A female bank vice president was asked to join a not-for-profit (NFP) board and asked me what questions she should ask, before she joined. I shared what follows with her, and I reproduced it below and amended it. Here are …
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Governance at the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army recently dismissed Mr. David Rennie, its executive director of its toy warehouse in Toronto, where there was an alleged “massive” theft of $2M in children’s toys. This amount of toys, which were recently located, along with Mr. …
The Penn State Report and 8 Must Dos for University Boards
The Penn State board of trustees did not escape blame in Louis Freeh’s 162 page report released this week. See the PDF summary here and pages 97-103 of the full report here on findings for the Board of Trustees. The …
Shaping a Not-for-Profit Board of Directors
Should not-for-profit governance be short-changed because of scarce resources and directors being unpaid? Are directors’ fiduciary duties less because it is a volunteer position? Are directors less at risk? The answer is “no” to all of the above questions. Not …