Governance
We are recruiting the women and men who will govern this Center. Rather than leave this page blank until it is finished, here is exactly what we are building and what each seat is responsible for — because if one of them describes you, we would like to hear from you.
Governance
Approving the annual budget, overseeing financial controls and audit, and making sure every dollar given is accounted for.
Holding the Center to its purpose, approving the strategic plan, and deciding what we will not do — which matters as much as what we will.
Hiring, supporting and evaluating the Executive Director, and planning for succession.
Nonprofit incorporation and 501(c)(3) status, state charitable registration, insurance, and the policies that keep participants safe.
Giving personally, opening doors, and taking real responsibility for the Center's financial sustainability.
Making sure the women we serve have a genuine voice in how the Center is run, not a symbolic one.
Recruiting now
We are deliberately building a board that mixes professional expertise with lived experience. A woman who has been through a gray divorce and rebuilt belongs at this table as much as an attorney does.
Runs the board, partners closely with the Executive Director, and keeps governance focused on strategy rather than operations.
Financial oversight, budget review and internal controls. Accounting, finance or nonprofit CFO background sought.
Records, bylaws, meeting minutes and compliance filings.
A practicing attorney — nonprofit, family or elder law especially valuable.
A licensed clinician or program leader to keep our trauma-informed practice honest and current.
Someone who has built a donor base and is willing to teach the rest of us.
At least two seats reserved for women who have used services like ours. This is not decorative; these seats carry a full vote.
Connecting us to congregations and cultural organizations across Greater Cleveland.
Board service here means real work: giving, opening doors and showing up prepared. If that appeals rather than deters, get in touch through Get Involved and tell us which seat you are drawn to and why.