Update on BoardWalk's 3rd Annual Governance Fellowships at
Harvard Business School

In recent newsletters, we alerted you to our Third Annual BoardWalk Governance Fellowships at Harvard Business School, a program we sponsor each fall to celebrate and extend the good work being done by nonprofit board members.

As of this morning, fully 443 readers had downloaded our preliminary application! We are thrilled by this level of interest in a governance seminar for nonprofit trustees, even as we are bracing for the difficult task of selecting just six of them to receive a fellowship.

Watch September's smorgasBoard for details on the recipients. And special thanks to those who expressed interest in the initiative. We just wish we had the funds to send all of you to Harvard....

One year ago today, Hurricane Katrina changed lives and perspectives all over the country. It was because of Katrina that we met Linetta J. Gilbert, a quiet but highly pervasive force in community development and community philanthropy throughout the US. For her pivotal role in forming the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation and for the organization's tireless efforts to restore hope and community in the kidst of devastation, we are pleased to name Linetta as our BoardChampion of the Month for August 2006.

This self-effacing program officer and former New Orleans resident helped attract (and sometimes cajole!) board members, expertise and financial support from a variety of organizations, including an impressive list of the country's most visible foundations--as well as from individual entities with no prior involvement in Louisiana, such as BoardWalk Consulting.

BoardWalk's Sam Pettway had the privilege of working with the LDRF board in its selection of Sherece West as Executive Director.

In a major move towards the integration of his twin passions of social investment and business management, Mr. Pattillo has just hired Christine Killorin to be RPE's first Chief Financial Officer. A CPA and Columbia University MBA, Christine combines her own commitment to venture philanthropy with world-class finance and operating skills gained from her roles roles as VP for Product Development at Verizon (and a founding member of the Verizon Wireless management team) and COO of Women's World Banking, a network of retail financial institutions that provide over $8.5 billion in direct credit services to some 18 million poor people around the world. A woman of eclectic tastes, Christine is a Master Gardener, a cyclist and a World Cup enthusiast.

BoardWalk's Margaret Reiser was the lead consultant on this engagement, supported by Researcher Cynthia Gentry.

The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) is a public charity committed to advancing fairness and excellence in education. A small organization with a huge mission, SEF seeks to improve educational excellence and equity across the deep South.

In recruiting Andrea Young as Senior Program Officer, SEF has landed an experienced public policy advocate steeped in politics and social engagement and long-committed to the educational challenges, issues and experiences of underserved or overlooked segments of society. This Atlanta native has spent the last 24 years in a variety of advocacy roles in New York and Chicago, since 1999 as VP of the National Black Child Development Institute & Project Director for SPARK-DC, a program working to improve the quality and coordination of early childhood programs and services.

BoardWalk's Kim Anderson was the lead consultant on the SEF engagement, supported by Research Director Kelly Lee.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Louisville, KY
Search Mandate: Deputy Executive Director for Witness
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile)

Alabama Historical Commission, Montgomery, AL
Search Mandate: Executive Director
Status: Client has met the full slate of endorsed candidates; decision pending. (view Leadership Profile)

Atlanta Track Club
Search mandate: Executive Director
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile)

Click here to read the Atlanta Journal Constitution's recent take on our search for the Atlanta Track Club.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
Search mandate: Vice President of Development and Marketing
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile)

Genocide Intervention Network, Washington, DC
Search Mandate: Chief Operating Officer
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile)

Habitat for Humanity International, Atlanta & Americus, GA
Search Mandate: Senior Vice President, US & Canada Operations
Status: Client is interviewing candidates or is scheduled to do so. (view Leadership Profile)

Search Mandate: Vice President of Organizational Learning
Status: Client is interviewing candidates or is scheduled to do so. (view Leadership Profile)

Harvest Foundation, Martinsville, VA
Search mandate: Executive Director
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed.
(view Leadership Profile)

Obici Healthcare Foundation, Suffolk, VA
Search Mandate: Chief Executive Officer
Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile)

Please click on the pictures below to learn more about the consulting team at BoardWalk.

Kim Anderson	Sam Pettway	Margaret Reiser