Westminster College has had an active American Chemical Society chapter for the past 13 years. The chapter leadership typically consists of a president, vice-president and various other supporting officer positions. In some years this leadership structure has functioned effectively, but in others, the demarcation of roles caused gaps where officers could not fulfill their chapter obligations and the positions did not allow for crossover of officer roles. This year the chapter restructured the leadership and formed a board of officers led by two co- presidents. Based on comparisons of past annual chapter reports with this year's executed activities, the chapter has seen more student involvement, a wider distribution of leadership responsibilities, greater chapter efficiency, and has coordinated more activities than previous years. We consider this restructure to be key in our success for this and upcoming years.

Restructuring chapter leadership: Co-presidency and joint chapter responsibilities increases chapter efficiency

245th National Meeting (2013)

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