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Board Opportunities

Are you passionate about empowering women? Are you looking to use your skills and experience to serve? Join our She Flew the Coop board!

She Flew the Coop (SFTC) is seeking candidates to serve on its board for a two year term. SFTC seeks the following board roles:

Vice Chair

Secretary

Treasurer

Please submit a resume and letter of interest to She Flew the Coop Founder Sarah Colon-Harris at sarah@sheflewthecoop.org by February 15th. Please put the role you are interested in in the subject line. The newly appointed board will begin in March.

Board Member Roles & Responsibilities She Flew the Coop, Inc.

She Flew the Coop’s nonprofit mission is to “empower women to live with intention and embrace unlimited possibilities.”

The Board will support the work of She Flew the Coop, Inc. (SFTC) and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance.

General Board Member responsibilities include:

While day-to-day operations are led by SFTC’S Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Board-CEO relationship is a partnership, and the appropriate involvement of the Board is both critical and expected.

Leadership, governance and oversight
Serving as a trusted advisor to the CEO as s/he develops and implements SFTC’s strategic plan
Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by SFTC for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics; reviewing agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings.
Approving SFTC’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
Contributing to an annual performance evaluation of the CEO
Assisting the CEO and board chair in identifying and recruiting other Board Members
Partnering with the CEO and other board members to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
Serving on committees or task forces and taking on special assignments
Representing SFTC to stakeholders; acting as an ambassador for the organization
Ensuring She Flew the Coop’s commitment to a diverse board and staff that reflects the communities SFTC serves
SFTC’s Board Members will serve a two-year term to be eligible for re-appointment for one additional term of two years. Board meetings will be held every six weeks for one to two hours unless a special meeting is called in which 48 hours notice will be given. Board members are expected to volunteer an average of 5 hours a month during a two-year term. Committee meetings will be held in coordination with full board meetings.

Qualifications for all roles:

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about SFTC’s mission and who has a track record of board leadership. Selected Board Members will have achieved leadership stature in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector. His/her accomplishments will allow him/her to attract other well-qualified, high-performing Board Members. Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

Extensive professional experience with significant executive leadership accomplishments in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector
A commitment to and understanding of SFTC’s beneficiaries, preferably based on experience
Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating, and building consensus among diverse individuals
Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a passion for improving the lives of SFTC’s beneficiaries
Service on SFTC’s Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for administrative support, travel, and accommodation costs in relation to Board Members’ duties.

Position – Board Secretary

Specific Secretary responsibilities:

Assures that an agenda has been prepared by the board president and/or CEO and that the agenda is distributed in advance of the meeting
Oversees the distribution of background information for agenda items to be discussed
Prepares the official minutes of the meeting and records motions, discussions, votes, and decisions
Prepares and provides the previous meeting’s written minutes to board members before the next meeting and records any changes or corrections
Assures that documents (bylaws, Form-990, roster of board members) are accessible to members
Schedules and notifies board members of upcoming meetings
Holds members accountable for their tasks
Focuses on raising the amount of funds needed to meet the unit’s budget
Works with a committee, appointed by the president, to plan and organize fundraising activities
Fundraising: SFTC Board Members will consider SFTC a philanthropic priority and make annual gifts that reflect that priority. So that SFTC can credibly solicit contributions from foundations, organizations, and individuals, SFTC expects to have 100 percent of Board Members make an annual contribution of $250 minimum.

Position – Board Treasurer

Specific Board Treasurer responsibilities:

Reconcile bank accounts and produce financial statements, present at board meetings
Ensure tax-related documents and legal forms are filed on time, such as the documents required to maintain the organization’s tax-exempt status (990)
Serve as chair of the finance committee and financial officer of the organization
Manage, with the finance committee, the board’s review of and action on its financial responsibilities
Assists the Chief Executive or the Chief Financial Officer in preparing the annual budget and presenting it to the board for approval
Reviews the annual audit and answers board members’ question
Fundraising: SFTC Board Members will consider SFTC a philanthropic priority and make annual gifts that reflect that priority. So that SFTC can credibly solicit contributions from foundations, organizations, and individuals, SFTC expects to have 100 percent of Board Members make an annual contribution of $250 minimum.
Finance or accounting experience is required

Position – Vice Chair

Specific Vice Chair responsibilities:

Prepares to assume the office of the board chair
Fulfills the board chair’s duties when the presiding officer is absent or if that office becomes vacant
Assists the board chair in the execution of his or her duties
Serves on committees as requested to learn the operations of the boar
Works closely with the board chair to transfer knowledge and history to prepare for leadership
Works with a committee, appointed by the president, to plan and organize fundraising activities
Focuses on raising the amount of funds needed to meet the unit’s budget

Each board member has the ability to raise any issues not included on the agenda. Following these meetings, the board member can take the initiative to meet with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in order to inform him or her of all or some of the comments or preferences voiced by the independent directors.

The Vice-Chairman also ensures that requests from shareholders not represented on the Board of Directors are answered, makes him or herself available to hear their comments and suggestions and, where possible, answers their questions after consulting the Chairman. To that end, he or she has a specific email address, at which anyone who so chooses can submit comments or ask questions. The Board of Directors is informed by the Vice-Chairman about all of his or her contacts with shareholders.