Strategic Organization of ASPHO Board of Trustees, Liaisons, and Committees
Administration Domain
Strategic Goals
- ASPHO will build its financial strength to ensure stability and enable investment in new programs to benefit members.
- Ensure the most effective and efficient governance structure to meet the changing needs of the organization.
Board Members Assigned
ASPHO Officers: Ritchey, Neufeld, Hilden, Lipton
Objectives
- Optimize all programs' ROI
- Establish a comprehensive annual development plan employing various strategies and campaigns
- Grow reserves (unrestricted net assets) to six and a half months of operating expense, approx. $600-800K
- Ensure governance structure provides operating flexibility
- Adopt current thinking on best practices for governance
- Compliance with current state regulations
Development Committee
Chairs: TBD
Liaisons: Officers
Staff: Porter and Paulson
Committee Charges (One Year; 2-3 Years)
- Increase funding from commercial and foundation sources to support and advance programs
- Analyze the feasibility and opportunity for ASPHO to conduct a "Campaign for ASPHO" giving campaign—look at other organizations' approaches, best practices, success. Goal to raise $200K-$250K (1 Year)
- Upon plan recommendation and approval, launch the campaign for ASPHO
Finance Committee
Chair: Neufeld
Liaison: Officers
Staff: Porter
Committee Charges (One Year; 2-3 Years)
- Institute policies and strategies to improve the society's financial strength
- Develop a plan and strategies to build reserves
- Develop a policy/ process for the board to use in evaluating new project funding requests (risk/benefit, ROI , etc.)
PBC Oversight Committee
Chair: Lipton
Liaison: Officers
Staff: Porter
Committee Charges (One Year; 2-3 Years)
- Oversight of PBC operations and editorial policy and relationship to ASPHO/SIOP
- Chair to document his role so there's a record for future successors (1 Year)
- Develop a plan for recruitment of next PBC editor (2-3 Years)