Chapter Leadership

The Chapter Leadership Council is made up of 18-20 Chapter Consultants, who are past chapter presidents recognized for their outstanding leadership qualities. Each Consultant is appointed to a two-year term and serves two to fourchapters within his or her region. The Consultants serve as a resource of support and guidance to chapters.

The Consultants are also responsible for Chapter Leadership programming at NSA's Fall and Winter Conferences and Conventions. Chapter Leadership sessions give chapter members and chapter leaders an opportunity to exchange information and ideas relevant to chapter development and growth.


Camp NSA
In 1998 the NSA Board of Directors approved funds for a chapter leadership training camp -- a weekend designed to hone the leadership skills of chapter presidents-elect. In November 1998 NSA's International Center located in Tempe, Arizona hosted the first-ever Camp NSA. Camp NSA is designed to bring together committed volunteer chapter leaders and centralize their experience with other volunteer leaders and NSA headquarters staff. The mission is to create a strong relationship that strengthens communication, increases cooperation and heightens the experience that the individual member has in the local chapter environment. Incoming chapter presidents will learn valuable leadership and association management tools and discover opportunities to serve at the national level. Camp NSA is held annually the weekend before Thanksgiving in Tempe, Arizona. The program starts Friday afternoon and ends Sunday at noon. Details on the current program are found on the member only Web site, MyNSA.org.