ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the different approaches of non-profit governance and explains the roles and responsibilities of non-profit boards and Chief Executive Officer—the key governing bodies. It looks at length two of their major governing roles: strategic planning and promoting the public interest goals. The chapter discusses the issue of the leadership challenges at the executive level, and ends with a case study on the 2010 scandal with Bernie Madoff and the lessons learned for non-profit boards. It explains the roles and responsibilities of non-profit board and executive directors, as key governing bodies. The chapter explores board recruitment, selection, management, training, and development and analyzes the shared partnership between the executive director and the board. It examines the process of strategic planning as a key leadership responsibility of the governing bodies. The chapter analyses emerging leadership role of the governing bodies, moving beyond accomplishment of internal organizational mission to promoting the broader public interest goals.
