Graduation Pledge Alliance seeks Board President

Posted by on April 11, 2011

The Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA, http://www.graduationpledge.org/) is seeking a board-level Executive Committee (EC) President starting in the summer of 2011. This position is on a volunteer basis without monetary compensation. The GPA is a project of Bentley University’s Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility, and the Executive Committee performs the function of a nonprofit Board of Directors. Bentley University is located 8 miles west of Boston, but the EC President can participate remotely; thus individuals from outside of Massachusetts are eligible.

The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility states, “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organization for which I work.” Since the founding of the GPA in 1987, over 250,000 students have taken the Pledge in various ways. The schools involved include liberal arts colleges (e.g., Bates and Grinnell); state universities (such as Colorado and Florida); private research universities (including Stanford and George Washington University); and schools outside the U.S. (e.g., Taiwan and Canada). The Pledge has also been at professional and high schools.

The responsibilities of the EC President include:
• Advancing and refining the GPA’s strategic plan and GPA policies in collaboration with the GPA Executive Director
• Planning and leading EC conference calls and meetings
• Working with the Executive Director and other EC members in decision-making concerning GPA’s human resources, fundraising activities, and relationship-building with potential partner organizations

Strongly recommended skills include:
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Management experience
• Experience with business process development; familiarity with lean principles and terminology (as found in lean enterprise development and lean manufacturing) highly sought If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to Christopher Sequeira at chris@graduationpledge.org.

The Graduation Pledge is part of the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility, based at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. http://www.bentley.edu/alliance/