Foundation Board of Trustees

The Foundation Board of Trustees supervises the Foundation’s fund raising activities. Members of the Board include the SAE treasurer, a past SAE president, a representative of the Board of Directors and six other members appointed by the SAE president.


The following committees report to the Foundation Board of Trustees:

• The Executive Committee of the Board is appointed by the chair and also functions as a nominating committee.
• The Funding Strategy Committee - This committee is responsible for developing and maintaining a five-year strategy that will ensure contribution income flow from individual SAE members, SAE boards and committees, government and foundations, and major individual donors.
• The Program Review Committee - The Program Review Committee reviews and prioritizes discretionary program proposals including funding requirements.
• The Historical Committee - This prestigious group is charged with the responsibility of providing SAE with a capability of collecting history from the automotive and aerospace industries in the forms of taped interviews with prominent engineers, technical papers, books, etc.

• Vision 2000 Executive Committee - Made up of well-known industry leaders, the Vision 2000 Committee studies educational trends and facilitates contribution throughout industry to support education through the SAE Foundation.
For more information about the above committees, contact foundation@sae.org