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• Attend all board meetings.

• Participate as a member or chair of at least one committee, actively contributing to the work of that committee.

• Appoint the organization’s director, including setting appropriate conditions of employment, compensation, and a process to support and assess job performance.

• Annually adopt a balanced budget and to assume fiduciary responsibility of the organization.

• Partner with the director in long-range strategic planning.

• Lend pro-bono professional expertise and other volunteer support as required in order to fulfill the organization’s mission.

• Serve actively as community advocates for the organization.

• Approve, periodically review, and accept responsibility for, all organizational policies.

• Contribute to the viability of the Board by recruiting and training new members, and developing future leaders.

• Participate in annual review of the performance of the Board.

• Attend the annual gala and scholarship presentation.

• Abide by all organization policies