ASWWU Legislative Affairs Council
Membership:
Voting Members:
- ASWWU Vice President for Governmental Affairs (Chair): Sophia Maynard (asvp.gov@wwu.edu)
- CAP Coordinator of Legislative Affairs (Vice Chair): Chris Rosenquist (cola@wwu.edu)
- CAP Local Action Coordinator: Stella Keating
- 1 ASWWU Senator At-Large (appointed by ASWWU Senate): Aniyah Sterling
- 4-6 Students At-Large (Appointed by ASWWU Executive Board)
- Mia Hale
- Dibora Markos
- Eliza Hyche
- Freya Saunders
- Bailey Woolard
- 1 Student Staff member from the Sustainability Engagement Institute (Selected by SEI)
- Vacant
- 3 Student Staff members from the Centers (1 each from DAC, LQBTQ+, MSS)
- Gabriel Kelly
- Maritza Guzman Lopez
- Vacant
Non-Voting Members:
- Student Government Assistant (Secretary): Bren Anderson (as.sgas@wwu.edu)
- Advisor: Adam Lorio(lorioa@wwu.edu)
Purpose:
Legislative Affairs Council serves to increase student representation by:
- Encouraging civic engagement and student participation in the political process.
- Creating, reviewing, and proposing Local, State, Federal, and other proposed Legislative and Administrative Agendas to the Associated Students of Western Washington University (ASWWU) Board of Directors.
- Submitting recommendations to the Washington Student Association (WSA) regarding the statewide Legislative Agenda.
- Establishing contact with elected officials to ensure that student perspectives are being considered at all levels of government.
- Formulating policy positions for all matters concerning students in higher education for approval by the AS Board of Directors.
- Reviewing funding request proposals, making financial decisions, and monitoring the expenditures of student funds paid to the Legislative Action Fund.
- Approving a budget for the Legislative Action Fund in areas designed to more directly represent Western Students at the local, state and federal level, which follows the LAF budget policy.
