Nonprofit Board Governance
Nonprofits continue to grow in both size and importance. Today they operate more like businesses and globally take on more programs that traditionally were in the domain of government. Nonprofit board members describe their understanding of their evolving role and best practices for successfully accomplishing a nonprofit organization's mission.
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Recent Conferences and Speakers
Effective Nonprofit Board Governance: Business Skills in the Nonprofit Sector
For individuals trying to understand the role of a nonprofit's board of directors or how and when a new MBA should get involved, this panel discussion of nonprofit board members and leaders discusses issues and best practices of board governance. Panelists: Ashley Boren, Sustainable Conservation; Jim Canales, Irvine Foundation; and Susan Ford Dorsey, Sand Hill Foundation. Video File, (1:12 hour, RealPlayer® format)
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Board Governance Series: What Are the Attributes of Nonprofit Board Excellence?
Senior director of McKinsey & Company and Center for Social Innovation lecturer, Bill Meehan shares insights about what makes board governance efficient in the nonprofit sector and discusses specific examples with a panel of practitioners.
Meehan Faculty Profile
November 2004 Panel
Ashley Boren, Executive Director, Sustainable Conservation
Jan Masaoka, Executive Director,
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
Burton McMurtry, Chair, Stanford University Board of Trustees
October 2003 Panel
Susan Ford Dorsey, President, Sand Hill Foundation
Lew Reid, CEO and President emeritus, California Endowment
Jackque Warren, Executive Director, YWCA Oakland
May 2003 Panel
Bob Fisher, Director, Gap Inc.
John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board, Cisco Systems
Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women