Serve on the Committee

Committee functions

Four roles, one committee.

The committee runs 6–8 members deep through the year. Most people own one primary function, with overlap depending on bandwidth.

Relationship Counselor

Every mentor–mentee pair gets an RC who checks in on them monthly. A fly-on-the-wall role — you catch friction early and keep the pair on track. This is the committee's biggest job.

Interviewer

A small team from the committee reads applications and runs mentee interviews from late February through early March. About 10–15 minutes each, 2–4 core questions.

Social-media lead

The EDGE Instagram (@areaa_edge_mentorship), the Facebook group, and the graphics campaigns through the year. The "two mentors profiled per day" rhythm during application season is the repeatable engine.

Sub-committee chair

Specific lanes — sponsorship, EDGEucation curriculum, alumni engagement, chapter coordination — get a lead who owns that work across the year.

Who's a candidate

You're a strong fit if…

You've been an EDGE mentee or you've shown up as a leader at the chapter level.
You can give the time across the year — monthly RC check-ins, interview rounds, social campaigns.
You're interested in the long game — committee, then maybe VC, then maybe chair.

How committee members get in

Two ways in. We interview either way.

Direct invitation

The chair and VC tap people from past groups. Most members start this way — they were strong mentees who slid naturally into a committee role.

Open application

Open application opens at the start of each year. However you surface, we interview before we confirm a seat.

The pipeline

Mentee → committee → VC → chair.

The committee is how leadership grows in EDGE. The pattern we've seen play out year after year:

Year 1

You join as a mentee

A year together with your mentor, the workshops, the capstone.

Year 2

You join the committee

Usually as a Relationship Counselor for the next group. You see the program from the inside.

Year 3–4

Sub-committee lead or interviewer

You own a track. You start shaping how the program runs.

Year 4–5

Vice Chair

You partner with the chair on execution and continuity. You're up next.

Year 5–6

Chair

You lead the year. You recruit mentors at NC. You shape the group.

Not everyone walks the whole arc — and we don't ask them to. The pipeline is there for people who want it, not a requirement. Most committee members find a level that fits their life and stay there.

Alumni community

You're alumni for life.

Once you've served on the committee, you're part of EDGE forever. Workshop access stays with you year after year, alumni events and gatherings stay open to you, and the network you joined doesn't expire when your year of service ends.

Serve on the committee.