Chairs & Committees

Our National Committees help facilitate the completion of National goals which are revised each year at National Convention. We encourage all members to participate in our committees to help us with these goals and meet members from different Chapters.

If you are a member of Alpha Sigma Kappa and interested in joining a committee, please email the committee at the email listed below or log in to the website and navigate to the Membership Dashboard to submit the Committee Interest Form.

Standing Committees

National Convention Committee

Goal: Plan and ensure that National Convention happens every year or as otherwise specified.

2025 National Convention Chair (Knoxville): Grace Houghton (convention@ask-wits.com)

2026 National Convention Chair (Oklahoma City): Emma Bachman & Mary Matthews

Overseen By: ExDir

Social Media and PR Committee

Goal: Plan and execute posting on all official Alpha Sigma Kappa platforms to engage potential and current members of the National Organization. Work this year to make posts more personable and get more involvement

Committee Chair: Jenifer Henslee Peck (social-media@ask-wits.com) 

Overseen By: NDoC

National Documents Review Committee

Goal: Review current national governing documents to ensure clarity and matching operations with the National Organization. Focused on cleaning document formatting and updating Chapter Discipline upon Chapter feedback for 2025 Convention

Committee Chair: Mary Matthews (national-docs@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: ExDir

Newsletter Committee

Goal: To create and disseminate bi-annual National Organization newsletter to keep membership engaged and informed.

Committee Chair: Macy Comm (newsletter@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoC

Exploratory Committee

Goal: Continue to review opportunities to mitigate risk in the organization including identifying role of legal representation.

Committee Chairs: Theresa Jurisch (exploratory@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoO

Website Committee

Goal: Review membership database/website options available to the national organization. Work to maintain up-to-date documentation and membership information on the national website. Investigate integration between the National Website and Discord

Committee Chair: Gwen Kidder (website@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoC

National DonorsChoose Event Committee

Goal: Host additional annual virtual 5k to support DonorsChoose. Put together a lessons-learned document to support continued organization of such events.

Committee Chairs: Grace Houghton (philanthropy@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoF

Trademark/Copyright Committee

Goal: Sustain partnership with Affinity Licensing. Educate Membership on branding/licensing. Maintain up to date trademark filings.

Committee Chair: Ali KM (trademark@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoF

National Awards Committee

Goal: Create, oversee, and review nominations for Member awards, and determine award recipients. Update Awards Ceremony SOP for 2025 National Convention.

Committee Chair: Seeking committee chair! (awards@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoR

Closed Goal Committee

Goal: Put together proposals as needed regarding closed meeting content

Committee Chair: Mary Matthews (closed-goal@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: ExDir

Membership Development Committee

Goal: Update and maintain existing continuous education modules. Create mental health module.

Committee Chairs: Candace Heitner (membership-development@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoM


Non-Standing Committees

Emergency Response Planning Committee

Goal:  Develop plan for NBoD response to emergencies (e.g., extreme weather, wildfires, school shooting, other catastrophic events), with a focus on getting what the committee has already worked on put into proposal format to be submitted as a proposal(s) for 2025 convention

Committee Chair: Caitlyn Yakim (emergency-response-planning@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoO

Traditions Committee

Goal: Establish methods to create traditions alive as older members/classes leave the active chapters.

Committee Chair: Val Figueroa (traditions@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoE

Alum Exploration Committee

Goal: Investigate changes/additions to the structure of Alum Chapters/Membership including the ability to form Regional Alum Chapters/Groups and its impact.

Committee Chair: Rebecca Bartlett (alum-exploration@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoM

Continuing Membership Committee

Goal: Determine method for a Member to transfer Universities and either join an existing ASK Chapter or start a new one.

Committee Chair: Erin Cooper and Mary Matthews (continuing-membership@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoE

Leadership Consultant Program Management Committee

Goal: Investigate structural changes required to the National Organization Constitution and supporting documents to best support the LC and NDoO operations moving forwards.

Committee Chair: Madeline Fines (lc-management@ask-wits.com)

Overseen By: NDoO