An Educational Counselor (EC) provides vital assistance to the Office of Admissions. ECs discover and recruit potential candidates, interview applicants, and serve as a community resource. Each EC is appointed for a 3-year term.

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Corporate donation matching helps amplify the dollar impact of donations by 3 - 4x! Each year, MIT receives matching gifts from 1,000+ alumni donors, but we’ve heard many alumni are still not aware of how to best utilize their corporate gift matching programs. The Corporate Matching Gift Ambassador will join two-three other volunteers from different companies in a pilot program during fiscal year 2022-23. The volunteer will be a bridge between MIT and alumni within their company, sharing helpful information to build engagement and successful matching donations through their employee matching gift program.

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The role of the Vice Chairperson (VC) varies depending on the size of the region in which you are serving. However, all VCs need to have web access, as well as an email address, in addition to being supportive of MIT and enthusiastic about meeting both young people and other alumni/ae. 

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The Regional Chairperson (RC), is an essential role within the Educational Council that will allow you to build relationships with MIT alumni/ae and become a vital conduit of communications between the Council and Admissions Office, ECs, a Vice Chairperson (VC), and the high schools and young people in your region. 

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Tech Mentors are responsible for helping fellow alumni who are transitioning into roles related to the use of the MIT Alumni Online Community. At a high level, such help will address basic technical onboarding, introduce design possibilities and best practices, assist with troubleshooting and testing, gather and help prioritize platform enhancement requests, assist with documentation, and monitor communications that present emerging problems. 

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The MIT Alumni Online Community Tech Mentor Chair is responsible for the overall planning and feature definition of the Online Community Mentor Program in coordination with AA staff, the day-to-day operational management, and management of the mentors. The Tech Mentor Chair also functions as a group mentor and takes a hands-on role in managing the work related to the knowledge base maintenance and forum moderating. helping fellow alumni who are transitioning into roles related to the use of the MIT Alumni Online Community. At a high level, such help will address basic technical onboarding, introducing design possibilities and best practices, troubleshooting and testing, gathering and prioritizing platform enhancement requests, assisting with documentation, and monitoring communications that present emerging problems.  

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The class president serves as chief leader of the class, representing the class to MIT and the Alumni Association and ensuring that class events and communications are planned and executed successfully, especially for quinquennial reunions. As class president, this volunteer partners with the Association as a liaison between the class, MIT leadership, students, and other alumni and volunteers.

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The vice president serves as a working officer of the class and is ready and willing to serve as class president should the sitting president be unable, for whatever reason, to fulfill the duties of that position.

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The class secretary plays an important role in connecting the class to the Institute and vice versa. Class secretaries reach out to classmates six times per year to collect news and updates. Secretaries are responsible for compiling these notes and submitting them to the MIT Technology Review to be published in the Class Notes section. 

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The class treasurer serves as chief financial and fiduciary officer for the class, reporting on class finances as needed, no less than once per year. He or she is expected to act proactively if problems arise, in conjunction with class officers and the Alumni Association. The treasurer, in conjunction with AA staff and class officers, should also provide up to date information about where class funds are housed (we strongly recommend keeping all class accounts at the MIT Federal Credit Union) or invested, and take steps to ensure that there is always an MIT signatory on all class accounts.

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The webmaster is responsible for maintaining the class website. The webmaster will work closely with the other officers to determine what will make the class website informative and engaging.  The webmaster then will work to implement this vision.

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Class members-at-large serve as working officers of the class ready and willing to accept special assignments from the class president. Members-at-large work with the class president and other officers in planning, organizing, and implementing class programs, especially reunion activities. Members-at-large are often elected with the purpose of serving as early members of a reunion committee. 

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With the guidance of Annual Giving staff, Class Agents will conduct personal outreach to a select group of classmates during peak giving times to renew support of MIT and steward donors. Class Agents will encourage loyal philanthropic support of MIT, build class participation, and make the case for giving to MIT, particularly for unrestricted and scholarship support. Class Agents will also steward classmates for their gifts to MIT, serving as an additional touchpoint and engagement opportunity.

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Under the leadership of the Reunion Gift Co-chair(s) and guidance of Annual Giving staff, the committee will conduct personal outreach from October through June to build class participation and encourage leadership, loyalty, and upgraded reunion gifts, making the case for giving to MIT, particularly for unrestricted and scholarship support. 

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The class president, in consultation with the Alumni Association, recruits the reunion committee chair(s). The chair in turn works with staff to recruit a committee. The selection of the reunion committee should be completed 10-12 months before the reunion. Working with Association staff, the committee promotes the class reunion events, encourages classmates to attend, and provides feedback on the event content. The class events occur as part of MIT’s Tech Reunions.

