General Counsel

Full-time

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, an international service organization, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908.

Comprising of more than 390,000 initiated members, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® has more than 1,123 graduate and undergraduate chapters located in multiple nations and territories including the United States, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Korea, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Africa.

The vision of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (Sorority) is to be a lifelong organization that cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards, promotes unity and friendship among women, and addresses issues impacting communities worldwide. It strives to empower members to serve with purpose while advancing social justice, education, and economic progress. Through its programs and leadership, the sorority aims to create lasting change and uplift future generations.

Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and serves as legal advisor to the Board of Directors, known as the Directorate

The General Counsel serves as the organization’s Chief Legal Officer and a strategic advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, and corporate office’s management team members.

The position is responsible for overseeing the organization’s legal affairs, managing legal risk, promoting organizational compliance and ethical conduct, supporting effective governance, and protecting the organization’s mission, assets, reputation, and tax-exempt status.

The General Counsel provides practical, timely, and solutions-oriented legal advice across the organization’s operations. The General Counsel works closely with leadership to ensure that legal, regulatory, and business considerations are integrated into strategic decisions, manages outside counsel, and communications with insurers.

• Advise the CEO, Board of Directors, committee chairmen, and management, on legal, regulatory, operational, and strategic matters.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and help mitigate legal risks affecting the organization.
• Develop practical legal strategies that support the organization’s mission, assets, financial sustainability, and strategic priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on sensitive, high-impact, or confidential matters.
• Monitor changes in laws, regulations, and legal developments relevant to nonprofit organizations and the organization’s operations.

• Advise the CEO, Board of Directors and management on governance matters, fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest, board authority, bylaws, committee charters, resolutions, and organizational policies.
• Support the preparation and review of Board of Directors and committee chairmen meeting materials, minutes, resolutions, and governance records.
• Help maintain compliance with applicable nonprofit corporation laws, charitable-solicitation requirements, and federal and state tax-exemption obligations.
• Advise the CEO and Board of Directors on matters involving private benefit, private inurement, excess-benefit transactions, lobbying, political-activity restrictions, related-party transactions, and charitable-purpose requirements.
• Support preparation for regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, and required filings, including Form-related legal review as appropriate.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and approve contracts and other legal documents, including vendor agreements, service agreements, grant agreements, leases, licensing agreements, confidentiality…