Board Practices and Best Practices with Jackie Downing and Roz Zavras

The most effective organizations have boards and staff that work together. 

This in-person workshop begins with a close look at board recruitment, structure, operations and culture. Participants will explore board members' responsibilities to provide financial sustainability.  

Designed for board-staff teams, this practical session addresses the complementary roles board members play in their organization's governance and resource development.

Training will be led by Jackie Downing, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support at The Community Foundation, and Roz Zavras, CEO of Aropa Consulting.

Topics include:

1. Board Source’s 10 Basic Responsibilities
2. Legal obligations
3. By-laws
4. Board member recruitment
5. On-boarding new board members
6. Running a good board meeting
7. Assessing board and board member performance
8. Board’s relationship with the executive director
9. Staff and board succession planning
10. Fundraising is everyone’s job

To maximize the benefit of this session, each organization must have at least one staff member and at least two board members in attendance (all volunteer organizations should come with a team of three or four). Additional Board and staff participants are strongly encouraged to attend.

Organization Cost: $25

Questions? Please contact Allison Abramson or Jackie Downing.

About the Presenters

Rosalind "Roz" Zavras, CEO of Aropa Consulting, is a highly experienced nonprofit operations expert, with over 15 years of dedicated work building operational infrastructure for social impact organizations around the world.

Jackie Downing is the Senior Director of Grantmaking and Nonprofit Support for The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, where she has served for 14 years. She divides her time between competitive grantmaking and strengthening nonprofits through capacity building programs, workshops, giveGreater.org and The Great Give.