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Actuarial Club Officer Elections 2025

It is time for one of the most anticipated events of the year - Annual Club Officer Elections! This is your chance to take on a leadership position and contribute to the success of one of the largest student organizations in the business school. Officer elections will be held on Monday, April 28th from 5:30-6:30 PM in Grainger 2510.

Election eligibility and requirements

Candidate must be a dues-paying member for the year 2024-2025
Candidate must be on-campus for the entire 2025-2026 academic year. Each officer position is a year-long commitment. Members studying abroad, going for full-time internships roles during the semester or taking the semester off for any reason are not eligible to run.
Candidate must fill out the Candidacy Form
Election eligibility will remain the same: candidates can run for the Presidential role (if eligible*) and up to two Vice President roles

*In order to be eligible to run for president, the candidate must have been a dues-paying member of the club for at least 3 semesters (current semester included). Prior leadership experience within the club or another student organization is highly recommended.

Officer Position Descriptions & Duties

Click HERE to read about each officer position, duties, speech ideas and runoff questions!

Election Process

The candidates running for President will give a 1.5 minute speech. The candidates running for Vice President positions will give a 1 minute speech. If no absolute majority is reached, the top 2 candidates will each give a 30-second speech, on the topic of a pre-set run-off question. These questions could be found in the official description document.

The order of voting for positions are:

President --> Education Enrichment --> Communication --> Community & Belonging (Formerly DEI) --> Member Relations & Engagement --> Social Media & Marketing --> Finance

As for the order of the candidate speeches, we will have candidates randomly draw a number from a box that will indicate your speech order.

Website Campaigns

We highly encourage all candidates to email your campaign ideas and self-introductions to Sarah Bloemer (sbloemer@wisc.edu) to post on the Actuarial Club’s Website before April 24th.

In the email, please include the following items to be posted on the website

Name
Year
Photo
Positions you are running for
Leadership experiences or other involvement in the Actuarial Club/other clubs
Suggestions that you wish to implement in the Actuarial Club if you are elected
Anything else you would like to include (Memes/jokes, extra info, etc!)

1-1 Chats with Current Officers

Interested in learning about the positions from the officers directly? Meet with an officer to ask questions about their duties, experience, election tips and seek any sort of advice that might help you take your leadership experience to the next level.

You can attend office hours or set up a separate appintment with the officers before elections. Office Hours schedule & communication information to set up appointments is below.

Sarah Bloemer (President) - Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm

(or by appointment - email sbloemer@wisc.edu)

Jodie Lam (VP Educational Enrichment) - Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm

(or by appointment - email kklam2@wisc.edu)

Anthony Krebsbach (VP Communications) - Fridays 1:00-2:00pm

(or by appointment - email ajkrebsbach@wisc.edu)

AC Zylka (VP Finance) - Wednedays 1:15-2:15pm

(or by appointment - email aczylka@wisc.edu)

Ethan Farr (VP Social Media & Marketing) - Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm

(or by appointment - email ejfarr@wisc.edu)

Aidan Bandte (VP Member Relations & Engagement) - Mondays 4:00-5:00pm

(or by appointment - email bandte@wisc.edu)

Stephanie Hayd (VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) - Mondays 12:00-1:00pm

(or by appointment - email hayd@wisc.edu)

Attend an Officer Meeting

If you'd like to attend an Officer Meeting to get an inside look at what it's like to be on the leadership team for the Actuarial Club, you attend any of our meetings on Wednesdays 4-5pm in Grainger 1180. This opportunity is highly recommended for anyone interested in running for an officer position!