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  • HAVI Advisory Board Application

    Due by Monday, January 6, 2025

  • The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI) is seeking Candidates for its Advisory Board. Term to begin in the Spring 2025.

    We seek individuals with a variety of professional and lived experiences, including frontline violence intervention, public health, medicine, law, finance, and non-profit management. The HAVI board advises and oversees the activities of the HAVI with governance from our fiscal sponsor, HRiA Board of Directors.

  • Application Procedure

    1. Complete the application below.
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    2. Email or upload a letter of interest and your CV/resume 
      • Instructions are at the end of the application.
      • In your letter, please include any relevant professional and/or lived experiences that you wish to share with the review committee
    3. If you have applied in the past year and wish to reapply 
      • Please contact Tina Nappi -  tinan@thehavi.org to express interest and discuss any updates your previous application.
      • You do not need to complete this application again.

  • Overview and Expectations

    The Advisory Board is responsible for:

    • Short- and long-term strategic planning
    • Adopting an annual budget
    • Ensuring effective fiscal oversight
    • Recruiting, orienting, and developing board members
    • Hiring and evaluating the Executive Director.

    Individual Advisory Board Members are expected to:

    • Serve a 3-year term that begins and ends on the orientation date with an option to be re-elected for three additional terms
    • Serve as ambassadors for HAVI
    • Abide by the bylaws
    • Understand and promote the mission, while being familiar with the organization’s programs, policies, and operations
    • Attend and actively participate in all meetings (approximately 90 minutes in length), or appoint a representative of their program or organization to attend the call in their place
    • Actively engage in at least one committee meeting and/or workgroup (roughly 1-3 hours/month, as determined by the committee)
    • Voluntarily take on special assignments
    • Support the fundraising and resource development efforts through an annual contribution (commensurate to their personal circumstances)
    • Do their part to ensure 100% board giving
    • Participate in fundraising activities and events
    • Leverage their personal and/or professional networks and resources to ensure financial and reputational success.
    • Actively participate in the annual conference (3-4 days) and attend special events, such as board retreats, as scheduled
    • Attend a new member orientation (typically 60-90 minutes in duration)
    • Help identify, cultivate, and meet with potential donors and/or community leaders to advocate for the HAVI’s mission and build the case for support throughout their term.

    The Advisory Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EST at least 10 times per year on Zoom unless otherwise stated. 

    All Advisory Board members are expected to sign an Annual Commitment Form. If you would like to see the most recent board bylaws, contact tinan@thehavi.org.

    Submission deadline is Monday, January 6, 2025.

    We plan to interview applicants in February 2025, and will schedule a new Advisory Board Orientation session in April 2025.

  • Advisory Board Application

  • Qualifications

    Please list any past and present memberships on boards, committees, and organizations (business, civic, community, fraternal, political, professional, recreational, religious and social). Include organization, title, and dates of service.

  • Achievements

    Please list any notable achievements in your service to your community. Your community is defined as any group of people, either professional, residential, and/or identity-based, with whom you have a meaningful relationship.

  • Volunteer Experience

    Please describe any volunteer experiences with nonprofit organizations.

  • Fund Development

    Board members play a critical role in fund development. We are seeking to increase the annual philanthropic revenues raised each year to grow the organization, build the staff, and endow the organization. Please describe your comfort level fundraising and/or speaking on behalf of the organization.

  • Relationships / Involvement with the HAVI

    Relationships / Involvement with the HAVI. Describe your level of involvement with the HAVI to date. If applicable, please share any relationships you have with the HAVI's work generally, HAVI member programs, and/or engagement with current Advisory Board members.

  • Time Commitment

    Board meetings are held once a month for approximately 1.5 hours on Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5 PM Eastern Time. Board members are expected to serve on at least one committee/working group, for an additional 1-3 hours/month. Advisory board members are asked to attend special events each year. Board terms last for three years and begin on January 1. Can you reasonably commit this amount of time to the HAVI?

  • References

    Please provide the names and contact information for three professional references. Include their name, relationship to you, phone number, and email.
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  • Thank you for your interest. We look forward to speaking with you.

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