Join the MAC Board

The Minnesota Alliance on Crime (MAC) recruiting for additional board members!  Become part of a diverse team of advocates, allies, and community leaders whose goals are to guide, inform, and support our Coalition, as we continue to achieve our mission of connecting systems, service providers, and victims to advance the response for victims of all crime.

Minnesota Alliance on Crime (MAC) Board of Directors member terms are three years in duration and a member may, if ratified by membership, serve up to two consecutive terms.

MAC Board members are expected to provide a time commitment of five hours per month to ensure all duties are fulfilled; and provide additional time as needed for special events and projects.

MAC Board meetings are on the second Thursday every other month. Meetings normally last two hours and are held during the day via Zoom, overlapping with the noon hour.

Board members will be elected as a slate at the MAC Annual Meeting, which is held every September.

 We are looking for: 

• People who share our values: Courageous & Bold Action, Collaboration, Integrity, and Social and Racial Justice.  
• Strength in diversity: BIPOC folx, LGBTQ+ folx, immigrants, people with disabilities, and victim/survivors are encouraged to apply. 
• People with skills in the following areas: Social Enterprise, Business Analysis and Planning, Technology, Finance, Legal/Prosecution.
• People with the following community connections: Corporate, Faith-based, Law Enforcement, Philanthropy.
• Representation of our membership: especially from Greater Minnesota. 

Expectations of the Board as a Whole

As the highest leadership body of the organization and to satisfy its fiduciary duties, the Board is responsible for:

• Selecting and evaluating the performance of the Executive Director;
• Strategic and organizational planning;
• Ensuring fiduciary oversight and financial management;
• Fundraising and resource development; and
• Assessing its own performance as the governing body of MAC.

Expectations of Individual Board Members

• Understand these three fundamental legal duties:
  • Duty of Care — Participate actively in making decisions on behalf of the organization and exercise the best individual judgment while doing so.
  • Duty of Loyalty — Put the interests of the organization before individual personal and professional interests when acting on behalf of the organization in a decision-making capacity.
  • Duty of Obedience — Ensure that the organization complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws and adheres to its mission.
• Follow the organization’s bylaws, policies, and board resolutions.
• Maintain confidentiality about all internal matters of the organization.
• Prepare for, attend, and conscientiously participate in board meetings.
• Read and understand the organization’s financial statements.
• Participate fully in one or more committees.
• Sign an annual conflict-of-interest disclosure, update it during the year if necessary, and disclose potential conflicts before meetings and actual conflicts during meetings.
• Serve as an active advocate and ambassador for the organization.
• Leverage connections, networks, and resources to help the organization fully achieve its mission.
• Meaningfully engage with MAC member programs.
• Attend MAC facilitated virtual and in-person events.
• Fundraising is part of a board member’s responsibility, and financial support of appeals and special events is expected.
  • Board members are expected to make an annual financial contribution according to their personal means.
  • Board members are expected to engage in the following, when appropriate:
    • Be involved in fundraising by using their personal and business connections, by soliciting funds, by serving on fundraising committees, and by attending fundraising events.
    • Identify and evaluate prospects, cultivate and solicit gifts, actively support fundraising programs by their presence, and offer personal acknowledgments to donors and volunteers.
    • Provide leadership and actively advocate the organizations’ priorities and the necessity of its fundraising efforts.
• Align with MAC’s mission, vision, and values, which are:
  • Mission Statement
    The Minnesota Alliance on Crime advances a collective movement to eliminate the systemic barriers experienced by people impacted by crime.
  • Vision
    The Minnesota Alliance on Crime envisions a world where people impacted by crime, particularly those who are historically marginalized, can heal, achieve justice, and restore balance to their lives.
  • Values
    Equity
    We prioritize underserved communities and work to increase equitable outcomes for those impacted by crime across systems.
    Trauma-Responsive
    We strive to promote the safety, security, and self-determination of people impacted by crime through modeling compassionate support in our work.
    Centering Survivors
    We center people impacted by crime regardless of external societal shifts and rely on their leadership to guide our advocacy, policy, and training efforts.
    Solidarity
    We model courage and active allyship with efforts to counter oppression across all factors of difference

If you are considering joining the Board of Directors, please download and read the following:

Mission and Core Values

Board of Directors Position Description

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