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.

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.

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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