Wayne Women LEAD encourages women in administration and those who aspire to leadership to join our organization. There are two ways to become involved. Those two ways are intertwined in our commitment to provide programming that supports women in leadership and those who aspire to be.

Planning committee

The planning committee works with the IR's to plan on-campus events that promote the goals of Wayne Women LEAD as well as the MI-ACE Women's Network. Planning committee member drives occur at the same time IR self-nominations are solicited. Here is a list of current planning comittee members.

For more information please email us at waynewomenlead@wayne.edu.

Institutional Representatives

Institutional Representatives (IR's) are appointed by the president, representing academic and administrative shared leadership. IR's also serve as the co-chairs of the WWL Planning committee. Terms of service are two years long, alternating every other year. Therefore, each year one IR steps down and another is appointed for a two-year term. Self-nominations are solicited each year during the winter semester and selections are made in time for the new IR to step in during the summer. If you are interested in this position, please look for our email announcements during the winter semester. Here is a list of our current IRs.

The following responsibilities are taken directly from the MI-ACE Women's Network IR web page.

Role of Institutional Representatives

Serve as the institution's official representative to the MI-ACE Women's Network. At minimum:

• Participate in one IR event,
• Attend the annual state conference, and
• Submit the IR annual report.

Additional duties include:

• Enlist the support of other women at your institution by assessing needs and facilitating institutional professional development programming that represents the mission of the MI-ACE Women's Network.
• Establish and/or collaborate with other campus programs/activities focusing on women.
• Educate women at your institution about the Network's mission and major initiatives (e.g. annual conference, Young Women Strong Leaders, Women of Color Collaborative, public policy agenda).
• Facilitate communication with women throughout your institution by disseminating information provided by MI-ACE regarding opportunities for professional development, job shadowing, and professional advancement; grant/research funding; call for papers/proposals from MI-ACE, its members institutions or national ACE.
• Encourage attendance by women at your institution at the Annual Statewide Conference, Young Women Strong Leaders Conferences, Women of Color Collaborative and other programs sponsored by the MI-ACE Women's Network.
• Keep your institution's president (or administrator designated by the president) informed of the Michigan ACE Women's Network strategic goals and activities. You are important in the feedback loop to the president.

Institutional Representative Service Commitment

Service as an Institutional Representative (appointed by the presidents of member institutions) provides an opportunity for women to exercise leadership on their campuses and to identify as well as develop emerging women faculty and staff leaders.

Service includes, at minimum:

• Serve for a two-year term.
• Dedicate an average of 6 hours per month.
• Attend one Annual State Conference in Lansing, typically in June.
• Lead the Wayne Women LEAD's Planning Committee which meets monthly.
• Submit the Institutional Representative Annual Report to the MI-ACE Network.
• Enlist the support of other women at our institution by assessing needs and facilitating institutional professional development programming that represents the mission of the MI-ACE Women's Network.
• Keep our institution's president informed of the Michigan ACE Women's Network strategic goals and activities.

To be eligible to serve as an Institutional Representative, you must:

• Be actively employed at Wayne State University, in good standing,
• Be able to meet all service requirements
• Priority will be given to those with Wayne Women LEAD experience.