Leadership Forum: Attracting & Retaining Diverse Voices on Your Nonprofit Board with Yvette Murry

Multiple studies show that organizations with diverse perspectives have better productivity, creativity and community relations than homogenous ones.  Diversity, equity and inclusion start with the leadership of the organization--the board--for nonprofits.

This seminar will discuss approaches to attracting and keeping diverse voices on your board, barriers to success and how to overcome those obstacles. Board members, Executive Directors and staff leaders are welcome.

Additionally, VolunteerConnect will be offering a BoardConnect Diversity and Inclusion Program in the Spring 2020 to recruit people traditionally not included on boards. We highly recommend that a member of your board attend this Leadership Forum with Yvette Murry as a prerequisite if you want to participate. More specifics on the Diversity BoardConnect program to follow.

Yvette R. Murry

Yvette R. Murry is the President & CEO of YRM Consulting Group, LLC.   She has over 30 years of experience providing training, C-suite executive coaching and consultation service to organizations who put their people first.  The firm specializes in change management, diversity, equity & inclusion, executive and management training, stakeholder engagement & public policy.

 Yvette has partnered with non-profit organizations throughout North America, the UK, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

She is affiliated with the NJ Statewide Cultural Competency Network, Georgetown National Center for Cultural Competence and the NJ Superior Court Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns. She served two terms as the board chairwoman for the NJ-based Center for Non Profits.

 Yvette holds a Master’s degree in Non-Profit and Public Management from Rutgers University.  She is also a fellow of the German-based Salzburg Global Center on Leadership, Harvard School of Business’s Non-Profit Executive Leadership and Governance, and graduate of Rutgers School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.