Become a Board Director

2020-22 NEDA Board of Directors application process is open

The National End-0f-Life Doula Alliance is seeking new board members to serve a two-year term from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2022. The deadline is 8:30 p.m. September 1, 2020. Interviews will be conducted between September 8 - 11 via zoom. If selected, you are expected to attend the first board meeting on October 10 from 7 – 8:30 pm EDT.

Serving on the board of a non-profit can be a very rewarding experience. We hope you will consider this carefully. NEDA is a new organization and has some exciting and ground-breaking work to do. We are looking for a wide variety of skills, from strategic planning to social media to communications. You need not be an end-of-life doula to apply yet you must be a current NEDA member. We are especially looking for those who can devote time and effort to building this organization and who have a good grasp of what it means to be on a non-profit board. This is a working board of volunteers who are expected to attend all meetings and regularly do work on their own in between meeting times. All meetings take place on-line in our Zoom.us virtual meeting room.

Below you will find the application, board of director expectations, more detailed job descriptions, and NEDA's bylaws. If you have any questions, please contact us at NEDAapplications@gmail.com. We are excited to hear from you!

*NEDA Board Member Expectations

*NEDA Board Member Job Description and Duties

*NEDA Bylaws

2020-22 NEDA Board Application

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1. Please tell us why are you interested in NEDA and how you would like to serve (including previous involvement with NEDA)? *

10. How many hours per week can you devote to NEDA work? *

2. What is your understanding of NEDA’s purpose and what ideas do you have to help us achieve it? What expertise or contribution do you feel you can make? *

11. Do you have any actual or potential conflicts of interest? *

3. What do you see as the most pressing issue(s) facing NEDA? Facing EOLDs? *

12. Please list your other volunteer commitments *

4. What is your understanding of implicit bias? *

13. Please describe your style of handling conflicts or differences of opinion in groups. *

5. NEDA has chosen to use the term “end-of-life doula.” Do you use this term personally? What are your feelings about using this term? *

14. Describe your computer/tech skills, computer fluency *

6. Please describe any previous non-profit experience. Have you ever served in a 501c6 organization? Do you have board experience? *

15. Are you willing to volunteer for a committee even if not chosen to be on the BOD at this time? *

7. Describe your understanding of a board member’s roles and responsibilities, including your understanding of what a working board does and what will be expected of you. *

8. Please tell us any additional information about how and why you believe you are qualified to serve on the board, including experience relevant to the end-of-life doula profession (education, employment, experience, background, etc.) *

9. Describe the extent of your media and/or public speaking experience *

17. Anything else you'd like us to know? *

18. Please describe your communication and decision-making style. Are you more comfortable with simple majority, consensus, or any other type? *

I have read the NEDA Mission, Vision, Values and Inclusivity Statements, and the Board Member Responsibility document and I agree to abide by them. *

I understand the Board meets on the second Thursday of the month (with occasional exceptions) from 7 – 8:30 pm EDT and I am available at this time. *

2 Letters of Recommendation Needed

Please have 2 references each email a letter of recommendation for you to nedaapplications@gmail.com by September 1, 2020.

These would be two people who know you well, as relevant to the skills and experience you have to offer, including development, board or committee work.

The referee should include their name, title, contact information and number of years they have known you.

They should be available for contact by the Nominating Committee between September 8-11.

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