A Quick Guide To Frat Leadership Positions And Which One is Right For You

So, you want to be part of your frat’s leadership team in 2025! Now, you hear yourself asking: which one suits me best? What available positions are there to choose from in the first place? Let this quick guide to fraternity leadership positions help with your decision! 

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Executive Positions

These are higher management positions concerned with the overall daily operations and the long-term goals of a chapter. They are the backbone of the org. Without them, many problems would pile up. Let’s break down fraternity exec positions below. 

President

The face of the chapter, the leader of all the brothers. The president's primary responsibilities are:

• Acting as chief executive of a fraternity
• Creation and management of the chapter’s vision
• Overseeing officers
• Making financial decisions
• Enforcing chapter bylaws 
• Enacting disciplinary measures as needed
• Working with Nationals, local IFC, and other councils

That’s quite a job description! But in a nutshell, this position is a great training ground if you want to improve your leadership and management skills. The workload could be a lot, but if you’re up for a fulfilling challenge,  this position may be right for you. 

Vice President

Here to support the president with his duties is the vice president of the org, the right-hand man. Usually, the president and vice president divide their workload. The VP takes over the responsibilities that the president isn’t overseeing. 

The VP supports the president with his primary responsibilities on top of these duties:

• Greek life planning
• Overseeing the minor board
• Conflict resolution

Expect a lot of moving parts in running a fraternity. It’s essentially a company and you will be supporting the man at the top. That calls for great communication, organization, and management skills. Sounds like you? Go after it! 

Exchequer

An incredible role with an incredibly confusing name, the exchequer oversees all of the fraternity's finances. They have to make sure that the org’s finances are kept tracked and properly accounted for. 

The responsibilities of the exchequer are as follows: 

• Collecting dues
• Paying for event spending
• Keeping track of the total budget
• Paying org apparel sometimes (in some cases)

A chapter lives off of its funds. One misstep and everything could go south. This position shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you have the knack for numbers and budgets, and some serious haggling and negotiation powers, you’ll fit right in! 

Chair Positions

While frat exec roles are in charge of top-level supervision and planning, fraternity chair positions have more focused responsibilities. Let’s go over them below. 

Rush Chair

Without rush, your fraternity would not be around today. Your numbers will slowly dwindle to extinction if not for the mighty rush chair. It’s that important. 

His primary responsibilities are:

• Heading the rush program
• Candidate assessment 
• Rush event planning 
• Onboarding supervision 

A rush chair should be great at reading and assessing people at the first exchange. The main function of this position is to bring in members who fit the chapter’s culture. Note that rush chairs tend to get busy weeks before a semester begins planning the whole recruitment program. If you don’t like the idea of working a bit over your break, you may not like this role. 

If you are charismatic, personable, deeply involved with the chapter, and like welcoming new recruits, you will enjoy this position. 

Philanthropy Chair

Depending on your fraternity and school, this might be one of the most important and sought-after positions due to its fulfilling nature. 

In most schools, there will be regular charity events where students can participate. The philanthropy chair heads the involvement of a chapter in these events. 

Let’s break down the responsibilities of a philo chair:

• Planning charitable events
• Fundraising
• Leading and managing the team involved in charity projects 

Organizing engaging events people would want to take part in is no easy task. Keep that in mind when eyeing this position. 

If you are a people person who's big on giving back to the community and helping the less fortunate, this is the right one for you.

Apparel Chair

Ahhh, our favorite chair. No bias (or is there!?) but apparel chairs are some of the best dudes out there!

Their main tasks are: 

• Working with other chair positions for their apparel requirements 
• Communicating with apparel companies like Fresh Prints (yay!) to get merch
• Apparel-related project management: from getting designs the chapter will love to placing orders, working on revisions, handling payments

You will enjoy this role if you love fashion, project management, networking, or seeing your work worn around campus.  

Brotherhood Chair

If there’s one guy who works the hardest to make sure everyone gets along and enjoys events they can be proud of, it’s the brotherhood chair. His main responsibilities are: 

• Planning brotherhood events
• Increasing chapter motivation 
• Conflict resolution 
• Building a stronger community among brothers 

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be a great motivator, an organized planner, and an empathetic listener. If you think you’re generally a caring person who finds a challenge in putting up events, go for this position! 

Social Chair

This is one of the most sought-after positions! At some point, everyone in a fraternity may have thought of becoming a social chair. Let’s face it, planning parties is just awesome! But there’s a lot of work that goes into this believe it or not:

• Reaching out to sororities and other orgs
• Ensuring a great turnout at events 
• Logistical work and getting vendors for supplies you’ll need for your events 
• Providing great entertainment for a memorable event 

While you’ll be working on fun projects, this can be challenging because of the amount of outreach that comes with inviting sororities and other guests to social events. You’ll do great as a social chair if you are outgoing and well-connected to the Greek life scene. 

Depending on the chapter, there may be other roles available beyond what was listed above. Before deciding what leadership position in a fraternity to pursue, consider how holding a position will affect your overall college life. It takes hard work and dedication to lead. You have to be ready to juggle your school and frat responsibilities. 

The good news is, you’ll get valuable experience from these positions you can use when you apply for jobs. Not too shabby, right? 

Happy leading!