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01 / Team — national board

Run by students. Advised by people who have done the work.

The national board is elected each spring by the ten chapter leads. Officers serve one year and are enrolled undergraduates for the whole of it.

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02 / National board2026–27 · terms end May 2027
02.1
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President
Purdue · ’27
02.2
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Vice President, Operations
George Washington · ’27
02.3
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Director of Chapters
Vanderbilt · ’28
02.4
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Director of Fellowships
Harvard · ’27
02.5
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Director of Partnerships
NC State · ’28
02.6
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Editor, The Dispatch
Wisconsin–Madison · ’28
03 / Chapter leads10 stations · elected by chapter
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04 / Advisory council3 advisers · non-voting
04.1
Faculty adviser

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Purdue University · School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

04.2
Industry adviser

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Former program executive, defense prime

04.3
Government adviser

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Retired senior civil servant, Department of Defense