Current Officers and Committees

The Society is governed by its Board of (twelve) directors. Three members are elected each year at the annual business meeting, for four - year terms. Between the two Board meetings, which occur at the annual meeting in January, the Society is governed by the Executive Committee of the Board.

The main function of the Society is its Annual Meeting, whose program is designed by the Program Committee. Intellectual leadership is provided by the President, whose one-year term ends with a scholarly address to the membership assembled at the Annual Meeting. A Vice President is elected each year, and rises to the Presidency in the following year .

Day-by-day administration is handled by the Executive Director and the Associate Executive Director, operating from offices at Concordia College in Moorhead and St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The Nominating Committee is appointed by the Vice President, while the Program Committee largely overlaps the Executive Committee. The Professional Conduct Committee, appointed by the President with rolling three-year terms, meets to address allegations of misconduct--none of which have occurred since the Committee was initiated in 2001. The International Speakers Fund raises and disburses funds designated to support major speakers from abroad.

While all these committees function from year to year, with terms varying from one to three years, there are also adhoc committees, formed as needed for carrying out specific mandates. These include search committees, which are appointed by the President as needed, to identify and vet candidates for term positions within the Society, most notably that of Executive Director and the editor(s) of the Journal of the SCE at five-year intervals.