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Student Government Association

Structure and History

Executive Cabinet

Executive Cabinet Structure. See the text version below.

Here is the text-based version of the Executive Cabinet structure:

  1. President
    1. Chief of Staff – Deputy Chiefs of Staff
      1. Executive Advisor to the President
      2. Treasurer
      3. Attorney General
      4. Press Secretary
      5. Chief Administrative Officer
        • Director of Communications
        • Director of Engagement
        • Director of Strategic Initiatives
        • Director of IT and Webmaster
        • Director of Programming
        • Director of Environmental Affairs

History

Founded in 1914, The University of Alabama’s Student Government Association (SGA) was established as a central advocacy organization to give the student body representation in university decisions. In an effort to provide a unified voice for students, the university recognized the student body as one of the shared governance groups at The Capstone. Today, the shared governance of the university is composed of UA Administration, the Faculty Senate, the Professional Staff Assembly, the Office, Clerical, and Technical Staff Assembly, and The SGA.Since its inception, the SGA has fostered an experiential learning environment for students at the university to train themselves in democratic proceedings, student self-governance, community-oriented programming, and servant leadership.

The SGA has seen several of its notable predecessors go on to serve in Alabama state and federal offices, including:

  • J. Lister Hill, the organization’s founder, who served for the state of Alabama over 45 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
  • Libby Anderson Cater, the first female to serve as SGA President, who served on former POTUS Jimmy Carter’s Commission on Women
  • Robert Smith Vance, U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
  • Don E. Siegelman, who served Alabama as Secretary of State, Attorney General, and governor
  • John Merrill, who served as Alabama’s Secretary of State
  • Katie Boyd Britt, current United States Senator representing the state of Alabama

The University of Alabama’s SGA strives to continue promoting a culture that instills servant leadership in its members so that its constituents may serve societal needs on a larger scale beyond the institution.

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