W. Hall, James W. Dootson, Mildred Boy, Helen M. Vaupell, Fred Hastings, J. Webster Hoover, and E. Rex Smith.

They maintain files of job applicants, draft employment contracts, and advise the Board of Directors on personnel-related policies and procedures.

The Personnel Director ensures employee accountability, initiates projects as necessary, and attends mandatory training sessions and staff meetings.

They serve as a resource for publicity strategies, ensure consistency in branding and marketing across all media, and work to maintain the ASUW website.

They maintain accountability through office hours, attend mandatory training sessions and staff meetings, and complete quarterly reports and evaluations.

In addition to enforcing ASUW Elections violations and ensuring compliance with record-keeping guidelines, the Director plays a crucial role in upholding transparency and accountability within the organization.

They work with liaison entities to develop goals and strategies, establish specific benchmarks and metrics to measure their successes, and report progress to the Board of Directors.

This position entails coordinating many programs and activities aimed at fostering a diverse and inclusive environment while addressing the needs of underrepresented communities within the student body.

The position oversees and coordinates a wide range of programming initiatives, including collaborations between ASUW entities and external organizations.

The Director plans and executes large-scale events like the Everybody Every Body Fashion Show and W Day in partnership with entities like the Office of Student Health Relations and the UW Alumni Association.

They work with liaison entities to develop strategic goals and metrics for success, reporting progress to the ASUW Board of Directors.

They collaborate with liaison entities to establish strategic goals and metrics for success, reporting progress to the ASUW Board of Directors.

This representative ensures alignment between the interests of graduate and professional students and the broader ASUW organization while carrying out their official duties.

In terms of non-legislative committees, Oversight maintains accountability for ASUW and its liaisons, whereas Resolution Follow-Up researches the effects and results of passed legislation.

In 1991, the ASUW was one of the first colleges in the nation to create a Gay, Bisexual, and Lesbian Student Commission with over $10,000 in funding to help sponsor events for the community.

[29] ASUW provides funding for programming and advocacy on behalf of issues affecting groups that have faced historical or social discrimination.

The ASUW is often at the forefront of social justice issues that face both previous, current, and future generations of University of Washington students.

For example, the ASUW has taken a stand against cultural appropriation through Halloween costumes by releasing a 6-minute public service announcement which drew the attention of major media outlets such as The New York Times.

[32] The focus of The Bean Basket is food insecurity and health eating and the store sources its organic products in bulk to lower costs.

It is organized in collaboration with The HUB and First Year Programs as a key-note event during the freshman welcome week period known as Dawg Daze.

[36]Huskies on the Hill is a day of lobbying and activism organized by the Office of Governmental Relations in conjunction with the Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the tri-campus governments of ASUWT and ASUWB.

Community members are assembled to engage in conversations with legislators regarding various issues affecting higher education experiences, including tuition and textbook costs, mental health resources, sexual assault protections, and disability inclusion and accessibility on campus.

[40] Largely through the Student Senate, ASUW advocates for University policies as well as releasing opinions on city-wide, state-wide, and nation-wide issues.

[44] Up to that point, ASUW had a long history of advocating for this credit requirement – in 1991, following two years of negotiation, the Faculty Senate shot down one proposal.

[49] On November 26, the resolution passed unanimously, earning praise from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a free speech organization.

Following a 2015 stabbing incident of student-on-student violence, Jarred Ha, the accused perpetrator, received an emergency suspension from the University of Washington.

[52] When a 2016 UW Spirit cheerleader auditions flyer on tryout appearance received massive backlash from the student body and general public,[53] the ASUW released a statement denouncing the flyer in the strongest possible terms, declaring that it “completely objectifies women.”[54] In 2018, the Seattle City Council imposed a “one-year moratorium on rent-bidding platforms,” a controversial trend facing Seattle residents, as a result of a Student Senate resolution calling for a ban on the practice.

[55] Attorney General Bob Ferguson's 2022 cease-and-desist letter to Leda Health followed a complaint by the ASUW on the legal inadmissibility of their DIY sexual assault test kits.

[56] 2022-2023 ASUW President Timothy Billing worked closely with university administration following cases of gun violence on campus, seeking to "completely reexamine and uproot" what he viewed as outdated policy structures.

[57] In 2024, the ASUW Student Senate passed R-30-7, formally adopting the Chicago Statement on freedom of expression and requesting that the UW administration do the same.