Three Types of Boards Print
  1. Policy Making Board
    • Acts as the governing body for the organization
    • Makes policy decisions regarding purposes, functions, goals and activities
    • Selects, employs, and evaluates the executive director (who reports to the board and is responsible to it)
    • EXAMPLE:  American Heart Association
  2. Advisory Board
    • Gives advice and makes recommendations, usually to the agency’s executive director
    • Does not appoint the executive director (who does not have to follow advice of the board).
    • EXAMPLE: President’s Council on Fitness
  3. Administrative Board
    • Is a full-time working board whose members may or may not receive a salary
    • Makes decisions regarding program and
    • Acts as a plural chief executive of the agency
    • Carries out policies through administrative activities.
    • EXAMPLE:  Junior League