The ABCs of Nonprofit Boards

If you are or plan to be a nonprofit chair, board member, or CEO, and you're looking for a primer or refresher on the many facets of nonprofit boards, join us for a singular session or all three!

Basics of Effective Board Membership

10/30/2024

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Facilitator: BJ Sung

In this session, we’ll start by covering the basic roles and responsibilities of individual board members. This is the time and place to explore the core responsibilities of individual board membership. We’ll cover the basic duties of duty, loyalty, and care and highlight what is commonly expected of individuals as board members. We’ll also cover some of the generally accepted practices including attending meetings, contributing financially, and representing the organization.

Topics covered:

• Roles and responsibilities
• Recruitment, onboarding, and retention
• Duties of Care and Loyalty
• Oversight and accountability

Board Governance and Fiduciary Responsibility

11/6/2024

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Facilitator: Brigid Lang

In this session, we will explore board structure and committee dynamics, learn about effective governance practices, understand the art of board composition, and touch on budgeting, audits, financial reporting, and IRS Form 990s. Whether you're a seasoned board member or new to the sector, this workshop will provide you with the building blocks integral to building and sustaining a strong nonprofit board.

Topics covered:

• Board structure & committees
• Governance
• Board composition
• Budgeting, audits , financial reporting & 990s

Navigating and Evaluating Board Impact

11/13/2024

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Facilitator: Rodney Fuller

This highly interactive session will prepare you to participate in greater ways with your board, your leaders, and your staff with confidence and to deal effectively with those challenging, often unpredictable situations that all board members may face.

Topics covered:

• Assessing board performance & board evaluation
• Board culture & dynamics
• Hiring, evaluating and managing your Executive Leader
• Strategic Planning

BJ Sung

BJ Sung, founder and principal of Pinnacle Social Impact Consultancy, works with corporations, nonprofits, foundations, and families/individuals to significantly impact the communities they serve. With over 20 concurrent years of experience in philanthropy, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and nonprofit management, BJ has extensive knowledge of the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors and has a keen sense of strategic opportunities for social impact.

As a CSR professional at Citi, BJ built strategic partnerships, created impact programs, worked on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) initiatives, trained and placed executives on nonprofit boards, and managed employee volunteer programs. As the VP of Global Community Relations, she worked with national nonprofits, including LISC, NCAPACD, Habitat for Humanity, Operation Hope, Red Cross, Enterprise Partners, and other leading progressive nonprofits. During her tenure at a major utility company, she developed a hallmark STEM program, which included science festivals in the five boroughs, visits to museums, and scholarships to 14 CUNY colleges. BJ also funded and implemented capacity-building programs for hundreds of nonprofit partners, including board leadership, succession planning, volunteer engagement, organizational development, and operational excellence.

Brigid Lang

Brigid Lang, MPA, CFRE, CPC is a consultant and coach who has worked in nonprofits for more than 25 years, with particular passion for organizational development and fundraising. Recent appointments include Interim Deputy Executive Director at the Human Services Council, Interim Chief Development Officer at Oliver Scholars and Executive Director at Grace Institute, a workforce development program. Brigid has done extensive consulting in fundraising, nonprofit management, C-suite coaching, multiracial/ multicultural team building, diverse board development & governance, and training with an anti-racist lens. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University and B.A. in English from Vassar College. She is currently Chair of the Board of Delgracia Corp, Inc., a startup nonprofit whose mission is to assist young mothers aging out of foster care. Brigid’s practice is grounded in the organizing principles of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and focuses on the concentration of power in organizations. Her work includes systems analysis and preparation for change, fundraising, governance, leadership and developing mechanisms for accountability. She is a member of Racial Literacy Groups, the Associations of Fundraising Professionals and Nonprofit Professionals and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.

Rodney Fuller

Rodney Fuller is an Affiliate Consultant with the Support Center, YRM Consulting and CadencePace Partners. He was formerly the CEO/President at several other organizations, including Fresh Youth Initiatives in Washington Heights, NY, the Boys and Girls Club of Newark, one of the largest Boys and Girls Clubs in the Country, and an anchor institution in the city of Newark and the city’s largest after school provider. Of the 4,500 Boys and Girls Clubhouses across the country, the Boys and Girls Club of Newark was the only one to offer free in-house pediatric dental, vision, Health Care and behavioral health services to its Club members, with their own in-house Physician, Dentist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, addressing many of the root causes of the educational achievement gap and lack of school readiness: the destabilization of the family resulting from economic insecurity and inequality. As a reputed “Turn-around-artist,” Mr. Fuller has the distinction of having led, “Turned around” 10 non-profit organizations from the Executive Director/ CEO/President position.

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