Recruiting and Retaining the Right Board Members

We are delighted to offer more online training with Dr. Trevor Hunter to help advance your not-for-profit organization.

At the completion of this specialized session, you will have gained the following:

• • A better understanding as to the relationship between board/organizational needs and board member characteristics
  • A better understanding of how to evaluate a board’s resources needs
  • Insight into effective recruitment strategies for not-for-profit boards
  • Insight into how boards can engage and therefore retain good board members

The training is designed as a learning discussion and opportunities to ask questions will be included.

Can’t attend live? No problem! All registrants will be sent a video recording of the session and the presentation slides, insha Allah.

About Dr. Trevor Hunter:

Dr. Trevor Hunter is Associate Professor of Governance and Management at King’s University College (Western University) in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a recognized non-profit governance expert, having nearly 25 years of experience as a governance educator, researcher, consultant, and practitioner. Trevor introduced the first ever course on governance under the UWO system at Ivey in 1999 and then the second one (which continues to this day) at King’s. He has taught the “Effective NFP Boards” course in the Not-For-Profit Management Certificate Program in Western’s department of Continuing Studies for over a decade. He has published and presented papers on governance in and at leading academic journals and conferences. Dr. Hunter has provided governance consulting to many regional non-profit organizations such as Western’s University Students’ Council, the London Children’s Museum, Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre, Anova, Reforest London, and Community Living London among others. Trevor has served on numerous boards such as the King’s University College Foundation, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, the London Small Business Centre (former board chair), the Middlesex London Board of Health (former chair of the governance committee) and the regional chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2015, Trevor was one of three co- founders, and then vice-chair of the board, of Airshow London, a non-profit organization designed to celebrate aviation excellence and raise money for local charities. Currently, Dr. Hunter serves as vice-chair and chair of the governance committee for Museum London where he oversees by-law and policy compliance and development.