Board

Board Member

Board members are the fiduciaries who steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, as well as by making sure the nonprofit has adequate resources to advance its mission.

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Board Member – Finance

The board member responsible for finance should have experience in budgeting, real estate, investments, operating a business, banking, accounting (specific knowledge of nonprofit accounting and generally accepting accounting practices) in order to provide overall guidance in the area of financial planning and resource utilization.

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Board Member – Marketing/Events

The board member responsible for marketing and events brings to the organization deep and broad experience in the oversight of marketing and events that produce immediate and direct results for an organization’s bottom line. This board member should both be able to roll up their sleeves, but also is able to see the big picture of the impact of marketing and events.

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Board Member – Fundraising

The board member responsible for fundraising oversees the organization’s fundraising plan and engages all board members in fundraising activities. The board member has strong community connections and networks, access and knowledge about individual, corporate and foundation resources, good people skills and an engaging personality and is comfortable talking about money and finances.

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Board Member – Governance

The board member responsible for governance creates best practices in board recruitment, engagement and continuous improvement. Both a visionary and strategic, this board position requires a broad background of experiences, is willing question present practices and is experienced in group performance dynamics.

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Board Member – Program

The board member responsible for program has the duty to understand and guide an organization’s programs, needs and abilities to deliver on the organization’s mission and vision. The board member has a broad range of experiences that will help provide guidance to the organization’s service delivery model.

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Board Member – Volunteer/Outreach

The board member responsible for volunteers and outreach is as important to the organization as its fundraising board leadership and personnel. This board member will advocate for the volunteer, and will help create policies and procedures that help engage volunteers to their highest levels of contribution.

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Board Member – HR

The board member responsible for human resources provides oversight to the organization’s leadership in six main areas: hiring, workplace policies, compensation, evaluation, grievances/whistleblowing and layoffs. The key aspect of the role is around human-resource governance, while implementation is the responsibility of the organization’s leaders.

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Board Member – Technology

The board member helping to elevate a nonprofit’s technology needs has a keen sense of technology trends such as big data, cloud computing, mobility and social media. The board member will guide a nonprofit’s critical performance in these and other technology areas while helping to set equipment and resource deployment priorities.

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Board Leadership

Board Chair

The board chair is the leader of the board and organization, oversees the hiring and supervision of the organization’s leadership, partners with the organization’s leadership to promote the organization, recruits board leaders, conducts board meetings and ensures that the overall mission and objectives of the organization are implemented, monitored and achieved.

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Board Treasurer

The board treasurer oversees the finances of the organization and serves as chair of the organization’s finance committee if there is one. The treasurer utilizes an accounting and finance background in overseeing the preparation of all regular weekly, monthly and annual financial reporting, including the preparation of annual tax documents.

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Board Secretary

The board secretary provides the board with required meeting notices, prepares agendas and provides guidance on proper meeting procedures. The board secretary takes minutes of the board meetings, or oversees the process and reviews and distributes approved minutes. The secretary maintains or oversees the maintenance of all board records and committee reports.

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Committee

Committee Member

Committee members analyze issues within their jurisdiction and make recommendations to a nonprofit’s board.

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Committee Member – Finance

A finance committee member helps oversee the creation of the budget, monitors and reports on the financial status and activities of the nonprofit.

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Committee Member – Marketing/Events

The marketing/events committee member helps monitor an organization’s brand, marketing and communications plans and helps develop strategies that ensure the organization’s messaging and events are reaching primary audiences in the best ways.

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Committee Member – Fundraising

The fundraising committee member works closely with the nonprofit staff to create and implement a financial resource plan that will guide the staff and board’s activities in seeking out and securing funding.

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Committee Member – Governance

The governance committee member helps oversee the identification, recruitment, orientation, training and retention of board members, as the committee looks for opportunities to strengthen and evolve the board’s effectiveness, capacity, composition and ability to lead the organization into the future.

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Committee Member – Program

The program committee member provides insight to the relevance of an organization’s products and programs and how they are contributing to the organization’s desired impact.

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Committee – Volunteer/Outreach

The volunteer/outreach committee member helps the organization implement recruitment and retention programs aimed at increasing the number of volunteers and others engaged in the organization.

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Committee Member – HR

A human resources committee member provides guidance to the organization on a variety of human resource issues ranging from compensation to performance management.

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Committee – Technology

A technology committee member aids the organization in thinking about technology trends and tools and how their implementation will upgrade the organizations’ results.

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