I was recently asked about the roles and responsibilities of a board fund development or fundraising committee. Here are some guidelines including who should serve on the committee, what they are ...

It’s a modest proposal: Doing away with the standing board committees that too often merely add layers of bureaucracy to nonprofit governance, an idea pitched on the new blog Blue Avocado. “The ...

The chief legal officer is sometimes called upon to resolve disagreements between board members, and between executive leadership and the board. As primary governance adviser to the organization, and ...