Board of Directors

Purpose and Governance

The Board of Director is the 501.3c required governing body of the Co-op Family Center that oversees the activities of the organization. The Board delegates the power of operation to the executive director. In order to fullfil its duty of oversight and fiduciary responsibility, the Board governs through the model of policy governance. In this model, the Board sets policies that outline high-level goals for the long-term future, and limitations on the means the director can use to fullfil those goals. Progress and performance of the organization is obtained through monitoring reports from the director (for a more complete description refer to the policy book). The Board is elected by the membership (enrolled families of the Co-op Family Center) and reports back to them once a year at the annual meeting, which is usually held at the beginning of the fall term (September / October).

Current Members

 

Voting Members:

    1. Nick Schultz, Co-Chair
    2. Emily LeBlanc, Co-Chair
    3. Chris Martin, Treasurer
    4. Kendal Briggs, Secretary
    5. Gulnura Abytalieva, member
    6. Shikha DeFazio, member
    7. Brittany McFall, member
    8. My Nganta, Member
    9. Justin Francese, member
    10. Kristina Karns, member

 

Ex-officio Members (non-voting):

    1. Estee Auerbach (Executive Director)
    2. Tami Brown (Business Manager)
    3. Rachel Jefferson (Pedagogical Coordinator)
    4. Theresa Villani (Staff Representative)

 

Board meetings are held once a month on the fourth Wednesday of a month and are open to the public, except executive sessions.

 


Bylaws of The Family Center (rev. May 2012)