Board Member (Volunteer Leadership Opportunity Statewide Nonprofit

Michigan Virtual Is Seeking Executive Leaders To Join Its Nonprofit Board Of Directors

Influence innovation. Advance education. Leave a statewide legacy.

The Opportunity:

Member, Board Of Directors

Michigan Virtual seeks accomplished executive leaders to serve on its nonprofit Board of Directors. Acting as Ambassadors, Board members provide strategic governance, fiduciary oversight, and executive counsel while helping advance innovation in learning, teaching, and educational technology across Michigan.

The "Why":
Our Board Of Directors Volunteer To Serve To:

• Help shape the future of education during a period of unprecedented change.
• Collaborate with respected leaders from education, business, technology, and government.
• Apply executive leadership experience to issues that affect students across Michigan.
• Influence statewide innovation in AI, workforce readiness, and educational transformation.
• Help ensure Michigan remains a national leader in digital learning.
• Leave a lasting legacy for future generations of learners.

What You'll

Experience:

• Engage in thoughtful strategic conversations
• Learn from respected leaders across sectors
• Contribute to statewide education policy discussions
• Help anticipate emerging trends
• Participate in governance that emphasizes innovation over administration.

What You Can Expect:

• Quarterly in-person Board meetings
• Term limits (3-year terms, renewable 3 times)
• Service on a Board Committee
• No philanthropic gift requirement
• Board colleagues with exceptional talents and background

Core Board Responsibilities:

• Mission and strategy:
  Help refine, protect, and advance the organization's public-purpose mission.
• Fiduciary oversight:
  Approve annual budgets, review financial performance, audits, risk, and sustainability.
• Executive partnership:
  Support, advise, and evaluate the President & CEO through the Board's established processes.
• Policy and accountability:
  Ensure ethical conduct, transparency, compliance, and effective governance practices.
• External leadership:
  Open doors, build relationships, and strengthen partnerships in strategic areas.
• Inclusive stewardship:
  Bring diverse perspectives, lived experience, and disciplined judgment to decisions that affect learners statewide

Our Ideal Candidate

If you are an executive leader who enjoys solving complex challenges, believes innovation can improve educational outcomes, and wants to help shape the future of learning in Michigan, we welcome a confidential conversation.

We are looking for leaders who...

• Think strategically
• Embrace innovation
• Enjoy solving complex challenges
• Ask courageous questions
• Build consensus
• Are curious about emerging technology

Current strategic priorities:

• AI
• Workforce development
• Sustainability
• Strategic partnerships
• Innovation

Experience especially valuable:

• Finance
• Manufacturing
• Healthcare
• HR
• Technology

Organizational History

Established in 1998, Michigan Virtual is a nationally recognized educational non-profit organization that serves as a statewide champion for online and digital learning in Michigan. Headquartered in Lansing, we serve K-12 students, educators, schools, and districts across all of Michigan. We bring together the best in people and technology to maximize learning and teaching by serving as a laboratory for educational innovation.

Michigan Virtual conducts original research, pilots emerging approaches, and works directly with districts to design and implement solutions that improve teaching and learning. We translate work into practice through high-quality online courses for students, professional development programming for educators, and partnerships that position us as a change agent, service provider, and capacity builder for schools across Michigan. Last year, Michigan Virtual served more than 95% of all local school districts in the state, nearly 100% the charter schools, and approximately 75% of all nonpublic schools in Michigan.

Mission:
Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.

Vision:
Be Michigan's leader for innovation in education.

Our Story:
We're committed to making a difference in K-12 education.

Values:

Put Learners First — We believe learners are central to our mission and…