ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:
Pillsbury United Communities is one of Minnesota’s most well-established organizations, with 140 years of service to diverse communities across the Twin Cities and beyond. Our mission is to co-create enduring change toward a just society in which every person has personal, social, and economic power. We believe that people deserve a voice in decisions that affect them, that cultural understanding is essential to social connections, that communities get stronger when opportunity is shared, and that a just society is one where everybody has power.
VALUES:
- Creativity – We believe in building bold, transformative solutions with our community.
- Resilience – We believe true resiliency in communities emerges from equitable systems, infrastructure, and social connectedness.
- Kindness – We believe positivity, empathy, and compassion are revolutionary acts.
- Justice – We believe equity comes from health, safety, quality, education, and meaningful work.
- Connection – We believe we are stronger together; we strive to always work in partnership.
LENGTH OF TERM: 3 years; renewable for up to 3 terms
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARD MEMBERS- Pillsbury United Communities is seeking board members who are:
- Relationship builders across the organization
- Networked and connected with capital campaign savvy
- Comfortable with the Communities served by the Agency
- Passionate about our mission – a deep caring about our work
- Willing to invest time and money
- Committed to diversity
- Comfortable with messiness, ambiguity and change
- Team players
- Transcend their own agendas to focus on organizational agendas
We are currently seeking a diverse pool of board candidates with the following experiences and expertise. We encourage applicants who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and applicants who identify as LGBTQ+.
- Economic Development
- Education (K-12)
- Evaluation
- Healthcare
- Legal
- Philanthropy
- Policy
- Real Estate
BOARD MEMBER EXPECTATIONS- Pillsbury United Communities expects each board member to:
- Attend the majority of board meetings (can occur remotely)
- Serve on at least 1 committee or task force
- Attend annual fundraiser
- A sincere commitment to fulfilling the Agency’s mission
- Commitment to personally support the Agency’s work through awareness and volunteerism. This includes tour, participation or engagement at an Agency center, event, program, or activity
- A commitment to donate or raise funds is required
- Complete a board member orientation and make continuous efforts to understand agency’s programs
- Be a champion for Pillsbury United Communities to the broader community
Additional roles and responsibilities as outlined in the board member job description will be presented and discussed if nominees are invited to be interviewed for board membership.
To apply, submit a letter of interest and resume to Board@pillsburyunited.org
