President

• Preside over chapter meetings and serve as the Chairman of the Board
• Serve as an ex-officio member of all chapter committees
• Manage the day-to-day business of the chapter
• Serve as the primary liaison with the Alumni Association and responsible for submitting reports required by the Alumni Association
• Participate as active member of the Executive Board

Vice President

• Perform duties of the President in the event of absence or disability of the President
• Perform duties as delegated by the President
• Plan annual Garden Party event
• Participate as active member of the Executive Board

Secretary

• Take board meeting minutes (or have someone available to do so in your absence)
• Act as custodian of official chapter records
• Work with President, Vice President and Treasurer to prepare required reports
• Participate as active member of the Executive Board

Treasurer

• Collect Chapter Mail at the Post Office
• Sort out and distribute mail to appropriate persons, primarily scholarship and membership
• Make bank deposits and recap on the deposit receipt the activity the check represents
• Prepare three (3) financial reports for all board meetings
• Treasurer’s Report showing bank statement balances, checks written, and deposits made
• A Balance Sheet Report
• A Cash Flow Report, which shows every single transaction the takes place
• Report reflects cash inflows (revenues), cash out flows (expenses) and a net inflow or outflow for each Chapter activity
• Report reconciles the transactions to the change in assets from the previous year-end to the current month being reported
• Reconcile each deposit to the Cash Flow Report’s activity
• Make sure the various Chapter Chairs’ reports, particularly Sports, Scholarship, and THON, as well as other Chapter events reconcile to the Treasurer’s Cash Flow report
• Prepare annually, an IRS Form 990Z for Tax Exempt organizations
• Information needs to be gathered over a five-year period
• Collection of aggregate contributions from any one individual over a certain threshold needs to be coordinated with all Chairs
• Participate as active member of the Executive Board
• Represent the chapter & board at Penn State events

Past President

• Provide historical insight on chapter opportunities and events
• Support the incoming President and executive board
• Update the chapter hotline monthly with chapter information and events
• Maintain the chapter clothing inventory
• Take the lead on special projects and requests as necessary 

Communications

• Ensure open and regular lines of communication between the chapter and local Penn State alumni
• Maintaining the chapter website
• Creating and distributing electronic newsletters for chapter members
• Creating and distributing an annual hard-copy newsletter and occasional postcard to all local alumni

Scholarship

• Fundraising
• Soliciting applications from students
• Reviewing applications
• Recommending the annual awards to students and contributions to the Chapter endowment fund for Board approval
• Coordinating the approved awards with the Chapter Treasurer and Penn State representative in the Office of Student Aid

Social

• Recruitment and management of social committee members
• Present and implement ideas to help PSU Alumni to get to know other Alumni and develop camaraderie
• Plan crossover events with other committees such as the Sports and Service
• Providing activities and events which focus on socialization, appreciation, recognition, wellness, and philanthropy

Service

• Recruitment and management of Service committee members
• Timely financial reporting
• Timely communications reporting
• Management of chapter- and university-based initiatives
• Conjunctive partnership with the Social chair and its respective committee members
• Timely replying to local chapter members interested in participation

Sports

• Manage the purchase and sale of chapter football tickets
• Plan chapter sports-related events (including annual bus trip to a football game) 

Membership

• Maintain chapter membership records
• Import membership data from paper forms to the chapter database
• Work with treasurer to balance membership financials
• Establish efforts to recruit new members and retain current members 

Parents Student Interaction

• Compile an annual directory of Chicago-are Penn State students and distribute the directory to the students
• Maintain communication with Chicago area parents and students, including inviting them to our annual Garden Party event  

Alumni Admissions

• Contacting students who have received offers of admission via LionsROAR;
• Coordinating volunteers for both college fairs, receptions, and open houses
• Working with Penn State to assure all fair volunteers have the appropriate materials
• Setting up training for the fall for the volunteers through Penn State
• Attending local college fairs as a representative of Penn State
• Assisting with student receptions and open houses
• Attending summer sendoff receptions hosted by the Alumni Association and the local alumni chapter

Members At Large

• Assist in involvement of planning an event
• Assist on special projects
• Assist committee chairs when as needed
• Attend and participate in board meetings