{"id":671,"date":"2025-07-08T17:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/?page_id=671"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:05:26","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/about-us\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-671\" data-postid=\"671\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-671 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_3keu883 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5xf1883 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_65z3194   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>RSS Leadership<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"442\">The Rural Sociology Society (RSS) is led by a volunteer <strong>Council<\/strong> that includes elected officers and appointed committee chairs. Council roles include the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Director, President-Elect, Past President, and chairs of RSS\u2019s standing committees. Leadership terms typically last 1\u20133 years and begin or end at the Annual Meeting. 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