Resolution: Resolution:Board Priorities Fiscal Year 2020-2021
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| This resolution was approved on September 30, 2020. |
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the following priorities for the 2020-2021 fiscal year:
- Create a Board education & accountability plan (Special Projects Committee & HR Committee, working with staff from the Talent & Culture / Learning & Development team)
- Develop a plan to redesign the Board committee structure, and complete that restructure (Esra'a, working primarily with the General Counsel but with involvement from the Executive Director and Board Liaison)
- Expand the Board to 16 Trustees by the end of Q4 (Board Governance Committee, with support from the Board Liaison, Executive Director, and Talent & Culture / Recruiting team)
- Recruit for the Chair position, and develop a Board Chair succession plan (María—potentially working with a new task force—with: participation from the Board Governance Committee, staff support from the Talent & Culture / Recruiting team, and consultation with the Executive Director)
- Develop a succession plan for the Executive Director/CEO and develop a process for CEO evaluation (HR Committee, working with the Chief Talent & Culture Officer)
- Set clear expectations for Trustee behavior (Board Governance Committee, with support from the General Counsel)
- Support the implementation of the Movement Strategy, including the Universal Code of Conduct (Executive Director, Board Liaison, Talent & Culture, and General Counsel, potentially in collaboration with a new community affairs committee)
- Approve
- María Sefidari (Chair), Nataliia Tymkiv (Vice Chair), Esra'a Al Shafei, Tanya Capuano, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lisa Lewin, Raju Narisetti, Jimmy Wales
- Not present
- James Heilman, Dariusz Jemielniak