Category Archives: Board Fellows Program
Board Fellows Orientation Event 9/20/11
Those who are interested in the Board Fellows program or have submitted an application should consider attending our orientation event.
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 8:30
Location: KPMG Offices Two Financial Center, 60 South Street, Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free
RSVP: events@netimpactboston.org
The event will showcase a panel of private sector senior executives–who also serve as Board members of Boston-area non-profit organizations. These executives will discuss their experiences as board members. The event will provide prospective Fellows and Organizations with a great opportunity to learn more about the program, hear what it’s like to serve on a board, and to network with current, former, and future Board Fellows!
Speakers include:
Sarah Appleby
Sarah is a freelance consultant providing strategic planning, operations streamlining, and market analysis services to organizations with a social mission. She holds an MBA in Nonprofit Management from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and a BA in Education from Hampshire College. She has worked as a Project Manager at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a Program Coordinator for the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and the Jewish Multiracial Network. A long-time resident of the Boston area, Sarah has a particular love of urban green spaces and community gardens, having worked on several farms in New England over the years.
Marla Capozzi
Marla is a senior innovation expert in McKinsey’s Boston office. She has been with McKinsey for 11 years. She has served a range of global clients in financial services, media, consumer and social sectors with a focus on developing breakthrough innovation strategies as well as mobilizing for innovation. Her expertise also includes knowledge and talent management, and product development. Prior to joining McKinsey, Marla led product development at the Lotus-IBM Innovation Centre where the group launched the industry’s first collaboration, learning, knowledge management and commerce software solutions. Marla has published leading articles in the McKinsey Quarterly, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Finance and Banking Strategies. She is on the Board of Trustees of Babson College and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for Project Bread, a local hunger organization.
Board Fellows Update
Board Fellows Application Opening on August 22nd!
The Board Fellows program will begin accepting applications for its Fall 2011 placement on Monday, August 22. Those who are interested in participating should plan to attend our panel event the week of September 12 (specific date and location TBD). A panel of private sector senior executives–who also serve as Board members of Boston-area non-profit organizations–will discuss their experiences as board members. The event will provide prospective Fellows and Organizations with a great opportunity to learn more about the program, hear what it’s like to serve on a board, and to network with current, former, and future Board Fellows!
For additional information on the Board Fellows program, please visit our Board Fellows page.
If you are interested in volunteering and to join the team of leaders who run the Board Fellows program, please email Kevin Greer and Maura Hodge at boardfellows@netimpactboston.org.
Q&A with Board Fellow, Daron Sharps
NIB recently spoke with Daron Sharps, a current Fellow placed on the Board of the East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC):
Net Impact Boston: How long, and in what way, have you been involved in Net Impact?
Daron: I founded the Net Impact Undergrad chapter at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. When I graduated and moved to Boston in 2010, I joined Net Impact Board Fellows to get more involved and give back to the city I already loved!
Net Impact Boston: What’s your current job?
Daron: Upon graduation I received an AmeriCorps Residency In Social Enterprise with the New Sector Alliance, during which I worked at Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. Later this month, I will be starting a job with FSG Social Impact Advisors, as a Research Associate.
Net Impact Boston: What organization have you been placed with and what will you be doing for them?
Daron: I serve on the board of the East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), designing and implementing a social media strategy to engage the Latino/a clientele of the organization.
Net Impact Boston: What three things are on your “bucket list”?
Daron: Three of my craziest “bucket list” items are to own my own pottery studio, climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, and be a part of, or found, a secret society
For more information on how to apply (as either an individual or an organization), please contact Maura Hodge or Kevin Greer at boardfellows@netimpactboston.org, or visit the Board Fellows section of the Net Impact Boston website.
BOARD FELLOWS DEADLINE EXTENDED
APPLY BY MARCH 7th!
Net Impact Boston has extended its deadline for Board Fellows program’s Winter placement. Both Boston area professionals and non-profits are encouraged to apply!
Under the Board Fellows program, Boston-area professionals are placed into year-long fellowships as a non-voting member of a local non-profit’s Board of Directors. Fellows and Organizations are matched according to organization need, professional experience, and mission interest alignment. You can learn more about the program here.
All Boston-area professionals who would like to join the board of a local non-profit are welcome to apply. The application is available here.
If you are with a local non-profit and would like to host a fellow on your Board, we invite you to apply here.
Board Fellows: Individuals & Organizations Apply Now!
Net Impact Boston is pleased to announce the launch of its Winter placement for its Board Fellows program. Both Boston area professionals and non-profits are encouraged to apply!
Under the Board Fellows program, Boston-area professionals are placed into year-long fellowships as a non-voting member of a local non-profit’s Board of Directors
Fellows and Organizations are matched according to organization need, professional experience, and mission interest alignment.
Fellows provide organizations with professional expertise, while learning about critical strategic and governance issues facing area non-profits. Organizations benefit from a fresh, outside perspective and experience that is relevant to the non-profit’s existing needs.
In previous years, Fellows have assisted an education organization through a merger and developed a marketing plan for an organization dedicated to educating girls in developing countries.
If you’re an interested professional or organization, please consider submitting an application.
To Apply:
All Boston-area professionals who would like to join the board of a local non-profit are welcome to apply. The application is available here.
If you are with a local non-profit and would like to host a fellow on your Board, we invite you to apply here.
For more information, please check out the Board Fellows section of our website or email Kevin Greer or Maura Hodge at the following email address: boardfellows@netimpactboston.org.
Oct 8: New Board Fellows Deadline
Net Impact Boston has been partnering with local non-profit organizations to help provide professional expertise to their boards while exposing its members to strategic and governance issues facing non-profits. From helping a charter school in Boston launch a marketing program, to assisting an organization dedicated to educating girls in third world countries develop its strategic plan, Net Impact Boston Board Fellows have been making a real impact.
To Apply
- If you are a NIB member and would like to join a board of a local non-profit, we welcome you to apply. The application is available here.
- If you are with a local non-profit and would like to host a fellow, we invite you to apply with this application here.
For more information, please check out the Board Fellows section of our website or email boardfellows@netimpactboston.org.
