Join Our Board of Directors

Board Members serve as fiduciaries and strategic leaders of the organization, ensuring it fulfills its mission, maintains financial integrity, and operates in compliance with legal and ethical standards.

Board Members serve asfiduciaries and strategic leaders of the organization, ensuring it fulfills its mission, maintains financial integrity, and operates in compliance with legaland ethical standards. The ideal candidate will be passionate about makinga positive impact in the lives of at risk male youth and possess strong leadership skills. Timecommitment: 4-6 hours per month (excludes committee assignments).

• Govern the organization in accordance with itsbylaws, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and governance standards.
• Be knowledgeable about Mentoring Brother 2
  
  Brother's mission, vision, programs, and events.
• Serve as a leading ambassador of Mentoring Brother 2 Brother's mission and programs.
• Agree to a one-year board term with the optionof renewal for consecutive terms.
• Regularly attend and prepare for quarterly Board meetings and committee meetings.
• Commit to professional development (one or twotrainings are recommended per year).
• Volunteer for and willingly accept assignments and complete them thoroughly and on time.
• Serve on at least one committee and attendcommittee meetings.
• Make a serious commitment to participateactively in Mentoring Brother 2 Brother work.
• Prepare and approve necessary organizational policies.
• Commit to an annual philanthropic commitment as determined by the Board.
• Actively participate in fundraising for the organization.
• Participate in annual self-evaluation of the Board and personal board service.
• Participate in hiring and oversight process ofthe President and Vice President.
• Stay informed about Board matters, prepare for meetings, and engage in issues of importance.
• Participate in creation of strategic plan and conduct annual review of the strategic plan.
• Get to know other Board members and Mentoring Brother 2 Brother stakeholders.
• Respond to requests for feedback or decisionsbetween meetings in a timely manner.
• Understand financial statements or commit to learning about nonprofit financial oversight.
• Maintain confidentiality and disclose potential conflicts of interest.

• Interest in and willingness to support Mentoring Brother 2 Brother's goals and objectives
• Boldness for building relationships and a passion to serve the community
• Embodies Mentoring Brother 2 Brother's five co revalues
• Sound decision-making ability
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic
• Results-driven and dependable
• Highly effective in working with others
• Commitment to open and honest communication
• Corporate networking, grant writing,fundraising, strategic planning or lived experiences
• Ability to easily use email and other technologysuch as cloud services