2024 DBIA-SW Leadership Nominations – Nominations now closed.

February 29 - Nominations Close

March 19 - Current Board Votes on Slate

April 2 - Slate published to members

May 2 - Members Vote on Slate at the SW Regional Conference

Owners Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the Board and is a part of the Programs Committee

• Organizes forums (with the help of the Programs Committee) where owners can meet with other owners to share design-build experiences and best practices.

• Assists in the creation of owner-specific content on the use of design-build for outreach presentations

• Encourages owner membership in DBIA.

• Helps suggest owner-specific programs and activities for the regional conference.
   

Legislative Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the Board.

• Works with the legal chair to identify legal and legislative task force members.

• Helps organize efforts to introduce legislation within the region that encourages design-build use.

• Actively monitors new legislation within the region that may limit or erode design-build use and organizes efforts to oppose this legislation.

• Acts as a liaison with owner and industry groups to inform them of design-build legislation within their state and local governments and garner support for such legislation.

• Advocates for design-build legislation.

• Organizes Task Forces for legislative efforts when appropriate.
   

Outreach Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the Board and the Outreach Committee.

• Is in charge of the Outreach Committee along with the Membership Chair.

• Establishes a library of presentations that local chapters and the region can utilize.

• Assists in Premier Partner Fundraising and Outreach: Identifies potential Partners and helps sell annual Premier Partner benefits.

• Assists in marketing DBIA at other regional conferences.
   

Transportation/Aviation Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Tracks issues pertaining to the transportation and aviation industries and reports to the Legal and Legislative Chairs.

• Helps to suggest programs and speakers for the Programs Committee, Conference Planning Committee, and any chapter events from the Transportation and Aviation Sectors.

• Keeps staff and the board abreast of any transportation or aviation industry events occurring in the region.

• Suggests other transportation- or aviation-centric companies to become members or industry partners of DBIA with the Membership Chair.

• Assists the Legal and Legislative Chairs in efforts pertaining to legislation in design-build in their industry.

• Sits on the Board of Directors, the Programs Committee, and the Conference Planning Committee.
   

Federal Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Tracks issues pertaining to the federal sector and reports to the legal and legislative chairs.

• Helps to suggest programs and speakers for the Programs Committee, Conference Planning Committee, and any chapter events from the federal sector.

• Assists the Legal and Legislative Chairs in efforts pertaining to legislation in design-build in their industry.

• Sits on the Board of Directors, the Programs Committee, and the Conference Planning Committee.
   

Programs Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the Board and leads the Programs Committee.

• Helps establish the Programs Committee, the members of the committee, and its work.

• Comes up with the curriculum for five different events chapters can produce that feature a variety of topics for different members, speaker suggestions, and agenda outlines.

• Polls Board and Membership about their educational preferences.
   

DEI Chair
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the Board and is a part of the Programs Committee and Conference Planning Committee (if applicable).

• Develops processes that drive diversity in Region leadership.

• Assists the conference planning committee in bringing in diverse panels.

• Creates strategic alliances with industry organizations that can assist in expanding our reach (i.e., COMTO, WTS, NAMC, etc.)

• Enhances the member value for MWDBE firms, including MWDBE-specific education, additional discounts for events, etc.

• Conducts outreach to historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs) with AEC-related programs in conjunction with the University Chair.
   

General Board Member
 Roles & Responsibilities:

• Part of the governing body of the Region.

• Reviews and approves the Region's strategic plan, annual region and chapter budgets, and bylaw changes.

• Monitors the general scope and progress of the region’s activities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Sits on the board of directors and their chapter's steering committee

• Acts as the primary liaison between the regional leadership and the DBIA members in their chapter.

• Develops a strategic plan for their chapter to develop further and promote design-build and membership in DBIA.

• Develops a steering committee to help organize and execute activities within their chapter. Identifies a vice chair, programs chair, and membership chair for the chapter and organizes regularly scheduled meetings of this committee.

• Assists and supports regional committee activities that occur in their chapter area.

• Helps to plan at least two events each year for members of their chapter in conjunction with the steering committee
   

The following Chapters are seeking new chairs:

• Albuquerque Chapter

• Arkansas Chapter

• New Orleans & Baton Rouge Chapter

• Tulsa Chapter