I comped SCAS in the fall of my freshman year, and served on the board as social chair for two semesters beginning in the spring of freshman year. When my term on SCAS board as social chair was coming to a close, I decided on a whim to run for one of the two positions of executive director, the highest position within the organization. I wasn’t able to win the election, but I still decided to run for another position on SCAS board. Board positions are obtained based on interviews with the newly-elected executive directors, and I was assigned to my second choice for board position, social chair. The executive directors had appreciated the work I had been doing for SCAS as the social chair and believed that I would be able to lead this position to fulfill even greater potential. This is how I became the SCAS social chair for another year. 

Recently, SCAS moved to rename the position of social chair to Membership Engagement. I believe that this title reflects more properly what we do-- we not only organize events, but we think of different ways to engage our members through community initiatives.