Organizational structure: |
The President (Grand Basileus) leads the organization in collaboration with the executive board. The executive board is elected by the membership every two years at the National meeting (Boule), and is composed of the President (Grand Basielus) Vice President( First Grand Anti-Basileus), Second Vice President (Second Grand Anti-Basileus), Financial Secretary (Grand Grammateus , Treasurer (Grand Tamiochus), Secretary (Grand Anti-Gramateus), Historian/Public Relations (Grand Epitholeus), and Editor in Chief (Chief of the Aurora). The organization is supported by the headquarters staff which is lead by the Executive Director. There are five Regional Directors (Syntaktei), five Undergraduate Chapter Coordinators (UCC) and five Youth Service Coordinators (YSC) one each for the Central region, Northeast region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, and Western Region. Each region is composed of multiple chapters from various states and territories. Each of the five regions is lead by a Regional Director and has its own executive board. Each chapter is lead by a President (Basileus) and has an executive board. Representatives from the chapters in the respective regions are elected every two years to represent the chapters at the regional level. The Central region includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Korea, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Bermuda. The Southeast Region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands. The Southwest Region includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas and the Western Region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Sigma Public Education and Research (SPEAR) is a official 501 c (3) organization of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc which increases the availability of resources to local chapters and community based organizations (CBOs) so that they can design and administer effective programs for the community. SPEAR goals include empowering minorities and women with tools and skills to become economically self-sufficient, developing programmatic activities that focus on family preservation, developing health initiatives that increases the awareness of minorities and women and developing education initiatives that empower impoverished women to become effective advocates for themselves, their children and their community. The National Education Fund, Inc. (NEF) provides scholarship aid to needy students of all races and conducts educational programs to enhance the quality of life. The Seven Pearls Foundation focuses on building strategic partnerships and securing corporate and grant funding. |