Greetings, friends, partners and colleagues. We hope this email finds you well and healthy.
We write today on behalf of RMHF’s Governance & Trusteeship Committee. We would like to ask for your help.
As we work to live into our new strategic framework and an even deeper commitment to health and racial equity, we are seeking nominations for new Trustees to join the RMHF Board starting in January of 2023. All nominations submitted through this open call process will be considered by RMHF’s Governance & Trusteeship Committee. We anticipate adding up to four new Trustees.
Current Trustees have unanimously approved a carefully crafted set of criteria that will inform and guide the selection process. Before submitting nominations, please view the list of criteria here.
To live fully into our mission and aligned with the recommendations of the first cohort of Equity + Health Fellows, the Committee will pay special attention to engaging women and people of color, as well as moving toward more generational diversity.
Trustees serve three-year terms and commit between 5-10 days of service annually to RMHF, including (1) participation in quarterly Board meetings, (2) service on one of the standing Committees of the Board (e.g., Finance & Audit, Governance & Trusteeship, Investment, or Program & Evaluation), and (3) representing RMHF as ambassadors and advocates for health and racial equity.
Trustees are deeply inquisitive, open-minded and willing to consider different points of view. They are committed to opening RMHF to new voices and perspectives, taking care to listen to and learn from the various voices in the community, and leading on difficult issues in relationship with our partners and allies. Our Trustees broadly define health through a social determinant lens.
In keeping with the Foundation’s last two Trustee search and selection processes, we are continuing a commitment to an open search process. Your engagement and participation in this process is critical. We would respectfully ask that you share up to three names of potential Trustees by March 31, 2022.
Our communications team at Wythe Ave is managing submissions, so the process will remain impartial. Please know in advance that the Governance & Trusteeship Committee will not know who nominated candidates. Once nominations close, the Governance & Trusteeship Committee of the RMHF Board will review and consider all nominations.
All questions about the search process should be directed to Mark Constantine. Mark can be reached through email at mconstantine@rmhfoundation.org.
We very much appreciate your engagement in this process.
With gratitude and respect.
