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Acts as the representative of the board as a whole, rather than as an individual supervisor to staff.\nCommunity: Speaks to the media and the community on behalf of the organization (as does the executive director); represents the agency in the community.\nMeetings: Develops agendas for meetings in concert with the executive director. Presides at board meetings.\nCommittees: Recommends to the board which committees are to be established. Seeks volunteers for committees and coordinates individual board member assignments. Makes sure each committee has a chairperson, and stays in touch with chairpersons to be sure that their work is carried out; identifies committee recommendations that should be presented to the full board. Determines whether executive committee meetings are necessary and convenes the committee accordingly.\nExecutive Director: Establishes search and selection committee (usually acts as chair) for hiring an executive director. Convenes board discussions on evaluating the executive director and negotiating compensation and benefits package; conveys information to the executive director.\nBoard Affairs: Ensures that board matters are handled properly, including preparation of pre-meeting materials, committee functioning, and recruitment and orientation of new board members.\nVICE PRESIDENT / VICE CHAIR\nGeneral: Acts as the president/chair in his or her absence; assists the president/chair on the above or other specified duties.\nSpecial Responsibilities: Frequently assigned to a special area of responsibility, such as membership, media, annual dinner, facility, or personnel.\nSome organizations choose to make the vice president, explicitly or implicitly, the president-elect.\nTREASURER\nGeneral: Manages the board's review of, and action related to, the board's financial responsibilities. May work directly with the bookkeeper or other staff in developing and implementing financial procedures and systems.\nReports: Ensures that appropriate financial reports are made available to the board. Regularly reports to board on key financial events, trends, concerns, and assessment of fiscal health.\nFinance Committee: Chairs the Finance Committee and prepares agendas for meetings, including a year-long calendar of issues. In larger organizations, a separate Audit Committee may be chaired by a different person.\nAuditor: Recommends to the board whether the organization should have an audit. If so, selects and meets annually with the auditor in conjunction with the Finance and/or Audit Committees.\nCash Management and Investments: Ensures, through the Finance Committee, sound management and maximization of cash and investments.\nSECRETARY\nA major benefit of a corporate secretary position for a board is having someone who supports the full range of board work from communications to the logistics of board and committee meetings. The chair and chief executive benefit from having a gate-keeper who acts as a knowledgeable liaison between the senior staff and the board. Specific benefits on both sides include:\nConstant attention to sensitive deadlines and other dates important to the board.\nA structured approach for tracking important documents, compliance issues, or trends influencing the organization’s work.\nThe ability for the board to remain on top of its own agenda.\nA coordinated approach to managing any concerns regarding the respective roles of the board and chief executive, impact of the external environment on the organization, and effect of logistics on board processes.\nFreedom for the chief executive to focus on work while remaining assured that the board’s needs are being met.\n\u000f\nSAMPLE Board Committee Descriptions\nFund Development Committee\nPurpose of the Committee:\nAs a committee of the Board of Directors, helps the Board carr","cbCailj0NEnQtfk3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailj0NEnQtfk3","docx",28000,9,"English","# SAMPLE Board Officer Descriptions\n## President / Chair / Chief Voluntary Officer (CVO)\n## Vice President / Vice Chair\n## Treasurer\n## Secretary\n# SAMPLE Board Committee Descriptions\n## Fund Development Committee","[{\"question\":\"What does the President/Chair/CVO typically do?\",\"answer\":\"The role ensures effective board action, oversees board affairs, represents the board, develops meeting agendas, presides over meetings, and coordinates committee establishment and chair responsibilities.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the Treasurer support board financial responsibilities?\",\"answer\":\"The Treasurer manages the board’s review and action on financial responsibilities, ensures appropriate financial reporting, chairs the Finance Committee and prepares agendas, and coordinates audit recommendations and cash/investment management.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose and scope of the Fund Development Committee?\",\"answer\":\"The committee supports the board’s due diligence for fiscal health through philanthropy, partners with staff to institutionalize fundraising, sets policies, nurtures a donor-centered culture, supports annual planning and benchmarks, and reviews ROI against the plan for strategic dialogue.\"}]","Board Officer and Committee Descriptions - Samples | DOCX",1788328999]