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Will you and your branch think along with us?
The selection of a new Executive Director gets closer, thanks to the Lloyd Family Legacy Campaign. The Search Committee’s recruitment and hiring efforts continue.
Now the Planning Team is beginning to think about how local branches and at-large members can engage and build meaningful relationships with the Executive Director. How can we support her, once she comes on board in early 2025. We need your help!
We are reaching out today with a request for each local branch to schedule a strategic discussion about how YOUR branch might welcome and support the new leader.
Some suggestions to kick things off include:
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Send a welcome card from your branch, once the Executive Director is announced, with a short description of the branch history and current projects. (At-large members too, could send a welcome greeting, with a quick description of your activist goals, passions and why you belong to WILPF US.)
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Arrange for a public event in your community to introduce the new executive director to allies and friends. This could be either in person (if you can provide a place for the executive director to stay it would be great!) or virtually. The idea is to create excitement about what this new executive director position signals for WILPF in the coming decade.
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Schedule a branch discussion to ask thought-provoking questions of your members. Especially those of us who were in WILPF in the 1980s and 90s and into the early 2000s when we had some very dynamic executive directors.
- What do your members recall or think about those individuals and how they represented WILPF in the peace movement?
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Are you ready now to let this person be ‘the public face of WILPF’?
- Do you think having an executive director will assist WILPF in its coalition work?
- How would you define the shared power between the executive director, the President, and the Board?
- What can the executive director actually do to improve WILPF's visibility in the peace movement?
- With the option of sharing responsibilities between an executive director, the president, and the office administrator — as well as other WILPF leaders — more WILPF women may seek leadership positions, knowing they don't have to do everything themselves. What effects might this change have? What challenges might it entail?
We welcome and encourage creative and thoughtful ideas! 😀
Please share the key takeaways and ideas from your discussions with the Search Committee by emailing Kyle Grassi via email at KyleEGrassi@gmail.com — by Monday, January 13, 2025.
Publicizing this Opening
We have an updated link for the job posting, since the initial link at Idealist.org unexpectedly expired. If you previously shared it with your networks, we kindly ask that you share the updated link. If you hadn’t previously shared it, please spread the word about this position. There’s still time!
The deadline for applications is Monday, November 4. All application materials will be held in confidence.
We continue to target the following key dates:
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October-December 2024: Review applicants, conduct interviews, and make an offer
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Early 2025: Executive director hired and onboarded.
If you have any questions regarding the job posting and/or process, please contact Kyle Grassi at kyleegrassi@gmail.com
What an exciting time for WILPF US!
Marybeth Gardam
for the Lloyd Family Legacy Planning Team and the Search Committee
LFL Planning Team:
Martha Collins, Laura Dewey, Cindy Domingo, Chris Morin, Betty Burkes, Jane Sloane, Marybeth Gardam.
LFL Search Committee:
Tina Shelton, Barbara Nielsen, George Friday, Phillip Cole, Marybeth Gardam, CeeCee Anderson
Ex-Officio Members:
Darien DeLu, Nancy Price, Robin Lloyd
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