Apply to Join the 2024 Board of Directors

Why be an AL!VE board member?

Board service is a chance to grow personally and professionally, to develop skills, gain unique experience, and make lasting connections with a team of other passionate and motivated professionals throughout the country. Becoming a Board member is an opportunity to share your professional knowledge, expertise, and passion to help AL!VE craft and forge the future of the profession. 

Our Mission:

AL!VE serves to enhance and sustain the spirit of volunteering by fostering collaboration and networking, promoting professional development, and providing advocacy for leaders in community engagement.

Diverse Perspectives Sought

AL!VE is embarking on a journey to be a more equitable and inclusive organization through our AL!VE Academy offerings, DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility & Inclusion) statement, newsletter articles, resource page, and intentional recruitment and support of committee and Board members. Our recent Board survey demonstrates that while we are making progress, our Board is not yet as diverse as the communities our members serve, and we are continuing this work. We welcome all who are passionate about supporting our mission to apply, and after identifying gaps in perspectives and skill sets on our current Board, we are actively seeking candidates of diverse experiences, skills, and backgrounds not represented on the current Board including, but not limited to: 

People with skills in: 

• HR
• Legal
• Information Technology
• Grant Writing
• Sponsorship Development/Fundraising
• Marketing and Communications
• Program Development
• Nonprofit Management
• Administering or participating in Service Enterprise
• Organizational DEAI cultivation 
• Leadership Succession Planning
• Finance

Diverse geographic representation, including residents of these regions:

• Mountain
  • Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico  
• Midwest
  • Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri 
• South East
  • Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
• South Central    
  • Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas
• Upper West
  • Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota

We warmly welcome and encourage individuals who are: BIPOC, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals with diverse abilities and a wide variety of educational and life experiences to join our inclusive and diverse community, where everyone's unique identities and perspectives are respected and celebrated.

Individuals 18 years of age and older, with or without a degree, or who are retired are also invited to apply.

We also encourage people with experience supporting neighboring, grass-roots and community organizing, and informal forms of volunteering.

It is our hope that our Board will be as diverse as the communities our members serve, with the perspectives, skills, and experience needed to enact our strategic plan and advance our mission. If you are passionate about AL!VE’s mission, are willing to make a time commitment of 10-15 hours per month, and have skills and perspectives that would benefit our work (including those that might not have been mentioned), we encourage you to apply!

We welcome and encourage all with the perspectives, skills, and experience needed to enact our strategic plan and advance our mission to apply. This is an We welcome and encourage all with the perspectives, skills, and experience needed to enact our strategic plan and advance our mission to apply. This is an exciting time to join the leadership of AL!VE and help us map our ambitious future.  Please direct any additional inquiries to the Nominating Committee.

Nominations are now closed.  See our timeline below for next steps.

On August 25, we held an informational webinar about Board Service.  (View the Slide Deck Here and Recording Here)

About Board Service

Here are some of the main functions of an AL!VE Board member:

• Oversee the direction and management of the association
• Lead specific projects
• Serve on committees
• Recruit new members
• Ensure a solid, balanced budget
• Contribute to the association's financial success
• Represent AL!VE members at conferences and regional meetings 

AL!VE’s Board of Directors is an active board that makes a difference for our profession. Those who are elected to the Board will serve a 3-year term (2024-2026), with the opportunity to serve up to two terms (six years total). 
 
The Board meets on a monthly basis using web-based technology. As a working Board, the volunteer commitment is two to three hours a week, or an average of ten to fifteen hours a month, including required attendance at Board meetings and leadership on a committee or special project. Board service is a chance to grow personally and professionally, to develop skills, gain unique experience and make lasting connections with a team of other passionate and motivated professionals throughout the country.