NMI 111 - Impactful Board Governance (September 2024)
Registration has been extended to Friday, September 6th at 5:00 P.M. Arizona time.
This is an online course with specified due dates for each discussion question and class assignment. Instructional staff are available to aid you with subject questions and help guide you through each weekly course module. In addition, a required Zoom session each week provides additional course reinforcement, student-instructor Q&A, and networking for students.
Early Bird Special: $349 (ends two weeks before course start date)
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This course provides a comprehensive overview of board governance, which includes the core roles and responsibilities of board members, as well as the board’s relationship to the CEO and staff.
Participants will learn how to develop effective, motivated board members who are accountable for the organization’s assets, committed to develop a diversified resource base and motivated to champion the organization among various stakeholders.
This course is required for:
Fundraising and Sustainable Financial Management Certificate
Knowledge Specialist
![John Phelps](/sites/default/files/2024-08/John-Phelps_148.jpg)
John Phelps is the owner and founder of Pathfinder Executive Consulting, LLC, a small veteran-owned business focused on helping organizations achieve success. Before establishing his own consulting firm, John served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the State Bar of Arizona for 10 years. A nonprofit organization, operating under the authority of the Arizona Supreme Court, the Bar serves the public and enhances the legal profession by promoting the competency, ethics and professionalism of its 24,000 members and by enhancing the administration of justice.
Before returning to Arizona to take his position with the State Bar, John served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in Washington, D.C. Prior to his service in Washington, John served as Chief Operating Officer of the Grand Canyon Chapter of the American Red Cross in Phoenix, Arizona. John also previously served as Deputy Director of the Arizona Office of Homeland Security in the Office of the Governor of Arizona.
The son of a career Army officer, John served nearly 25 years in the U.S. Army. He retired from active duty as a Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 2003.
John graduated magna cum laude from St. John’s University in Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in Government. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law, and Master of Laws degrees from the Judge Advocate General’s School and the University of Virginia School of Law. John has been a member of the Arizona Bar since 1986. He is also a graduate of the Stanford Graduate Business School’s Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Executive Course.
Other sessions for this program
Title | Date | Course delivery |
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NMI 111: Impactful Board Governance (March 2025) | to | Online hybrid (asynchronous with Zoom sessions) |
NMI 111: Impactful Board Governance (September 2025) | to | Online hybrid (asynchronous with Zoom sessions) |