Dean's Leadership Academy Ambassador Team
2024/2025 DLAA Team
The Dean’s Leadership Academy Ambassador Team (DLAAT) was created in the summer of 2020 with the goals of promoting community among DLA students and growing enrollment in the program across the university. This past year, a team of 12 Ambassadors worked together to visit classrooms across Fisher courses to share information about the DLA, hosted various events such as our Fall Festival to engage with the OSU community, and partnered with other OSU organizations to expand our reach outside the Fisher College of Business.
Join the ambassador team!
DLAAT recruits new ambassadors to the team in the middle of each semester. Interviews for selected candidates will take place toward the end of each semester to be added to the team for the following semester. Any Dean’s Leadership Academy student is eligible to apply once they have completed at least one DLA class, and they will remain a member of the DLAAT for the remainder of their time at OSU depending on their preference and participation with the team.
Build Community
Building community within the DLA is all about taking familiar faces in the classroom and strengthening those bonds and relationships to promote growth and leadership inside and outside the classroom. To achieve this, the DLAAT plans to host events for current DLA students to get to know each other and bond!
Grow the Program
Growing the Dean’s Leadership Academy focuses on creating connections across campus to promote the DLA and the leadership development opportunities within the program. To achieve this, the DLAAT is focusing on expanding both inside and outside the Fisher College of Business as we are accepting of all majors!
The Ambassador Team Structure and Roles
The Lead Ambassador serves as the leader of the team and a liaison between the team and the Fisher Leadership Initiative. The Lead Ambassador is tasked with spearheading the strategy and objectives for the team. This role’s responsibilities also include those of an ambassador. Some Lead Ambassador tasks and responsibilities include:
- Create agenda for meetings and lead meetings for the DLA Ambassador Team.
- Maintain the standing of an OSU organization and be the presence for the DLA Ambassador Team on campus.
- Responsible for connecting with students interested in DLA and/or DLAAT.
- Coordinate with Ambassador Coordinator and Marketing Coordinator on all matters pertaining to the DLA Ambassador Team.
- Fill in for the Ambassador Coordinator or Marketing Coordinator when one is unable to perform their duties.
- Oversee Lead subcommittee (Alumni Outreach Representative and Treasurer).
- Act as liaison between Jen Shanahan and DLAAT.
Patrick Millerick (.2) will be the Lead Ambassador for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Lead Subcommittee:
Alumni Outreach Representative
- Develop strategies and organize alumni events.
- Manage alumni outreach and engagement efforts, including event invitations and networking opportunities.
- Collaborate with Marketing Coordinator to create promotion items for alumni events and outreach efforts.
- Works with the Ambassador Coordinator to update alumni opportunities on the calendar.
- Have monthly meetings with Jen and alumni
- Relay information to DLAAT and obtain insights from student perspectives
- Perform one large event every semester for alumni to visit campus (similar to Harlan event)
- Form DLA alumni board, be point of contact for students in DLA via email, etc.
Treasurer
- Create each semester’s budget based on amount provided by faculty supervisor
- Manages event-related expenses and ensures efficient use of the budget.
- Utilizes past and remaining items from orders to maximize budget.
- Coordinate DLA graduation cord orders for DLA graduating seniors.
- Responsible for ensuring orders have arrived for events
Ambassador Coordinator
- Schedules meetings and meeting locations for the Ambassador Team
- Responsible for maintaining and updating the Google Sheets and sending calendar invites for meetings and events.
- Sends reminders for ambassador event sign-ups.
- Coordinates carpooling for team bonding and off-campus events.
- Coordinate with Lead Ambassador and Marketing Coordinator on all matters pertaining to the DLA Ambassador Team
- Fill in for the Lead Ambassador or Marketing Coordinator when one is unable to perform their duties
- Oversees Ambassador subcommittee (Event Coordinator, Outreach Representative)
- Tracks team engagement by noting participation frequency and duration at events.
Ambassador Subcommittee:
1. Event Coordinator
- Create, organize and plan monthly events with clear objectives.
- Collaborate with the Treasurer to develop event budgets
- Collaborate with Marketing Coordinator to create promotion items for monthly events and/or outreach efforts.
2. Outreach Representative
- Responsible for scheduling class visits to promote DLA programs.
- Sets up schedules for DLA Ambassadors to sign up (DLA classes and survey classes)
3. Secretary
- Responsible for taking meeting minutes and uploading them into Google Drive
- Facilitates better communication by ensuring updates are shared in a structured document before and after meetings.
Marketing Coordinator
- Coordinate with Ambassador Coordinator and Lead Ambassador on all matters pertaining to the DLAAT.
- Fill in for the Lead Ambassador or Ambassador Coordinator when one is unable to perform their duties.
- Lead all marketing activities and oversee the Marketing subcommittee focusing on outreach for the DLA and DLA event coverage.
- Oversee Ambassador subcommittee (LinkedIn Coordinator, Instagram Coordinator)
- Responsible for designing and/or finalizing designs for social media posts.
- Collaborate with other ambassadors to assist in creating outreach posts.
Marketing Subcommittee:
1. LinkedIn Coordinator
- Design and organize graphics for LinkedIn posts.
- Creating a monthly plan of posts to be presented to the Marketing Coordinator during the first meeting of every month (ambassador spotlights/alumni events, etc).
- Assist in managing the DLA Carmen/Canvas page
2. Instagram Coordinator
- Create and distribute graphics for events on Instagram
- Creating a monthly plan of posts to be presented to the Marketing Coordinator during the first meeting of every month (ambassador spotlights/alumni events, etc).
- Assist in managing the DLA Carmen/Canvas page
After applications are submitted you will be notified via email about your status as a candidate. Candidates selected to continue on in the process will participate in an interview with current ambassadors.
If you have any questions please reach out to Nicole Kuan (kuan.36@buckeyemail.osu.edu).