Opportunities From: Amcor

Title:                              Member, Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin Community Board of Directors

Accountable to:             President, Community Board of Directors

Partner with:                  Chapter Executive Director, and \ Market Director

Position Summary:        Community Board Members provide volunteer leadership in their assigned community (Madison, Milwaukee or Appleton) and play a vital role in ensuring their chapter, and in turn the organization, achieves its goals, including sustained, year-over-year revenue growth to meet Breakthrough T1D’s mission related funding priorities.  

Duties include:

·         Model commitment to the organization as a “top three” philanthropic priority in contributions of time, talent, treasure, and ties

·         Attend and engage fully in interactive board meetings

·         Actively serve on or chair one or more committees or subcommittees

·         Make an annual gift of personal significance to the organization to ensure 100% board giving

·         Champion the organization’s vision, mission, goals, and priorities

·         Leverage personal and professional network to cultivate meaningful connections for Breakthrough T1D that expand volunteer leadership, corporate and leadership giving pipelines and proactively drive fundraising to meet chapter goals

·         Serve as a passionate ambassador and steward of Breakthrough T1D’s volunteers and donors, including newly diagnosed families and individuals

·         Advocate to build and sustain critical support for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research funded by the Federal Government by raising awareness among Members of Congress of the financial, medical and emotional costs of the disease

·         Build strong mutual partnerships with chapter staff and volunteers

·         Be familiar with Chapter communications and proactively respond to requests for assistance, information, and feedback

·         Consider membership in Breakthrough T1D’s Legacy Giving Beta Society

Minimum Commitment: Directors are elected to two-year terms (beginning in July) and may not serve more than three consecutive terms. 

Schedule:                      Four Community Board Meetings, plus Board Orientation/Social & Annual Meeting

  Approximately 5-7 hours per month

 

Skills/Experience Required:

·         Understanding of JDRF mission; knowledge of T1D and its impact on families and communities

·         Excellent communication and leadership skills

Training/Resources Provided:

·         New Board Member Orientation

·         Board of Directors Handbook

·         Board Member Responsibilities

·         Annual Individual Engagement Meeting

Benefits:

·         Leadership role with the world’s leading global organization focused on T1D research

·         Opportunity to play a pivotal role in fulfilling Breakthrough T1D ’s mission

·         Gain latest knowledge on research that is helping to cure, better treat, and prevent T1D

·         Opportunity to network and influence community leaders on T1D issues

·         The gratitude of millions of individuals and families impacted by T1D