What Are Different Viable Board Models and How Do They Work?

Did you know that there are at least five typical structures for boards of nonprofit organizations?  This can be confusing for a new Executive Director, not to mention for the staff and the board itself.  It is important for the E.D. and board to decide together which structure they are going to follow.

Learn which structure your board follows (Advisory, Patron/Donor, Cooperative/Collaborative, Management Team, Policy) and please be prepared to share that information in the seminar.

About Abbie von Schlegell

Abbie J. von Schlegell, CFRE has been in the development field for over 40 years, as a consultant with several national firms for half of  her career and as a senior development officer with four institutions.  She has special expertise in women’s philanthropy.

She heads her own advancement consulting firm, which she founded in 2007.  Abbie was recognized as a class of 2018 Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Distinguished Fellow, representing the pinnacle of service to AFP and the profession, and to the tenets of giving, volunteerism, and philanthropy.   In 2013, Abbie was named a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer.  Her extensive nonprofit experience includes program planning, capital  and endowment campaigns, major gifts programs, strategic planning,  increased annual fund-raising efforts, start-up plans and programs,  interim management of development programs, leadership development and  volunteer and staff training. Abbie’s consulting services range from individual coaching to large group facilitations.

Abbie’s clients include leaders in arts and culture, higher education and public policy.  She has spearheaded projects for independent schools, religious organizations and health care institutions.  She has provided counsel to conservation and human services organizations and  associations.