Sae International

“The board shall be composed of up to twelve (12) voting members. The voting members of the board shall consist of the president & chair of the board, vice president - aerospace, vice president - automotive, vice president - commercial vehicle, treasurer, immediate past president, president elect, chief executive officer and the directors-at-large. The secretary is a non-voting member of the board. The nominating committee (nc) shall select the nominees for president & chair of the board, sector vice president, treasurer, and directors-at-large to be elected by the voting members.”

“Sae has the following grades of membership: honorary; fellow; member; associate; joint; and student. Only members in the following grades are entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the membership: honorary, fellow and member.”

“Directors are nominated by the executive nominating committee and elected by the voting members.”

“The return will be initially reviewed by the sae chief executive officer, chief financial officer and director of finance. The return will then be posted to the board discussion forum. Each board member will be asked to electronically acknowledge that they have reviewed the return. Questions by board members can be posted to the forum during the review process and are addressed accordingly prior to the final filing.”

“Sae international enforces a conflict of interest policy in order to prevent the personal or financial interests of sae board members, committee members, officers and key employees from interfering with the performance of their fiduciary duties to sae international. Such employees, officers and board/committee members are required annually to sign a conflict of interest policy statement disclosing all material business, financial and organizational interests and affiliations they or persons close to them have which could be construed as related to the interest of sae international. Disclosure shall also be made if a material conflict of interest arises in the course of the employee's or member's service to sae international, whether arising out of the employee's or member's employment, consulting, investments, or any other activity. If at any time a conflict of interest exists, such member will either be asked to remove themselves from participating in the deliberations and/or voting on the matter presenting the conflict or in some instances, if it would become necessary, such member would be asked to submit their resignation.”

“The ceo's performance and compensation process is managed annually by the sae international compensation committee and includes a written performance appraisal completed by all members of the committee as well as a self assessment from the ceo. Comparable data was updated in 2023 by a third party compensation consulting organization to ensure appropriate market pricing. The compensation is market priced with benchmark data based on the applicable job description for the position. This position was market priced in 2023. Incumbents merit increase is based on job performance. All decisions as a result of the evaluation process were documented compensation committee meeting minutes.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Member relations - administration of section activities, leadership conference for section officers, processing and evaluating member applications. Expenses: $2,288,769. Including grants of: $0. Revenue: $0.”

“Change in pension adjustment: $4,209,387”

“Description:other consulting fees total fees:9211013”