By William J. Moran, J.D., M.S.Ed.
The Moran Company
“We find great nonprofit executives”
Following is a sample memorandum listing some ideal characterisitics of board members.
M E M O R A N D U M
XYZ Health Clinic
TO: Board Nominating Committee
FROM: William Moran
DATE: November 30, 2007
RE: Attributes for New Board Members
We discussed the following attributes for new members to the XYZ Board. Candidates do not need to have all of these characteristics; they are just skills and characteristics that would help strengthen our board.
- Passion for the mission
- Strategic decision making ability
- Ability to access community resources
- Ability to access financial resources
- Ability to access volunteers
- Willingness and ability to give financially to XYZ
- Community connections
- Business leaders of the community
- Minority representation
- Consumer representative
- Human resource expertise
- Attorney
- Accountant/Banking/Financial individuals
The next step is for us to ask the Board, former Board, and others to help us identify individuals who would have these characteristics.
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