Role Guide

Vice President, Member Development

Accountable for leading the chapter's member development experience through the Balanced Man Program, fostering continuous growth throughout each brother's undergraduate experience — not just during the new member period.

Key responsibility areas

Leads and improves the Balanced Man Program to ensure relevant, values-based member development.
Coordinates developmental programming and leaders, including challenge coordinators, committees and chapter partners.
Monitors member progress and engagement, addressing gaps and ensuring timely challenge completion.
Leverages internal and external resources — alumni, university partners and subject-matter experts — to strengthen programming.

Leadership skills to develop

Coaching & Mentoring: Develops and supports challenge coordinators and other chapter leaders.
Influence & Collaboration: Builds relationships, gains buy-in and guides leaders without direct authority.
Strategic Thinking & Continuous Improvement: Assesses the program and turns opportunities into improvements.

For Mentors

How a mentor supports this role

Your mentor helps you build the judgment, confidence, accountability and leadership skills needed to make those decisions yourself.

Where a mentor helps

Provide guidance to design a purposeful member experience focused on meaningful development rather than completing requirements.
Emphasize leading challenge coordinators and committee members to strengthen committee leadership and accountability.
Promote continuous improvement using feedback and assessment each term.
Assist in building a network of content experts for high-quality programming.

Mentor coaching focus

Developmental Leadership: Create a member experience that prioritizes growth, reflection and long-term development.
Team Leadership & Accountability: Empower committee members, delegate effectively and maintain accountability.
Continuous Improvement & Collaboration: Use feedback to improve programming and leverage the right resources.

Ask your mentor

“How do I make development feel meaningful rather than a checklist?”
“How do I lead coordinators who are not accountable to me?”
“What feedback should I be collecting to improve the program?”
“Who outside the chapter could strengthen our programming?”

Development ideas

Map the full member journey and find where engagement drops.
Recruit one outside content expert for a development session.
Build a simple progress tracker for challenge completion.