Most Committees are chaired by a Board member, but may consist of both Board members and those from outside the Board
Executive Committee
Assures continuity of organizational decision-making between board meetings and considers major matters before they are submitted to the full board for its deliberation. Reviews the overall effectiveness of the Trust’s program in fulfilling its mission. Reviews the performance of the Executive Director at least annually. Reviews personnel policies and handbooks as needed; advises in personnel matters that may arise from time to time.
Governance and Nominating Committee
Sustains the quality of the Board through a process of recruitment, nomination, orientation, and ongoing trustee education.
Finance Committee
Reviews financial matters including monthly and quarterly reports, budget, investments and investment policy, audit, insurance, and pension. Collaborates regularly with the Development/Planned Giving and Finance Committees.
Advancement Committee
Explores and develops strategies to ensure necessary financial resources to achieve both operating and capital funding goals of the Trust.
Collections Committee
Works with the Curator (and other staff) to review collections policies and advocates to the board the needs for continued collections development and care.
Education Committee
Works with the Education Director/ Program Staff to develop policies for educational programming and exhibition interpretation and advocates to the board the needs of the education department.
Facilities Committee
Works with the Executive Director and Facilities Manager to review current and future facility needs, conditions, and uses and to ensure the safety of the Trust’s collection, staff, volunteers and visitors.
Human Resources Committee
Responsible for creating and/or monitoring values-based systems and policies to ensure that the organization is following local, state and federal laws and certain best practices relating to its employees and creating an attractive environment for current and prospective employees.
Events Committee
Works with the Executive Director, Development & Communications Manager and other staff to oversee and plan fundraising events, exhibit openings and membership events. Core committee will bring in volunteers and temporary committee members to execute the various events as necessary.
Exhibits Committee
Works with the professional museum staff to develop and execute new exhibitions and exhibition programming for temporary and permanent exhibit spaces within the Museum.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESS & INCLUSION (D.E.A.I.) Committee
Create and implement an Action Plan which will include planning of workshops to celebrate the community’s diversity, create pathways to Museum access for under resourced communities, create and implement internal and external accountability systems, work with Governance & Nominating committee to recruit diverse candidates for board and committee roles, work with the Executive Director to recruit diverse candidates for staff.