Board Leadership Institute
A strong board is key for a successful nonprofit.
The nonprofit board is charged with:
- Legal, fiduciary oversight
- Attracting and stewarding resources
- Planning and setting strategic direction
- Hiring and evaluating the chief executive
Your leadership team can learn and adopt the practices of high performing boards.
Note: Applications for 2024 BLI Cohort 2 (Santa Barbara) are open now!
We are currently recruiting for the Cohort II of the 2024 Board Leadeship Institute with a deadline to apply of May 24, 2024 no later than 12:00 noon. Meetings will include a mix of Zoom and in-person workshop sessions.
About the Board Leadership Institute
The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at California Lutheran is pleased to announce the application process for the 2024 cohort of the Board Leadership Institute. This five-month certificate program will enhance the knowledge and skills among leadership teams comprised of nonprofit board members and their head of staff (CEO or Executive Directors).
Download the 2024 cohort #2 flyer
Thank You to Our Partners!
This program is generously underwritten by the Amgen Foundation and the Santa Barbara
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Certification
Each organization, as well as each fully participating board and staff leader, will receive a Certificate of Completion, useful for resumes, references, and grant applications. All Certificate holders will be listed on the Center for Nonprofit Leadership’s website.
Who Should Attend?
This cohort is open to nonprofit organizations headquartered in the Central Coast area. Each participating organization is required to send a leadership team of two to three board members and the organization’s current head of staff (CEO or Executive Director). Ideally this is a mix of seasoned board members and emerging leaders. For the greatest impact, the board chair is strongly encouraged to be part of this group. We ask that the team remain consistent through the life of the program; and each person make every effort to attend all sessions to offer the greatest depth and continuity to the Board Leadership Institute experience.
How to Apply
Applications for remaining team slots are accepted on a rolling basis.
The deadline to submit an application for the next cohort is 12:00 noon Friday, May 24, 2024.
The 2024 cohort of the Board Leadership Institute will be hosted with a mix of Zoom and in-person sessions. There will be a mandatory 75-minute in-person orientation to launch the program. Gatherings for Modules I-IV of the program will be conducted each month as two 2-hour sessions from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom with subject matter experts, tools & templates and interactive team excercises. We kindly ask that all participants log in no later than 8:45 a.m. to get settled and to network with other program participants. The final Module will be conducted in-person as a single session from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Zoom log-in information will be sent prior to the orientation.
Important Dates
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Mandatory Orientation
Tuesday, June 4
In-person Session: 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. @ Santa Barbara Foundation Offices -
Board Service 101
Tuesdays - June 18 & 25
Via Zoom: Log-in: 8:45 a.m. | Session 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Board/Staff Partnership
Tuesdays - July 16 & 23
Via Zoom: Log-in: 8:45 a.m. | Session 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m -
Strategic Planning & Board Recruitment
Tuesdays - August 20 & 27
Aug 20: Via Zoom: Log-in: 8:45 a.m. | Session 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Aug 27: In-person Session: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. @ Santa Barbara Foundation Offices -
Financial Oversight
Tuesdays - September 17 & 24
Via Zoom: Log-in: 8:45 a.m. | Session 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. -
Development & Fundraising
Tuesday - October 15
In-person Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ Santa Barbara Foundation Offices
Pricing/Cost
Program fees include all facilitated sessions, digital program materials, and access to an online library of resources.
For a team of up to four (4):
Not-Yet-an-Organizational Member: $475 per team
CNL Organizational Members: no additional fee to participate
Meet the Faculty
Jennifer Lobenhoffer
Principal, JSL Community Strategies
David Greco
President & CEO, Social Sector Partners and Professional Speaker
Doug Green
Judy Guillermo-Newton, MFT
Senior Consultant, Equity Praxis Group
Becca Merrell, CFRE
Executive Vice President, Central Coast Region of Netzel Grigsby Associates
Meenal Kelkar
Jarrod Schwartz
Founder and Principal Consultant, Equity Praxis Group
Steve Willmont
Vice President, Netzel Grigsby Associates