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Working with Alumni Association staff and the reunion chair, the committee promotes the class reunion events, encourages classmates to attend, and provides feedback on the event planning.

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Reunion Ambassadors will keep their MIT friends and a broader network of classmates up to date on the reunion and encourage them to attend. As a Reunion Ambassador, you will work with the Alumni Association staff, Reunion Programming Committee, and fellow ambassadors on creating a personal outreach strategy for their reunion and executing this strategy.

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With guidance from Annual Giving staff and the Office of Gift Planning, the Planned Giving Chair serves on the Reunion Gift Committee and promotes ways for classmates to support the Class Reunion Gift Campaign with documented bequests and/or contributions to Life Income Funds (e.g. CRUTs, CGAs, DCGAs), shares information about the Katharine Dexter McCormick (1904) Society (the Society for those who have made provisions for gifts to come to MIT after their lifetimes), and acts as an inspiration and resource for classmates with questions and inquiries about planned gifts during a reunion year. 

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With guidance from Annual Giving staff, the Reunion Gift Co-chairs recruit, motivate, and lead a committee of volunteers to build class participation and encourage leadership, loyalty, and upgraded reunion gifts.  Along with the committee, Co-chairs conduct personal outreach to classmates from October through June 2025, and make the case for giving to MIT, particularly for unrestricted and scholarship support. 

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With guidance from Annual Giving staff, the Leadership Giving Chair conducts focused outreach to fellow classmates with the goal of securing gifts at the MIT Annual Giving Leadership Circle level of $2,500+, increasing class participation, and making the case for giving to MIT, particularly for unrestricted and scholarship support. 

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With guidance from Annual Giving staff, the Participation Chair conducts focused solicitation to classmates with priority attention given to renewing gifts from MIT Annual Giving Loyalty Circle donors. They aim to increase class participation in the reunion year by making the case for giving to MIT, particularly for unrestricted and scholarship support.

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The President is the chief officer of the Club, setting annual objectives and goals and ensuring the achievement of said goals. The President should be responsible for volunteer cultivation.

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The Vice President of Membership establishes and executes an annual membership solicitation plan for the recruitment and retention of dues-paying members.

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The Vice President of Programs establishes and executes annual program plan for the number and type of events the Club will host.

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The Vice President of Communications and Marketing will be responsible for creating lines of communication between the Board and the alumni living in the Club area.

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The club secretary plays an important role in recording the activities of the group on an ongoing basis, a record to be passed down to future club leaders. The club secretary is responsible for collecting items and composing an agenda for board meetings, recording and distributing meeting minutes, and collecting and facilitating amendments to the club bylaws as needed.

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The club treasurer serves as chief financial and fiduciary officer for the club, reporting on club finances as needed, not less than once per year. He or she is expected to act proactively if problems arise, in conjunction with club officers and the Alumni Association. The treasurer, in conjunction with Alumni Association staff and club officers, should also provide up-to-date information about where club funds are housed (we strongly recommend keeping all club accounts at the MIT Federal Credit Union) and take steps to ensure that there is always an MIT Alumni Association signatory on all club accounts.

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A Regional Ambassador is appointed by the MITAA Liaison responsible for the territory. Each Regional Ambassador will serve as the primary contact person and link between the alumni in their area and the Alumni Association.

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In partnership with Resource Development, CDC members are committed to and seek to engage others in philanthropically supporting the Institute's scholarship and research mission to address the challenges of the 21st century. The Chair of the Corporation, the President, and the Executive Vice President and Treasurer serve as ex officio members.

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Term directors must represent both the diversity and wide volunteer activity of the alumni body. They should be representative of the variety of volunteer activities of the Association and the Institute, as well as representative of the wide diversity among the alumni body as related to geography, age, gender, ethnicity, career path, and degree status (undergraduate/graduate). They should possess broad perspectives the long range goals of the Association and its constituencies of alumni, students and friends of MIT. Term directors should bring a breadth of experience and points of view. Diplomacy, leadership and candor desired. They must be able to attend four meetings a year and sit on at least one sub-committee of the board. They must be willing to engage in Association events, outreach, and MIT Annual Giving, as well as encourage others to do so.

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The president of the Association Board of Directors is the Association’s chief volunteer leader. It is the responsibility of the president to represent the alumni body to MIT. The president often serves as ambassador and representative of both the Association and MIT. The president works closely with the chief executive officer to promote the long-range vision for Association service to MIT alumni and to the Institute. The president manages the Association Board of Directors and the Presidents Committee, its executive committee. The president visits with alumni groups as often as is feasible and presides at key alumni events on campus including Technology Day and the Alumni Leadership Conference. The president, in consultation with the Board of Directors, appoints alumni to serve as the chairpersons of the various boards and committees of the Association.

