Leadership. Purpose.
Service.
For over 79 years, SEI has stood beside the essential workforce — the teachers, first responders, civil servants, and university staff who build the foundation of American society. Founded January 7, 1947, we are a 100% volunteer-led, member-driven organization committed to national impact.
1947
Founded
100%
Volunteer Board
50
States Served
501(c)(7)
Nonprofit Status
Our Mission
Built by the Workforce. For the Workforce.
STATE EMPLOYEES INC (SEI) was established on January 7, 1947, with a singular conviction: that those who serve the public deserve access to the same quality of life, financial tools, and community resources as anyone else.
Today, SEI is a 501(c)(7) social and recreational organization and a fiscally sponsored project of The Foundation for American Service (FAS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Together, we deliver a national network of member benefits — from hardship relief and cost-of-living tools to recreation, travel, and community programming.
We serve federal, state, city, county, and township employees; teachers; university students and staff; hospital workers; and all first responders — police, fire, EMT, FEMA, and Homeland Security — across all 50 states.
“A nation is built on the backs of those who serve in silence. SEI ensures their sacrifice is met with support.”
— SEI Board of Directors
Fiscally Sponsored byThe Foundation for American Service501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Governance
Board of Directors
100% volunteer-led. Every member of SEI’s Board donates their time and expertise because they believe in the mission.
Mainhia Ly Weber
President
Since 2019
Cheryl Woodruff
Vice President
Since 2022
Sam Martins
Treasurer
Since 2024
Team Members
A Legacy of Service
The Heart of SEI: Our Volunteers
Since our founding in 1947, SEI has operated on the extraordinary generosity of volunteers who give their time, expertise, and heart to advance a mission larger than themselves. From the earliest board members who typed newsletters by hand to today’s digital-era administrators managing a nationwide platform — every era of SEI is defined by selfless service.
Approved SEI Board and volunteer team members may receive complimentary full membership while actively serving the organization, subject to SEI’s volunteer policies. Because we trust the people who serve us.
We honor every volunteer who has walked through our doors. Their names live on — forever celebrated — in SEI’s Memory Lane.
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The Heart of SEI: Our Volunteers
Since our founding in 1947, SEI has operated on the extraordinary generosity of volunteers who give their time, expertise and heart to advance a mission larger than themselves. From the earliest board members who typed newsletters by hand to today’s digital-era administrators managing a nationwide platform — every era of SEI is defined by selfless service.
Approved SEI Board and volunteer team members may receive complimentary SEI membership while actively serving the organization, subject to SEI’s volunteer policies — evaluated by work ethic and task completion, not clocked hours. Because we trust the people who serve us.
We honor every volunteer who has walked through our doors. Their names live on, forever celebrated, in SEI’s Memory Lane.
Governance & Fiscal Sponsorship
State Employees, Inc. is a 501(c)(7) social and recreational organization and a fiscally sponsored project of The Foundation for American Service (FAS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Together we deliver a national network of member benefits — from hardship relief and cost-of-living tools to recreation, travel and community programming. SEI is 100% volunteer-led: every member of the board donates their time and expertise because they believe in the mission.