Leadership Gift School Session 3

🎯 What makes a great board member - and how can nonprofit leaders maximize the board’s role in philanthropy?

It's not every day you have an all-star panel to address these questions. Session Three of Leadership Gift School featured a trio who bring decades of experience from both sides of the philanthropic table:

⭐ Tchernavia Montgomery, MSW, CEO of Care Ring
⭐ Meka Sales, Director, Special Initiatives at The Duke Endowment
⭐ Michael Marsicano, former CEO of Foundation For The Carolinas and current board member of The Leon Levine Foundation and the Knight Foundation

Together, they unpacked key questions nonprofit leaders wrestle with every day:

💬 What are the characteristics of the best board members you’ve worked with?
💬 What are some of the challenges of working with a volunteer board?
💬 What are essential tactics to ensure a great staff-board working relationship?
💬 What is the board’s role in fundraising and philanthropy? And how do we maximize that dynamic?

These kinds of conversations are at the heart of The Institute for Philanthropic Leadership - bringing staff and board leaders together to explore the art and science of major gift philanthropy.

Huge thanks to our incredible panelists for sharing their wisdom, to our cohort for their thoughtful engagement, and to The Leon Levine Foundation for hosting us! 👏

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