Officers
Contact Us: psu.gwis@gmail.com Joyce Rosenbaum President | President Description: The President of GWIS shall be the main contact person for this chapter both within Penn State and outside the university, preside over meetings, be responsible for notifying the membership of upcoming meetings and events, appointing heads of committees, ex-officio a member of all committees, keeping contact with their work to the extent that may be advisable, may authorize the withdrawal of funds for the treasury for the payment of obligations incurred by the chapter for such other purposes as the Executive Committee may approve, respond to the GWIS email alias, and conducting the activities of GWIS with consent of the membership |
| Vice President Description: The Vice President shall organize and run elections (unless the Vice President is running for office, see Article VII, Section D of the GWIS Bylaws) be responsible for membership issues such as recruitment, social events such as the Brown Bag Discussion series and concerns of the membership, may authorize the withdrawal of funds, assist the President with correspondence duties and assume the duties of the President when absent. If the President leaves office, the Vice President is expected to assume the presidential duties and an election will be held to fill the Vice Presidential position or the Presidential position if the Vice President decides not to permanently assume the position. Download a more detailed description of the duties of the VP |  Christina Ragan Vice President |
 Amanda McDermott Secretary |
Secretary Description: The Secretary shall take minutes at all meetings and distribute them to the membership, keep a current membership list, and keep all information generated by the organization and make it accessible to all GWIS members. |
| Treasurer Description: The treasure is responsible for the finances of GWIS including depositing revenue from membership dues and the VOICES conference as well as recording up-to-date membership lists and reimbursing costs for various GWIS events. The time commitment is approximately 3 hours per month for GWIS activities and 4-6 hours assisting with the finances of the VOICES Conference. This position could be shared among two people if necessary. Download a more detailed description of the Treasurer's duties |
 Melissa Mullen Treasurer |
 Jihye Park Webmaster |
Webmaster Description: The webmaster is in charge of all things internet including maintaining the group website hosted by Penn State (http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/gwis), the GWIS Angel group, the club listserv, the GWIS facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=19962351131), and the GWIS calendar hosted by google calendar. The time commitment is very limited, probably less than an hour per week doing updates. The website is written in fairly basic html with some style sheets, so an extensive knowledge of html code is not necessary. The perfect candidate for this position is someone creative who enjoys or is interested in web design. |
| VOICES Committe Chair Description: The VOICES Committee Chair will be responsible to planning and organizing the VOICES Conference held every February/March. This is a great position for anyone hoping to gain skills in leadership, conference planning, managing a budget, teamwork, and mentoring conference attendee. A full breakdown of the responsibilities you'll have as VOICES Committee Chair can be downloaded here. |