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The key objective of the Club and Group Council is to gather together alumni groups with similar attributes in order to build relationships among these groups, and between Alumni Association and these alumni groups. The Councils help fulfill the Association’s charge to be a gateway to the MIT alumni community and make good on its purpose to provide services and resources that strengthen alumni ties to MIT and to each other.

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The Alumni Association Selection Committee (AASC) selects the members of the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors: President, President-select and Term Directors. The AASC appoints the Term Directors and the President, in its sole discretion.

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The Awards Committee selects alumni and others for recognition with one of the Association’s top volunteer leadership awards – the Bronze Beaver Award, the Henry B. Kane ’24 Award, the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award, the Margaret L. A. MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award, the George B. Morgan ’20 Award, the Great Dome Award, and Honorary Membership in the Association. This committee also has the authority to recommend to the Board of Directors other special awards that they may deem appropriate or suggest removal of award categories that are no longer appropriate.

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The MIT Annual Giving Board is a committee of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and works in concert with the Institute to set goals for MIT Annual Giving. The MIT Annual Giving Board publishes a report of annual gifts to the Institute. The Annual Giving Board works with the staff to solicit annual gifts from alumni for any MIT purpose. The Annual Giving Board advises on annual giving goals and objectives, and monitors progress toward the achievement of these goals.

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The MIT Annual Giving Leadership Circle is a fellowship of the Institute’s annual leadership donors who make gifts of $2,500 or more. There are graduated levels for students and young alumni. This group of alumni, students, parents, and friends sustain the Institute with their philanthropy, representing more than 80 percent of Annual Giving dollars raised. Leadership Circle donors receive special recognition as well as invitations to exclusive stewardship events. The goals of the circle are to increase outreach to leadership donors and encourage upgraded levels of support, to promote loyal leadership support, to build a base of volunteers who are committed to increasing membership in the circle, and to communicate membership in the circle as an annual commitment to sustain a strong level of giving.

The Chair of the Annual Giving Leadership Circle primarily aims to create a sense of belonging to a large network of leadership donors who share a passion for supporting MIT.

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The Annual Giving Loyalty Circle was created to thank and honor the community of alumni, parents, and friends who are loyal consecutive donors to MIT. Through this recognition circle, we create and foster a sense of community and pride among the Institute’s loyal annual supporters. The Annual Giving Loyalty Circle encourages continued annual support from its widespread loyal donor base through increased targeted outreach and the support of the chair. Membership represents a dedicated annual commitment.

The Chair of the Annual Giving Loyalty Circle primarily aims to create a sense of belonging to a large network of loyal donors who share a passion for supporting MIT every year.

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The Alumni Association nominates fifteen alumni nominees to the Corporation and approximately six alumni members to each of the 30 Corporation visiting committees. The members of the Association’s Corporation Nominating Committee are responsible for suggesting alumni for these positions. In general, three alumni are appointed each year as alumni nominees to the Corporation, and alumni seats on visiting committees (up to six per committee) are considered for committees not meeting during that calendar year. A slate of alumni nominees is proposed for confirmation by the Association’s committee after the various department heads and deans have reviewed the nominees.

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The Graduate Alumni Council (GAC) serves as an advisory group to the Alumni Association on matters involving graduate alumni engagement and represents the interests of the graduate alumni community to the MIT Alumni Association. GAC is a vital part of launching new programs and initiatives to connect graduate alumni to each other and the Institute. Graduate Student Exclusive (GSE) alumni make up over 50% of the living MIT alumni population. GAC objectives will be re-evaluated every two years.

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The Leadership Development Committee works closely with the MITAA community and assists the other Nominations Committees in identification, recruitment, recognition, and retention of alumni/ae volunteers. These talented, passionate MIT alumni/ae volunteers serve as leaders across the Institute, the MIT Corporation, and the Association. The LDC’s main goal in performing these responsibilities is to foster relevant and insightful perspectives from a diverse range of backgrounds, geographies, ethnicities, genders, professions, and life experiences in order to best help the Association achieve its vision for generations to come: engage and inspire the global MIT community to make a better world. 

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The principal responsibility of this committee is to offer guidance and advice to the Association regarding strategic direction and emergent concerns. The committee will review and offer advice on the programs, services and functions of the MIT Alumni Association and assist with vetting new ideas and modifying or sunsetting legacy programs. In this work, members will partner with staff to draw on, as well as help evolve and apply, performance and satisfaction metrics.

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