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
