New program to help nonprofit execs

The Ventura County Community Foundation is launching a new series of programs designed to strengthen the leadership capabilities of nonprofit board members. Offered through the foundation's Resource Center for Nonprofit Management, the "Building Board Leadership" programs will launch in Oxnard and Thousand Oaks as follows: Tues., May 23 from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. at Topa Tower Club, 300 Esplanade Drive, Oxnard; and Wed., May 24 from 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. at Sherwood Country Club, 320 W. Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks.

These events are limited to one executive director/CEO and one board chair from each nonprofit organization. There is no cost to attend, but reservations are required. To RSVP, call (805) 9880196, ext. 110.

The new program will address issues of nonprofit board governance and leadership, including vision and mission, legal obligations, board and volunteer management, roles and responsibilities, working with the CEO and staff, and other topics.

"It's crucial that we support and nurture a pipeline of emerging leaders able to provide strategic and operational governance to our local nonprofit organizations, particularly as these organizations are called upon to serve more in our communities and become a larger part of the fabric that sustains families, children, organizations and causes important to each of us," said foundation board chair Mary Leavens Schwabauer.

For more information, visit www.vccf.org.

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