board of directors

Board Wellness Check: How Healthy is Your Nonprofit Board of Directors?

This week on the Nonprofit Jenni Show, Becky Rossman, CEO of Neighborhood House, shares advice about how to conduct a governance audit with your board. She also gives a look inside her nonprofit’s processes for ensuring by-laws are up-to-date, setting expectations for board members, and considering collaboration opportunities with other organizations.

CEO vs. the Board -- What’s the difference, and why we need both

Lately I’ve received lots of Anonymous Questions about the role of a board of directors in relationship with the Executive Director. There are many legal grey areas associated with this relationship, so for Season 3 Episode 6, I asked my favorite nonprofit attorney Rachel Schaffer Lawson of Schaffer Law Firm to come back to the show and answer all the questions you have submitted. Please keep in mind her answers to my questions do not constitute legal advice for your specific nonprofit organization or situation! If you have further questions, please reach out to Rachel directly--she does not charge for phone calls or emails.