COURSE
NUMBER: EWMBA292B.11
This
course is cross listed with the Full Time MBA Program.
Please
note the unorthodox format of this course which meets all day on two Saturdays.
COURSE
TITLE: Nonprofit Boards
UNITS
OF CREDIT: 1 Unit
INSTRUCTOR:
Lynne LaMarca Heinrich
E-MAIL
ADDRESS: lynnelh@comcast.net
CLASS
WEB PAGE LOCATION: https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal
MEETING
DAY(S)/TIME: Saturdays, 9AM-5PM on October 13 and December 1
PREREQUISITE(S):
None.
CLASS
FORMAT: The class will consist of lectures, case studies, speakers, exercises,
and a project. The course is recommended for students wishing to learn about
the nonprofit sector, and those who will likely be called upon to serve on a
board during their successful business careers. It will provide practical
and applied tools for board and nonprofit service and also present relevant
context for current trends in the nonprofit sector.
REQUIRED
READINGS: There will be a course reader with practical and historical articles
and cases.
BASIS
FOR FINAL GRADE: Class attendance, participation, and class project.
ABSTRACT
OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This one-unit course is designed to provide
students with a working knowledge of the nonprofit sector, and specifically the
role of boards of directors in the sector. Specifically, the course will
explore the following aspects of boards:
·
Why they exist,
their legal and fiduciary responsibilities, and the differences between
for-profit and nonprofit boards
·
How they should be
structured, highlighting models of governance and various committee structures
·
Effective board
assessment tools and structures
·
What they can
achieve for a nonprofit organization and how they are most effectively staffed
·
How they should
interact with chief executives, staff and community
·
The impact of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the nonprofit sector and boards in particular
·
The impact of
federal and state actions on the nonprofit sector
Students
will have the opportunity to meet prominent members of the Bay Area nonprofit
sector, including current board members, chief executives, and development
directors, to discuss their roles and learn firsthand the challenges facing
these different groups in an increasingly competitive nonprofit marketplace.
The course is recommended for students wishing to learn about the nonprofit
sector and who will likely be called upon to serve in a board capacity during
their successful business careers.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH: Lynne LaMarca Heinrich has served the
nonprofit sector for more than 30 years. She has served cultural organizations,
educational institutions, foundations, environmental organizations, and health
and human service agencies in staff positions and currently as a Senior
Consultant, and Co-Chair of the Arts & Culture Practice, with Marts &
Lundy, Inc.
Ms.
Heinrich's recent consulting clients include San Francisco Symphony, Columbia
University, the Smithsonian Institution, Juilliard, Rutgers, Public Radio
International, Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County,
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Missouri Botanical Garden, Cal Performances, San
Francisco Botanical Garden, University of Utah, Morton Arboretum, Cleveland
Museum of Art, Los Angeles Natural History Museum, Oakland Museum of
California, Planned Parenthood, and the University of California, Berkeley. She
has worked closely with faculty, boards, staff, and donors to provide strategic
planning and philanthropy consulting, board leadership training, and counsel
for organizational change.
As
a staff member, Ms. Heinrich served as the Executive Director of the Stern
Grove Festival Association, Director of Development at the Exploratorium, and
held various executive advancement positions with San Francisco Opera, The
Culinary Institute of America, Vassar College, and The Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions. She has provided services or counsel for more than 65 major
capital campaigns during her career.
Ms.
Heinrich is a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business, University of
California, Berkeley, where she teaches in the
Non-Profit Management Program. She is a frequent public speaker and has served
in numerous volunteer positions throughout the Bay Area.