Board Welcome
As the current Board Chair, I want to thank you for your interest in Resolutions Northwest and I wanted to take a moment to help you understand how the Board of Directors supports Resolutions Northwest. The Board of Resolutions Northwest is comprised of a group of talented and diverse individuals representing the broad cross-section of our community. While diverse, we are all committed to creating a more equitable, just and empowered community by helping Resolutions Northwest provide creative mediation and conflict resolution programs and services. I encourage you to take a few minutes to review the bio sketches of our extremely capable board members.
The Board of Directors is a volunteer board that provides the traditional functions of program and financial oversight to the agency. In addition, we are also active in supporting the staff, empowering them to "dream big dreams," and to think and act in ways that support the community we serve. We have committed ourselves and are taking steps to support four staff-identified strategic directions. These strategic directions include:
- Partnering with other nonprofit agencies working with underserved and diverse communities in Portland to promote appropriate conflict resolution.
- Developing strong youth-focused program efforts to preventatively teach peer mediation and conflict resolution skills as well as identify and intervene early with youth currently engaged in school conflict and/or the juvenile justice system.
- Expanding our facilitation programs and services to address facilitation needs in communities, public and private agencies and other settings where there is a high need for better understanding and dialogue or in situations where conflict is present.
- Fostering a greater connection to the larger community of Portland by providing many avenues through which community members can support Resolutions Northwest with their time or other resources.
As a Board, we meet every month to review financial statements, provide administrative guidance and have fun working together as a team. However, our commitment goes well beyond attending meetings. All of our board members make a financial contribution to the organization and serve on working committees of the board. In addition, many of our board members have served, or currently serve, as volunteer mediators and/or facilitators with Resolutions Northwest.
The ideal size of our board is between 9-12 members, and currently we have 3-4 openings to fill with members who have nonprofit finance, technology, human resource or marketing experience. For more information about becoming a board member candidate, please see our board member application packet. Even if board membership is not something you can consider at this time, I still encourage you to become involved in Resolutions Northwest by volunteering, making a donation, or simply joining our mailing list. Again, thanks for your interest in Resolutions Northwest and peacemaking in Portland.
Yours in Peace,
Mark Fulop
Board Chair
