At Wild Virginia, we are committed to inclusiveness. We are actively seeking candidates for board positions who bring ethnic, cultural, racial and/or gender diversity, as well as a range of thought, backgrounds, skills, experiences and expertise.
Wild Virginia is looking for new board members!! Want to apply to be a board member but don’t know where to start? Here’s what you need to know.
Desired Skills:
We are a small and growing organization committed to conservation through advocacy and the empowerment of communities.. Our board is active and engaged in making Wild Virginia stronger and more effective every day. We seek diverse board members who will provide valuable skills and serve as participatory assets to our organization. If this sounds like the place for you, we hope you’ll join us!
The Board Member shall perform the usual duties of this office:
- Attend all board meetings (every other month).
- Participate in strategic planning sessions to set goals for the organization and assess the organization’s performance in achieving its mission.
- Participate in committee work (i.e. philanthropy; development; diversity, equity, and inclusion)
- Assist with monitoring financial reports to ensure the organization has adequate resources to achieve its mission.
- Act as an enthusiastic champion for Wild Virginia across diverse communities by volunteering at outreach events.
- Support diversity, equity and inclusion by helping us bridge the “nature gap” and eliminate disparities in access to nature and nature- based knowledge
- Actively assist with fundraising efforts and support annual fundraising with his or her own financial contributions.
- Assist with the evaluation of the performance of the Executive Director.
We are a small non-profit organization seeking to make positive change, and to do so this means that every member of our board actively supports the organization in the ways detailed above.
You will be asked to serve a term of three years.
Things to Note:
The annual time commitment for the board is about 10 hours every month. The board meets one to two times per month, and board members are expected to work on committee work in between these meetings – such as development, communications, or our diversity, equity and inclusion committees.
Board members are expected to make Wild Virginia their top priority when making annual donations. The contribution should be whatever is financially feasible for the respective board member.
Board applicants with prior board experience are preferred, but we will consider all applications!
Additional Information
Wild Virginia works to protect and connect Virginia’s wild places. Our current campaigns include:
- Improving habitat connectivity by leading advocacy on wildlife crossings and ecosystem corridors, both terrestrial and aquatic.
- Protecting Virginia’s water quality through the legal enforcement of the Clean Water Act. We apply this approach to preventing the release of forever chemicals, like PFAS, into Virginia’s waters, and working closely with our partners to reduce the environmental harms of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
- Building diverse coalitions to further progress on habitat connectivity and water quality throughout the state.
- Providing meaningful knowledge and skills and more equitable access to nature. We believe the places you know are the places you care about.
- Helping citizens from communities all across Virginia make their voices heard in decisions about our public lands.
If you’re interested in applying, click here!
Click HERE to see our current staff and board!
