VP External

Executive VP External
Incumbent: Gordon Tang INDY 1T4 as of July 2011
email	vpexternal@g.skule.ca
Other names	VPX, VP Ex, VP External Relations
Years active	as of 2007
Employer	President
Organization	Engineering Society
Board member of	Board of Directors, Engineering Student Societies' Council of Ontario, Canadian Federation of Engineering Students

The VP External is responsible for keeping ties with groups outside the Engineering Society and serves as a single point of contact for any external organizations to liaise with students. The VP External represents the Society to the Engineering Student Societies’ Council of Ontario (ESSCO) and the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES), and liaises with professional organizations including Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) and the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). He/she selects and leads the Society’s delegations to conferences run by these organizations, and is responsible for implementing, at U of T, good ideas and best practices discussed at these conferences. As well, the VP External is responsible for informing students about opportunities with external organizations, especially ESSCO and CFES. The External portfolio includes:

The Vice-President External focuses on external representation and partnership. Our goal through representation is to improve the image of engineers at the University of Toronto. Currently, our external representation includes exposure to high school students, charitable organizations, professional organizations and other engineering societies and students.

• Selecting, briefing, and accompanying delegates to provincial and national conferences
• Actively identifying and developing new external relationships of the society
• Management of existing working relationships (e.g. with other engineering schools, industry partners, community groups)
• Oversight of events with external representation
• Liasing with the:
  • UTSU Directors for Engineering
  • Governor (Governing Council representative)

Oversights

The VP External portfolio includes: Outreach Commission

• Community Outreach Director
• Hi-Skule Director
• National Engineering Month Director

Business Development Commission

• You’re Next Career Fair Director
• Sponsorship Director

Ongoing Projects

• Community Outreach (Charity)
• Hi-Skule
• National Engineering Month
• You're Next Career Network

Past Projects

• Skule Kup

Past VPs External

Year	Name
2012-2013	Anton Klunko	Indy 1T2+PEY
2011-2012	Zoriana Workun*/Gordon Tang	Civ 1T2/Indy 1T4
2010-2011	Mauricio Curbelo	Civ 1T3
2009-2010	Abhishek Mathur	Mech 1T2+PEY
2008-2009	George Missios	Chem 0T9
2007-2008	Eamon McDermott	NΨ 0T5+3
2006-2007	Alaina Lagrou**	Indy 0T8
2005-2006	Nick Loberto**	Mech 0T7+PEY
2004-2005	Bruce Cameron**	-
2003-2004	Vivek Shekhar	?
2002-2003	Mike Branch	?

* Resigned

** From 2004 to 2007, the VP External position was carried out as the "External Relations Director", a Project Director position on Council.