NSSHLA Board
Email Address: slp_nsslha@stonybrook.edu
President: Laura Falk
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The president is the official representative of the Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Club. Responsibilities include preparing the agenda for all general body meetings and executive board meetings. The President holds the power to convene and preside over all meetings. Lastly, the president shall further perform duties as may be necessary and proper in fulfilling their office, subject to the executive board's approval. If the President cannot perform their duties (due to leave of absence, resignation, or impeachment), the Vice President will serve as the President for the remainder of the semester.
Vice President (and GSO): Maya Klatsky
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The Vice President shall be responsible for ensuring that standing committee chairpersons are fulfilling their duties, the technical and electronic duties, including but not limited to being the primary contact for the organization, for posting and updating all social media pages for organization; including leading general body meetings. The Vice President shall also perform the president's duties if a president takes a leave of absence, resigns, or is impeached. Lastly, the Vice President may be necessary and proper in fulfilling their office, subject to the executive board's approval.
Treasurer: Hailey Fajardo
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The Treasurer of NSSLHA is responsible for keeping a detailed record of money allotted to and raised by the organization. The Treasurer shall oversee any and all fundraising activities that the organization holds and is directly responsible for collecting all monies and allotting them to the proper parties. The Treasurer also shall perform such duties as may be necessary and proper in the fulfillment of their office, subject to the approval of the executive board.
Secretary: Tatyana Davis
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The Secretary shall take minutes and attend all of the meetings, and maintain an up-to-date active voting membership roster. The Secretary shall send out a weekly email outlining the agenda of the upcoming meeting, one school day before the meeting. The Secretary shall be responsible for requesting space and meeting with various campus partners to ensure the success of events. If the Secretary cannot perform their duties (due to leave of absence, resignation, or assumption of the presidency), a new Secretary will be elected in a special election called by the President.
Helena Angelakis and Nuvha Samad - Social Media
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The social media representatives are responsible for posting on the Stony Brook Graduate Program in Speech-Language Pathology Social Media accounts that align with Department guidelines. They create engaging and visually appealing posts for notable days in each month, as well as events/fundraisers held by NSSLHA & ASHA. Additionally, they create infographics for guest speaker events, fundraisers, and other initiatives to promote the events and educate our audiences. They also post on current events associated with the program, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, and the School of Health Professions. Their other responsibilities include taking photos at important events and uploading them to the social media accounts, coordinating SBU SLP apparel sales, and organizing and monitoring livestream events on the SBU SLP Facebook page.
Nuvha Samad and Harrison Fiumaro - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The job of the DEI representatives is to ensure all activities, events, programs, etc., are inclusive for everyone. They develop/practice initiatives for community outreach and reach out to professionals in the SLP field from various backgrounds to add to the DEI mentor list. They also obtain guest speakers of different backgrounds to speak on specific topics in the SLP field regarding marginalized groups and research and distribute articles that help bring awareness of diversity, equity, biases, etc., in the SLP field.
Melissa Blackmore - Event Planner
Description of Position and Responsibilities: The event coordinator facilitates and keeps in continuous contact with apparel representatives and coordinates with the cohort and other board members for their perspectives and opinions on the type or style of the apparel. They also set up/brainstorm ideas for fundraising events, coordinate with locations to donate (e.g., food drive, clothing drive, organizations), and aid in planning any other events that arise. They collaborate with Social Media Representatives on any overlapping responsibilities, create Google forms for events, send emails and make phone calls to coordinate/plan events with the other board members, and attend all board meetings and event meetings with the president and vice president.
