Board Service Bootcamp
CNL’s Board Service Bootcamp is a collaborative training opportunity to train and ready future board members for effective and high impact board service opportunities.
About the Board Service Bootcamp
The Board Service Bootcamp, now in its sixth year, prepares corporate and civic leaders from traditionally underrepresented and underrecruited backgrounds for future board service. This includes seasoned and emerging corporate leaders, natural community leaders, diverse identities, regional geography, age, gender, leadership traits, skills and spheres of influence.
The program consists of four modules of training grounded in board governance best
practices, tapping into personal passion and interests and what to expect when joining
a board of directors. Training is then followed by tailored, one-on-one coaching to
find board service opportunities with local nonprofits. The goal is to enhance and
deepen the pool of leaders ready and able to hit the ground running in this critical
leadership role.
Thank You to Our Partner
This program is offered with generous support from the Amgen Foundation.
Who Should Attend?
The Board Service Bootcamp is co-hosted by invitation-only in partnership with regional corporations, employers and civic leadership groups. Participants are identified as high potential, high performing candidates to participate in cohorts of 15-20 people per cycle. Participants must make a full commitment to the training program, typically convened over four consecutive weeks, each person making every effort to attend all sessions.
Six weeks following the completion of each Bootcamp, participating individuals are then challenged to identify and pursue board service opportunities that align with their personal interests.
To date, nearly 200 leaders have completed the program and over half are now seated on a nonprofit board or are in active discovery.
Who are our Partners?
Regional corporations, employers and civic leadership groups who have partnered with CNL include:
- Amgen
- FMB Wealth Management
- Holthouse, Carlin, Van Tright
- JP Morgan Chase
- Ventura County Leadership Academy
- Wells Fargo
Get Involved
Interested in co-hosting a cohort for your company or civic leadership group? Let us know!
Email us at nonprofit@callutheran.edu.
Want to Learn More about our Program Graduates?
If you are interested in sharing your nonprofit’s board service opportunities with the Board Service Bootcamp graduate community, please email your needs to nonprofit@callutheran.edu. Please include your mission, website, skills and attributes you are seeking, your board job description, a brief description of your recruitment process and your give/get policy.