Note: The roles of President/Vice-President/Secretary/Treasurer include additional monthly meetings.
President:
The role of the President is to maintain communication among all leaders of NLVS at the chapter, committee, and executive board levels, as well as with the Board of Directors. The main duty is to coordinate and oversee all NLVS activities and NLVS projects, events, and plans. Prior experience with NLVS on either an executive board or chapter level is preferred but not required.
Vice-President:
The role of the Vice-President is to assist in all NLVS activities and decisions, including working with the President to weigh in on project proposals and provide guidance to the other executive board members. The Vice-President also oversees all chapter presidents and meets with them to discuss the big picture of their chapters and keep them on track for accomplishing goals and projects. In addition, the Vice-President works with the Secretary to work on new chapter development.
Secretary:
The Secretary is responsible for managing the flow of information throughout the organization. The Secretary takes notes at meetings, collects and reviews meeting minutes from all committees and assimilates them into a monthly report for the NLVS CEO, and maintains the public NLVS email account. This individual is also responsible for background work, such as ensuring that all forms are up-to-date and available at all times, as well as miscellaneous tasks to further organizational goals. The Secretary is also responsible for working with the Vice-President to lead the committee that oversees all chapter presidents and puts an emphasis on undergraduate NLVS chapter interactions. In addition, the Secretary works with the Vice-President to work on new chapter development.
Treasurer:
The role of the Treasurer involves managing all monetary transactions, which includes depositing funds to the NLVS bank account in a timely manner, producing financial reports on a monthly basis, and working side-by-side with the Fundraising and Publicity Chairs to lead the fundraising/publicity committee. The Treasurer also researches and applies for grants to benefit our NLVS mission.
Fundraising:
The role of the Fundraising Chair is to raise funds through outreach efforts to support the volunteering society and free clinic. The Fundraising Chair, along with the Treasurer and Publicity chair, leads the fundraising/publicity committee to plan the largest fundraiser of the year, the NLVS Silent Auction & Gala. They also organize other fundraising events throughout the year that encompass all NLVS chapters, and help committee members plan monthly fundraisers at their own schools.
Publicity:
The Publicity Chair is responsible for advertising and promoting NLVS, the free health clinic, and all events affiliated with NLVS. The Publicity Chair works closely with all committees to accurately communicate NLVS activities to the public via a regular newsletter, which spreads information about NLVS to create a stronger presence locally, nationally, and internationally. The Publicity Chair also helps with the NLVS website and all other social media outlets affiliated with NLVS, and works closely with the Treasurer and Fundraising Chair to lead the fundraising/publicity committee.
Student Involvement:
The Student Involvement Chair schedules volunteer students for clinic each Saturday and coordinates volunteers for all clinic, fundraising, and charitable events. They oversee NLVS mentorship programs. They also hold student orientation and recruitment events. The Student Involvement Chair works with other committee chairs to help ensure that all events have enough personnel, and works with the Physician Involvement/Patient Services Chairs to lead their committee.
Physician Involvement:
The Physician Involvement Chair recruits and supports physicians throughout the year, working to expand the physician database and ensures that physicians are also recruited for community-based health education, and international medical service trips. The Physician Involvement Chair works with other committee chairs to help ensure that all events have enough physician personnel, and works with the Student Involvement/Patient Services Chairs to lead their committee.
Patient Services:
The Patient Services Chair ensures that all patients at our free health clinic receive comprehensive quality care and expands the range of sustainable services that are offered at the clinic. They work closely with the Student & Physician Involvement Chairs to lead their committee in implementing projects that improve the quality of care provided to our patients. Some of these projects include assessment of current services offered, patient referral services, translation services, and subspecialty clinics.
Community Service:
The goals of the Community Service Chair and committee are to provide quality community service opportunities in the local area by setting up new relationships while also building upon existing programs. In addition, the Community Service chair will work with the Global Health Chair to lead their committee in strengthening our global and regional service efforts.
Global Health:
The role of the Global Health Chair is to organize global initiatives to provide aid to those in need. The duties for this position entail establishing ties with programs globally, creating relationships with national and international relief efforts in the face of natural disasters, and organizing opportunities for students to aid in these efforts by going on mission trips or forming other support methods remotely. They work with the Community Service chair to lead their committee.
Health Education:
The main role of the Health Education Chair is to oversee health education projects that take place at the clinic, outside healthcare functions, and at the various schools affiliated with NLVS. In addition, the Health Education Chair will help create and revise all health information documents used to educate people in need. The Health Education Chair, along with the Patient Services Chair, will plan and execute the Shared Medical Appointments health education sessions at the clinic with the help of the entire committee. They will work closely with the Tutoring chair to lead their committee.
Tutoring:
The main role of the Tutoring Chair is to oversee the NLVS Tutoring Program. The Tutoring Chair leads their committee with the Health Education Chair, and aims to organize K-12 tutoring activities on an NLVS-wide level, including student volunteers from all chapters. The Tutoring Chair will also ensure that all tutoring sessions have enough tutors, maintain and expand our tutoring database, and make NLVS volunteers aware of additional tutoring opportunities.
