Engineering a Board for Impact
A diverse, engaged foundation board can be a force multiplier for a foundation, leveraging needed perspectives, experience, expertise, and relationships to advance the foundation’s mission. The wrong board can be an impediment. This session will provide an overview of the governance practices needed to engineer an engaged board aligned with an eye toward advancing the strategic priorities of the foundation and the institution. Topics addressed will include leveraging the chair as a strategic partner, board assessment and recalibration, developing a board composition matrix, and ways to sustain momentum and growth through orientation and ongoing board education. The session will feature a panel discussion with a foundation CEO and a foundation General Counsel and Board Secretary.