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A Track Record of Success in Community Efforts since 1947

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SEI is always looking for passionate individuals to join our board or team. You don’t have to be a state worker — this is the only exception made for external individuals to obtain membership, and it’s free.

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Positions

Five seats run SEI. Each one is unpaid, and each one moves real money and real benefits toward Minnesota’s essential workforce. Choose a role to see what it carries.

1947Established January 7
100%Volunteer board
50States reached
501(c)(7)Nonprofit, FAS-sponsored
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Board Officer

President

Set the direction for SEI and keep the organization running — its operations, its technology, and its partnerships.

What you will own

  • Takes care of all leadership and operational duties for SEI.
  • Leads the technical infrastructure — website issues, management issues, and the systems the organization runs on.
  • Conducts meetings with potential partnerships and represents SEI externally.
Why it mattersEvery discount a member uses, and every system that carries them, starts with decisions made in this seat.

Leads the full organization

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Board Officer

Vice-President

Turn direction into delivery across the Admin, Marketing, and Procurement teams.

What you will own

  • Takes care of supervision over the Admin, Marketing, and Procurement teams.
  • Leads the work and follows up with staff on assignments, deadlines, and outcomes.
  • Escalates client issues and sees them through to resolution.
Why it mattersThree teams move at the pace this role sets — and members feel that pace as how fast their problems get solved.

Leads Admin, Marketing & Procurement · Reports to the President

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Team Role

Admin Team

Be the hands behind every transaction and every answered message.

What you will own

  • Takes care of processing transactions.
  • Answers emails and member correspondence.
  • Responds to requests as needed.
Why it mattersFor most members, this team is SEI — it is the voice that answers when they need something.

Reports to the Vice-President

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Team Role

Marketing Team

Put SEI in front of the workforce it exists to serve.

What you will own

  • Takes care of social media across SEI's channels.
  • Updates deals on Facebook.
  • Drives traffic back to the website at mnsei.com.
Why it mattersA benefit nobody knows about helps nobody. This team closes that gap.

Reports to the Vice-President

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Team Role

Procurement Team

Build the partnerships that make membership worth having.

What you will own

  • Takes care of vetting businesses to offer discounts to SEI members.
  • Creates and maintains those partnerships.
Why it mattersEvery vetted partner is money back in an essential worker’s pocket.

Reports to the Vice-President

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Community Impact — as of September 2026

1,087,588
Member Views
50
States Reached
1947
Est. Jan 7
100%
Volunteer Board
STATE EMPLOYEES INC

Serving the Essential Workforce Since January 7, 1947

State Employees, Inc. (SEI) is a member-supported 501(c)(7) social and recreational organization serving eligible members of the essential workforce — teachers, civil servants, first responders, veterans and university staff. Founded January 7, 1947. SEI is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Qualifying charitable initiatives are administered through The Foundation for American Service (FAS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, separately from SEI membership dues and member-benefit activities.
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