the levels of membership and the price of membership dues.
- Organizes, schedules and promotes academic sessions jointly with the American Philosophical Association & other professional societies.
- Approves & promotes offerings of educational materials such as our DVD series and Photo Album.
- Identifies and seeks external sources of funding for our projects.
- Awards travel reimbursement scholarships when a Graduate Student's paper is accepted for presentation at our meetings following blind, peer review.
- Reviews grant reports and supervises disbursement of grant funds to assure that funds are expended exclusively for approved activities and materials.
- Maintains grant and scholarship records in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and State law.
- The Executive Committee also performs other duties as authorized.
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- Acts as the legally-appointed officers of the non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers.
- Maintains bank accounts, PayPal account and other financial instruments for the Society.
- Approves expenditures other than grant-authorized expenses.
- Creates/amends Articles of Incorporation as needed to reflect change in the Society's structure, or changes in the law.
- Applies for and maintains Tax-Exempt, non-Profit status
- Files tax returns for the Society.
- The Board of Directors also performs other duties as authorized.
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Who are the members of the Executive Committee
&
the Board of Directors?
Executive Committee (All terms expire 31 December 2015) - John Conley
- Tom Digby
- Therese Boos Dykeman
- Jane Duran
- Catherine Vilanueva Gardner
- Linda Lopez McAlister
- Elizabeth Minnich
- Sabrina D. MisirHiralal
- Dorothy G. Rogers
- Charlene Haddock Seigfried
- Cecile Tougas
- Mary Ellen Waithe
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Board of Directors (Terms expire 31 December of the year indicated) - Dorothy G. Rogers (2014)
- Elizabeth Minnich (2015)
- Cecile T. Tougas (2015)
- Mary Ellen Waithe, (2016)
- Jane Duran (2016)
Members of the Board of Directors are elected by members of the Executive Committee.
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Would you like to serve on the Executive Committee?
After your first year as a member in good standing of the Society you will become eligible for election to the Executive Committee. Simply watch our Newsletter/E-zine for the announcement for nominations, then nominate yourself.
(You are more likely to be elected if you also are nominated by other members of the Society.)