Impact Sector Session - Key Ways To Foster Board Engagement

Hear from experts on various topics and connect with other Impact Sector members! These sessions provide both knowledge and networking to help area non-profit organizations.

Key Ways To Foster Board Engagement: How Successful Non-Profits Build Boards That Work

Presented by Linda Toohey, - Civic Leader, Philanthropist and Board Governance Expert



Your board should be one of your greatest assets, but for many non-profit executives and staff members, it's a source of missed potential. This practical session flips the traditional board governance conversation and puts you in the driver's seat. You'll walk away knowing how to recruit the right people, onboard them effectively, and build a board-staff partnership that moves your mission forward. Whether you're managing your first board or your fifth, or you just want to learn more about how boards work, you'll leave with concrete tools you can use immediately and a clearer picture of how great governance makes your job easier, not harder.

About Linda Toohey
LINDA TOOHEY coordinated Leadership Saratoga from its inception in 1985 until 2012, while spending 30 years as an executive at the Saratoga County Chamber. Most recently she served as a Board member & treasurer of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and a member of the Boards of the Charles R. Wood Foundation and the Saratoga Foundation. She has also served as President or Chair of the following boards: Skidmore College, Saratoga Hospital, Emma Willard School, Saratoga Performing Arts Center Action Council, Saratoga Friends of Hospice, Saratoga Urban Heritage Area Commission, Hawley Foundation for Children, and Soroptimist International of Saratoga County. In addition to the Boards listed above, she has served on the Boards of Wellspring (co-chair Building Campaign), the National Museum of Racing (Secretary), Saratoga County Workforce Housing Partnership, Saratoga County 21st Century Commission (Vice-Chair), and the Community Hospice Foundation.  She is a facilitator & lecturer on board governance, time management & strategic planning.