Imagining Postgraduate Service: Nonprofit Board Participation

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Have you begun thinking about your public service involvement post-graduation? Have you heard of nonprofit board service but are unsure of what that looks like, how your skills might be useful, or even how to get started?

Public Service takes many shapes, from volunteering on the weekend, to working in the nonprofit sector or with a grassroots collective, to serving on nonprofit boards. Hear from 3 Yale alumni on their experience working with nonprofit boards, on the questions to ask before joining a board, and on how to serve the community with a variety of skill sets and time commitments. We’ll learn about the purpose and setup of boards, the mutual relationship between the nonprofit and its board members, and go over advice on how to get involved. There will be a Q&A at the end of the event to answer further questions!

Panelists:
Madeline is CEO and Co-Founder of Matriculate, a nonprofit which seeks to empower talented, low-income high school students to make the leap to colleges where they will thrive. Before launching Matriculate, Madeline served as Director of Strategic Initiatives for America Achieves, a national education nonprofit. Previously, Madeline was Director of Operations and Special Assistant to Joel Klein at Amplify, an education technology company. Madeline also served as National Director of Outreach and Development and Founding Chicago Executive Director for Peer Health Exchange, a health education organization that gives teens the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions. Madeline graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History. She serves on Dwight Hall’s board.

Randi graduated from Yale in 1979, the 10th graduating class of women.  She received a law degree from the Northwestern Pritzker school of law in 1984.  She worked as a legal aid lawyer both in urban and in rural settings, spending decades representing low-income family farmers throughout the country.  For a decade she served as executive director of a national non-profit law firm, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG); for twelve years she served as the court-appointed monitor in the African-American farmers’ race discrimination case (Pigford v. Vilsack); and for six years as the executive director of the Otto Bremer Foundation.  Now she serves as executive director of Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul, a leading anti-poverty nonprofit in the Twin Cities.  Additionally Randi has participated on, worked for, and interacted with nonprofit boards throughout her career. 

Jean is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Artivion in 2015, she held various positions, including Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of C.R. Bard, Inc., Deputy General Counsel, Medtronic, Inc., Vice President, Litigation, Boston Scientific, Inc., and Deputy General Counsel, Guidant Corporation. Jean also spent nearly 15 years in private practice as a trial lawyer at Dorsey & Whitney, Faegre & Benson, and Sidley & Austin. She clerked for two years on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Luther M. Swygert. Jean has a J.D./MBA (cum laude) from the University of Chicago, and two undergraduate degrees from Yale University in engineering and political science.

Dwight Hall Event Support:
Raymond Jin is a first-year in Branford College planning to major in Global Affairs. As an Outreach Ambassador at Dwight Hall, Raymond is actively preparing the Yale and Dwight Hall community for The Great Give, a 36-hour, online-giving event to support local nonprofits serving Greater New Haven. Raymond also works to increase student involvement with Dwight Hall. Outside of Dwight Hall, Raymond is a Senator on the Yale College Council and is passionate about harnessing the student voice.