The lodge executive committee consists of the youths serving as lodge officers (including the immediate past lodge chief), area chiefs, chapter chiefs, and the lodge operating committee chairman. The lodge executive committee (“LEC”) is the steering committee of the lodge. It is responsible for the management and planning for the operation of the lodge as it carries out the business of the lodge within the policies established by the national Order of the Arrow committee. The youth are supported in their efforts by the lodge adviser, lodge associate advisers, lodge area advisers, chapter advisers, lodge committee advisers, and the lodge staff adviser.