Interested in Joining a Committee?

View our opportunities below and contact Charran James, AUID President with specific questions, or the board member listed below each committee to get started.

Board representative shall be determined on a year-to-year basis

  • Creates and review AUID diversity policy and practices
  • Create and maintain partnerships with vendors and other professional organizations       
  • Create policies relating to vendor memberships or other professional reciprocal organizations

Contact Melissa Marriott at mmarriott@illinois.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative shall be 2nd VP

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Works with ACUI to create and distribute member roster
  • Creates policy pertaining to membership requirements (types of membership-alumni, etc.)
  • Generate ideas on expanding membership/recruiting new members
  • Create and promote new member benefits (member scholarships, LBD subscription, etc.)
  • Create policy for membership renewals and data collected
  • Create privacy policy and how/what member information may be disclosed to outside parties

Contact Sarah Rakestraw at srakestraw@auburn.edu if you are interested.

Board Representatives shall be Publicist and Secretary

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representatives
  • Create and review content/posts to be sent via social media accounts (actual posts sent to ACUI for posting)
  • Keep website updates and current (feed info to ACUI for actual changes)
  • Writes/compiles articles for LBD magazine
  • Compile announcements/upcoming events/etc. for publication/distribution to members (ACUI will send the actual communication)
  • Generate ideas and policies for future marketing/communications
  • Create policy for branding standards/guidelines for use of AUID logo (work with ACUI)
  • Oversee adherence to AUID branding standards use by outside parties
  • Create Clearstory and send to 1st VP for editing/approval

Contact Courtney Bell at cmbell3@bsu.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative shall be Historian

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Maintain records and historical data/documents/images of AUID organization
  • Work with ACUI to create database of knowledge for member reference
  • Gather research that AUID members may have completed for reference by other members

Contact Rachelle Falcon at rfalc3@lsuhsc.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative to be Director at Large

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Recruits/selects location for future conferences
  • Maintains list of past and future conference locations (send to ACUI/Communications Committee for addition to website)
  • Work with ACUI and “host” to handle logistics of the conference (registrations fees/deadlines, CEU selection, venue selection, transportation, agenda, catering, etc.)
  • Creates policies/procedures for conference planning

Contact Laura Werts at willi426@purdue.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative to be Director at Large

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Creates policy/procedures pertaining to student scholarship applications
  • Review and select winners for student scholarship
  • Gather student bio info for recognition and distribution to membership
  • Creates policy/procedures pertaining to member scholarships
  • AUID Board will set annual budget for total scholarship funds available for disbursement
  • Distributes funds (working with ACUI/Treas.) for all scholarships appropriately

Contact Whitney Brock at whitneybrock@auburn.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative to be Director at Large

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Creates policy/procedure for design competition rules/regulations
  • Locate judges for design competition and tally scores for entries
  • Work with ACUI/ Conference committee on logistics pertaining to awards banquet (printing boards, creating certificates, presentation of awards, etc.)
  • Act as Emcee and create presentation of awards and recognition for banquet
  • Create and distribute wall plaque awards to competition winners after conference
  • Create/distribute any other awards/recognition to members deemed appropriate by committee (certificates for lengthy membership, etc.)

Contact Kara Holland at kmressler@indiana.edu if you are interested.

Board Representative to be Director at Large

  • Select a chairperson to report to Board representative
  • Create policy/procedures for AUID webinar CEU series (content, fees, registration methods, etc.)
  • Offer input for CEU topics/presenters to Conference committee if requested
  • Promote other professional development opportunities (partner vendors CEUs, upcoming testing for certifications, etc.) to membership
  • Offer topics for discussion/set agenda for AUID Round Tables
  • Generate any future professional development ideas for members (mentorships, wellness checks, Neocon breakfasts, panel discussion invitations, etc.)

Contact Becky Owens at bowens@ringling.edu if you are interested.