Sep 12, 2022
The lack of diversity on a nonprofit board is more than a perceptual problem. It impacts the nonprofit's ability to serve its community and fulfill its mission. In today's episode, we discuss what diversity on a nonprofit board means to the organization, mistakes nonprofits make when selecting diverse candidates, and how to bring new members into the mix to make your board stronger and more effective.
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If Your Board Looked Like
Your Community by Josephine Ramirez
https://medium.com/new-faces-new-spaces/if-your-board-looked-like-your-community-203c878bb0a0
Building a More Diverse
Board with Intention by Andrea King Collier
https://blueavocado.org/board-of-directors/building-a-more-diverse-board-with-intention/
Andrea King Collier works
with foundations and nonprofits on a host of issues including
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to help them frame and
communicate their work. She has also served on several local,
state, and national boards over the past 20 years.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreacollier/
andycollier11@gmail.com
Josephine
Ramirez is Executive Vice President
at The Music Center/The Performing Arts
Center of Los Angeles County with extensive experience in
programming, management, and grantmaking. Previously she was the
Arts Program Director at the James Irvine Foundation, where she
launched a new strategic direction supporting grantees’
organizational transformation through a focus on relevance,
diversity, and sustainability. She has held philanthropic and
research roles at The Getty in Los Angeles, and served multiple
terms as a Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Commissioner and as a
founding Commissioner of the El Pueblo Historic District.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephineramirez/
https://www.musiccenter.org/
jramirez@MusicCenter.org
Rich Frazier has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years. In his role as senior consultant with IPM Advancement, Rich offers extensive understanding and knowledge in major gifts program management, fund development, strategic planning, and board of directors development.
Russ Phaneuf, a co-founder of IPM Advancement, has a background in higher education development, with positions at the University of Hartford, Northern Arizona University, and Thunderbird School of Global Management. As IPM's managing director & chief strategist, Russ serves as lead fundraising strategist, award-winning content creator, and program analyst specializing in applied system dynamics.