Board Member Terms and Responsibilities
Term of Service and Time Commitment
- Members will serve a 3-year term to be eligible for re-appointment for additional terms.
- 12 Board meetings annually; approximately every month.
- 8 hours per month for Board and/or Committee work or special assignments.
Leadership
- Contribute your time and talents to activities that promote the work of ARE.
- Serving as a trusted advisor to the CEO.
- Commit to attending events of ARE including fundraising marketing, outreach, or advocacy events.
- Representing ARE to stakeholders and acting as an ambassador for the organization.
Governance
- Determining how the organization carries out its mission through long- and short-range planning and setting agency policy.
- Recruit, orient, and develop board members; assist in recruiting volunteers to augment board committees. Ensure ARE’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the community.
- Attend and actively participate in six regularly scheduled Board of Directors meetings each calendar year.
- Actively participate in board committees or task forces or take on special assignments that help meet the organization’s outcomes.
- Reviewing agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings
- Stay well-informed about ARE by reading minutes, Executive Director and Financial reports. Be aware of and take notice of community activities and legal/political developments that may impact the organization and its programs.
Oversight
- Review and approve ARE’s annual budget, audit report, and material business decisions.
- Provide fiscal oversight.
- Hire and annually evaluate the performance of the Executive Director.
Fundraising
- Commit to raise and/or donate a minimum of one thousand dollars to ARE each calendar year.
- Contribute to additional fundraising through personal contributions and/or generating support from friends or other contacts.
Skills, Qualifications, and Attributes
- A commitment to children, youth and families, education, and workforce development for people from underserved communities.
- A track record of successful leadership in business, education, government, philanthropy or the nonprofit sector.
- A commitment to, understanding of, and experience with ARE’s stakeholders
- Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships. Persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals.
- A bias towards action and accomplishing goals.
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of ARE’s beneficiaries.
Service on ARE’s Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for pre-approved administrative or travel costs in relation to Board Members’ duties.
- Skills Needed Include:
- Marketing and Communications
- Event Planning
- Legal
- Public Relations
- Information Technology
- Real Estate
- Finance
- Fundraising
To Learn More or To Apply
Contact the Raeshaw Crosson at rcrosson@are-inc.org. Also visit www.are-inc.org for more information.