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ACM Board of Directors
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Karen
Maude
Director of Finance &
Administration
Diane
Kopasz
Program Officer
Communication
Korie
Twiggs
Program Officer
Education
Jeannette
Thomas
Program Officer
Membership
Eliza
Ward
Program Manager
Development & Special Initiatives
Sharon
Chiat
Program Manager, Events
Melissa
DeCesare
Association Coordinator
Mary
Maher
Hand to Hand Editor
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Executive
Committee (2008-2010)
President
Neil
H. Gordon
CEO
The Discovery Museums (Acton, MA)
Vice President
of Governance
Jane
Werner
Executive Director
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (PA)
Vice President
of Programs
Henry
Schulson
Executive Director
Creative Discovery Museum (Chattanooga, TN)
Vice President
of Marketing
Barry
A. Van Deman
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Museum of Life and Science
(Durham, NC)
Treasurer
Julia
Bland
Executive Director
Louisiana Children's Museum (New Orleans)
Secretary
Loretta
Yajima
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Hawaii Children's Discovery Center (Honolulu)
Past President
Laura
Foster
Executive Director
Please Touch Museum® (Philadelphia, PA)
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Board Members (Expiring
2010)
Bryn
Parchman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Port Discovery Children's Museum (Baltimore, MD)
Sheridan
Turner
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago (Glenview,
IL)
Ruth
Shelly
Executive Director
Madison Children's Museum (WI)
Debbie
Spiegelman
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer
Miami Children's Museum (FL)
Board
Members (Expiring 2011)
Marilee
Jennings
Executive Director
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose (CA)
Georgina
Ngozi
President & CEO
Brooklyn Children's Museum (NY)
Leigh
Anne Stradeski
Director
Eureka! The National Childrens Museum
(Halifax, United Kingdom)
Mark
Wright
Director of Partnerships
National Children's Museum
(Washington, DC)
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Serve
on the ACM Board of Directors
Board Job Description
Accountable to: ACM
membership and representatives through the leadership of the
Board President and
Executive Director.
Functions
The ACM Board of Directors collectively functions in four
major areas:
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Policy-making
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Strategic planning
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Fund development
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Financial oversight
In carrying out these functions, the
board of directors assumes the legal responsibility for its
actions.
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Collective
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors
(Adapted from BoardSource)
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Determine the Association's mission and vision.
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Select the Chief Executive.
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Provide proper financial oversight.
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Ensure adequate resources.
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Ensure legal and ethical integrity and maintain accountability.
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Ensure effective organizational planning
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Recruit and orient new board members
and assess board performance.
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Enhance the Association's public standing.
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Monitor the Association's programs and
services in line with the mission and vision.
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Support the Chief Executive and
assess his or her performance.
While the Board of Directors functions as
a body in its deliberations and policy-level decisions, the
members are
elected as individuals.
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Individual Responsibilities
of Board Members
(Adapted from BoardSource)
General Expectations
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Know the organization's mission,
purposes, goals, policies, programs, services, strengths
and needs.
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Suggest possible nominees to the
board who are clearly leaders and who can make significant
contributions to the
work of the board and the organization's progress.
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Participate in board member self-assessment.
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Serve in leadership positions
or undertake committee assignments willingly and enthusiastically
when asked.
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Avoid prejudiced judgments on
the basis of information received from individuals and
urge those with grievances to
follow established policies and procedures.
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Follow the trends in the children's
museum and related fields.
- Bring a sense of humor to the
board's deliberations.
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Meetings
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Prepare for and participate in
board and committee meetings, including appropriate organizational
activities (such
as InterActivity).
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Ask timely and substantive questions
at board and committee meetings consistent with their
convictions, while
supporting the majority decision on issues decided by
the board.
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Maintain confidentiality of the
board's executive sessions, and speak for the board or
Association only when authorized.
- Suggest agenda items periodically
for board and committee meetings to ensure that significant
policy-related matters
are addressed.
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Relationship
with Staff
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Counsel the Chief Executive as
appropriate to offer support in his or her often difficult
relationships with groups
or individuals.
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Understand that the Chief Executive
reports to the Board of Directors and the staff reports
to the Chief Executive.
- Avoid asking for special favors
of the staff, including special requests for extensive information
or waivers of policies.
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Avoiding
Conflicts
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Serve the organization as a whole
rather than any special interest group or constituency.
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Avoid even the appearance of a
conflict of interest that might embarrass the board or
the organization, and disclose
any possible conflicts to the board in a timely fashion.
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Maintain independence and objectivity
and do what a sense of fairness, ethics and personal integrity
dictate even
though not necessarily obliged to do so by law, policy
or custom.
- Never accept (or offer) favors
or gifts from (or to) anyone who does business with the
Association.
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Fiduciary
Responsibilities
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Fundraising
Nominating New Board Members
Serving on the ACM Board is an opportunity
to share your individual perspective and skills with a collegial
and committed group
to further ACM's mission. In general, a Board Member is elected
to serve a two-year term. Elections for the 2010-2012 term
will
take place in March 2010. Please Note: ACM's fiscal and board
year runs from July 1 to June 30.
Items to Consider
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Do you have strong experience in one of more of the Board's
four major functions: policy-making, strategic planning,
fund development and financial oversight?
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Can you meet the all collective and individual responsibilities
outlined in the Board
Member Job Description?
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Finally, in consideration of those ACM Board Members
whose terms will expire in 2010, the ACM Nominating Committee
has identified three top priorities for Board candidates:
ethnic diversity, leadership skills and fundraising abilities.
Does your background and/or talents relate to these priorities?
If you or someone you know is interested
in serving on the ACM Board of Directors, please contact ACM's
Nominating Chairperson
Laura Foster.
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