COURSE
NUMBER: EWMBA292B.11
This
course is cross-listed with EWMBA Program.
COURSE
TITLE: Nonprofit Boards and Governance
UNITS OF
CREDIT: 1
INSTRUCTOR:
Paul Jansen
E-MAIL
ADDRESS: paul_jansen@mckinsey.com
MEETING
DAY(S)/TIME: Sunday, March 16 and April 13, 9AM – 5PM
Please
note the format of this course, which meets all day on two Sundays (3/16 and 4/13).
You must attend both sessions in their entirety in order to earn a passing
grade.
PREREQUISITE(S):
None
CLASS
FORMAT: Lecture, discussion, mini-cases, directors and EDs from local
nonprofits
REQUIRED
READINGS: Primarily published articles
BASIS FOR
FINAL GRADE: 50% participation, 50% for 2 case write ups
ABSTRACT
OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This one-unit course provides students with
a working knowledge of the role played by boards of directors in the nonprofit
sector and prepares them to be active and informed members of nonprofit board.
Specifically, the course will explore the following aspects of boards:
Students
will have the opportunity to meet members of the Bay Area nonprofit sector,
including current board members and chief executives, to discuss their roles
and learn firsthand the challenges facing these different leaders in an
increasingly competitive nonprofit marketplace.
The course
is recommended for students wishing to learn about the nonprofit sector, for
those who likely to serve in a board capacity during their successful business
careers, or those considering leadership roles in a nonprofit, thereby having
to work with a nonprofit board.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH: Paul Jansen is an adjunct professor at Haas. Paul spent 25 years as a
consultant at McKinsey & Company before retiring in 2009. In 2001, he
co-founded the Firm’s global Social Sector Practice. At various times has held
roles as leader of the global nonprofit practice, knowledge leader and director
of the global philanthropy practice. In these roles, his client work focused on
strategy, organization development, and operations issues, where he gained
particular experience in global health, higher education, nonprofit governance
and public-private partnerships.
Paul has
authored a number of articles including “For Nonprofits, Time is Money” which
stimulated sector-wide discussion on the strategic benefit of increasing
endowment payout rates. With former Senator Bill Bradley wrote an article for
the Harvard Business Review, entitled “The
Non-Profit Sector’s $100 Billion Opportunity”, which again
challenged sector beliefs about the potential for improved performance. Paul
has also co-authored a report entitled “The
Dynamic Board: Lessons from High-Performing Nonprofits”, which
examines board governance issues unique to the nonprofit community. Paul
co-authored a report released in 2009 on philanthropic prizes “And the Winner is…Capturing the
Promise of Philanthropic Prizes”
Paul
received a chemical engineering degree from the University of California at
Berkeley and earned his MBA at the Harvard Business School. His volunteer work
includes serving as chair of the Board of CARE USA, which is committed to
reducing poverty worldwide and as a director of the SCE Fund. He also serves on
advisory boards for Inside Track, an organization that seeks to improve college
retention, Imagine H20, which seeks to impact water issues, Strive for College,
which strives to increase college attendance by high risk students. Paul also
spent 15 years serving on the board of the San Francisco Zoological Society,
including 4 years as chairman on the board. Paul works in an advisory role with
Norcob Capital, a private equity firm and recently
joined the board of directors of Zymergen, a genetic
engineering service company.