Committees

Advancement Committee

The Advancement Committee is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies for SAAL to advance the field of student affairs assessment as a discipline. Strategies for advancing the field may include publishing on various aspects of student affairs assessment or a summit to discuss ways to advance the field.

Roster of Members for Advancement Committee
Name	Institution	Role	Pronouns
Daniel Doerr	University of Connecticut	Chair	he/him/his
Britt Spears	Association of American Colleges & Universities	Chair Elect	she/her/hers
Makana Aloha Lariosa Agcaoili	Drew University		ze/zir/zirs
Cheraton Love	Winston-Salem Sate University	Blog Manager	she/her/hers
Sarah Gordon	Arkansas Tech University		she/her/hers
Sarah LaFrance	Appalachian State University		she/her/hers
Dean Martin	Western Carolina University		he/him/his
Margaretta Narcisse	St. Paul School of Theology		she/her/hers
Renata Opoczynski	Michigan State University		she/her/hers
Heather Strine-Patterson	Appalachian State University	Editor, Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry	she/her/hers
Yvette Kell	University of Missouri - St. Lous		she/her/hers

External Relations Committee

The External Relations Committee is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to advance SAAL as an organization which may include membership outreach, marketing, and collaborations and partnerships with other associations (e.g. AALHE, ACPA, AIR, NASPA) or other organizations (e.g., CampusLabs, EBI).

Roster of Members for External Relations Committee
Name	Institution	Role	Pronouns
Sara Hillis Ousby	University of North Texas	Chair	she/her/hers
Matthew McKay	Rochester Institute of Technology	Chair elect	she/her/hers
Rob Aaron	Northwestern University		he/him/his
Dean Martin	Indiana Tech		he/him/his
Valerie Samuel	Kent State University		she/her/hers

Governance and Administration Committee

The Governance and Administration Committee is responsible for annual review of the constitution and will maintain the by-laws. The Governance and Administration Committee is also responsible the development, implementation, and evaluation and coordination strategies for logistic support of SAAL which may include webpage maintenance, Listserv maintenance, resource repository.

Roster of Members for Governance & Administration Committee
Name	Institution	Role	Pronouns
Eulena Johnson	Duke University	Chair

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is responsible for membership management, including the annual reapplication of membership and board elections processes. Additionally, the Membership Committee is charged with developing and implementing strategies for engaging SAAL members.

Roster of Members for Membership Committee
Name	Institution	Role	Pronouns
Matt Khoury	Kennesaw State University	Chair	he/him/his
Cindy Cogswell	Ohio University	Chair elect	she/her/hers

Professional Development Committee

The Professional Development Committee is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to provide professional development to SAAL members. Professional development may include activities such as Structured Conversations, annual meetings, presentations at national conferences, and development of online resources.