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Whether you’re a CEO, Executive Director, Board Chair, or Board member, your goal is the same: How can you build the best, most effective nonprofit board for your organization?

The best boards include members who bring a breadth of diverse skills, talents and lived experiences. Whether your organization is small or large, all nonprofit organizations seek to find and engage the best people to serve as stewards of their organization through board service. But what is the best way to recruit new board members? And once you succeed, how do you retain them?

This year’s Anna E. Greenberg Board Leadership Symposium offers the opportunity to learn from a panel of highly experienced, successful local leaders and hear about how they recruit individuals to serve on their boards and the methods they use to keep them engaged, productive, and coming back term after term. Plus, enjoy a one-hour session on how board recruitment and engagement match best fundraising practices, and how these practices can lead to fulfilling your organization’s wildest dreams.

Don’t miss out! Register now to learn the most effective ways to build and retain an effective, diversified board who can support and grow your organization. Come prepared with examples to share and tough questions to pose.

Speakers:

• Christopher B. Nelson, Board Chair, Anne Arundel County Public Library Foundation Board and former St. John’s College President
• Sherry B. Perkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC, President, Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
• Frank R. Campbell, J.D., LL.M, Board Chair of Anne Arundel Community College Foundation Board and Managing Attorney, Sims & Campbell
• Calandra Dixon Layne, CDFM, PMP, Vice Chair, Association of Government Accountants Council for the Advancement of Women and former President of the Junior League of Annapolis, Inc.

Facilitated by:

• Lisa Hillman, FAHP, CFRE, Former President of the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation

 

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Christopher B. Nelson is a faculty member at and President Emeritus of St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD. He served as president from 1991-2017. Chris holds a B.A. from St. John’s and J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law, where he founded and directed the university’s student legal services program. Prior to St. John’s, Chris practiced law in Chicago and was chairman of his law firm.

Chris has been a national spokesperson for the liberal arts and is a frequent panelist and speaker on state, regional, national, and international programs. He has served as Chair of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Board, as Chair of the Board of the Maryland Independent Colleges Universities Association and is a past Chair and a founding member of the Annapolis Group, a consortium of over 120 of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. He has served on many other higher education boards and on numerous Bar Association committees.

Locally, Chris served on several boards and special committees including the Historic Annapolis Foundation, Maryland State Archives Commission, and Severn School. He was elected to the Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame in 2017. He is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anne Arundel County Public Library, Vice Chair of the Board of Scholarships for Scholars, and a member of the board of the Innermost House Foundation.

Sherry B. Perkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC, serves as President at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (LHAAMC), Luminis Health McNew Family Medical Center, and Luminis Health Pathways.

LHAAMC is one of the busiest hospitals in Maryland with exemplary performance in behavioral health, cancer, emergency, obstetrics, orthopedic, and surgical specialties. Sherry served as LHAAMC chief nursing officer and chief operating officer from 2006-2016, leading the system to top decile results and Magnet recognition.

Sherry is a University of Maryland School of Nursing adjunct associate professor and is on the boards of United Way of Central Maryland and the Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce, and Mount St. Mary's School of Health Advisory Board. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Most recently, she served on the National Nurse Staffing Think Tank and now serves as Co-Chair of the National Nurse Staffing Task Force. Previously, she was Maryland Hospital Association Quality Committee Chair and served on the Maryland Hospital Association and the Maryland Patient Safety Center boards. She served as President of Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders and Chief Executive of the Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative.

Sherry has contributed to more than 120 publications. She was awarded the YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry, the Maryland Nurses Association Outstanding Leadership Award, and was named an Influential Marylander by The Daily Record. Sherry holds a BSN from Baylor University, MS from Texas Woman’s University, and a PhD from the University of Kansas. She is also a Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Fellows Program graduate in Management for Nurse Executives.

Frank R. Campbell, J.D., LL.M is a Managing Attorney with Sims & Campbell, where he focuses in the areas of Estate Planning and Administration. He is a licensed attorney in Maryland, Virginia, and New York.

Frank serves as the Board Chair of the Anne Arundel Community College Foundation, and is also on the board of the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County and the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation. He is a former Chair of the Estates and Trusts Committee of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Frank is also a member of the Estates and Trusts Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Frank began his legal career as a Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps. Prior to Sims & Campbell, Frank served as the General Counsel for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, an agency designated to oversee and report to Congress on the reconstruction of Iraq.

Frank earned a B.S. at Towson University; a J.D., Law, from Hofstra University; and a Master of Laws, LL.M, Taxation, Estate Planning and Tax Law from the University of Baltimore.

Calandra Dixon Layne, CDFM, PMP, is the Director of Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation at the United States Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). When appointed, Calandra joined the Federal government’s elite Senior Executive Service —a role reserved for less than 1% of the Federal workforce. As a thought-leader in her field, Calandra was published in the Journal of Government Financial Management.

A Junior League of Annapolis (JLA) member since 2017, Calandra served on many JLA committees and as JLA’s first African American president from 2020-2022. She represented JLA at the Association of Junior Leagues International’s Organizational Development Institute where she facilitated the league-wide adoption of a Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) pledge, and successfully championed efforts for a DE&I Officer appointment to the Board of Directors. Calandra is also an AGA Council for the Advancement of Women board member, an Xi Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. executive board member, and a former executive board member (chapter-level) of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Calandra received the National Author Award by the Association of Government Accountants, Grant Thornton’s Working Mother of the Year Award, was named one of The Daily Record’s Maryland's Top 100 Women in 2022, and received the CFAAC’s Carroll H. Hynson, Jr. Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy in 2022. She holds a B.S. from George Mason University.

Lisa Hillman, FAHP, CFRE, is an author, writer, and former broadcast journalist. Lisa consults with nonprofit organizations in governance, board development, and philanthropy. As a former President of the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation and Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Anne Arundel Health System in Annapolis, Maryland, Lisa coordinated the Health System’s fundraising, volunteers, public affairs, and legislative activities during a period of tremendous growth, including its relocation from downtown Annapolis to a 100-acre campus in Parole. During her tenure, she ran four capital campaigns and raised more than $100 million.

Lisa has more than 40 years’ experience in development, public relations, and health promotion; she is also a published author. Active in professional associations, Lisa served as Board Chair of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Board Chair of the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce, and former board member of Leadership Anne Arundel. She currently serves on the board of Samaritan House. Lisa also served two terms as interim Chief Development Officer for NPR in Washington, DC.

Lisa has a M. Ed. in Education from Goucher College. She resides in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband, Richard.

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ABOUT THE ANNA E. GREENBERG FUND
After serving on countless Boards of Directors/Trustees through the years, Anna Greenberg knows firsthand the value of knowledgeable and self-aware board members, particularly those serving in executive positions on the board. She has directed that the grant money from this fund go to supporting Board Leadership and Governance efforts to help strengthen Anne Arundel County nonprofits.

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Fee: $25, includes program and continental breakfast

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