LWVA Seeks Nominations for 2023-2025 Board of Directors
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania is currently seeking Board of Director nominations for a 2023-2025 term. For over 100 years, the League has served as a nonpartisan voice for the rights of Pennsylvania voters. We’re looking for the next generation of League leaders to continue our important mission of empowering voters and defending democracy for another century. Learn more about our work here.
Board members will join the League at an exciting time – organizationally, we are experiencing programming, fundraising, and membership growth. In 2023-2025, we will continue to provide PA voters with nonpartisan election information, while also working to address critical state policy issues like election integrity, voting rights, environmental protection, reproductive justice, and fair public education funding.
The League believes that an informed voter is a powerful voter. League members register voters, advocate for important Pennsylvania policy issues, and promote civic engagement year round. LWVPA Board members support our grassroots network of 31 local Leagues across Pennsylvania, guide our statewide advocacy portfolio, lift up the voices of voters, and provide key operational support for our small but mighty nonprofit.
The League has several positions open for the 2023-2025 term. If you or someone you know is interested in running, please review the positions and requirements, and fill out this nomination form. Nominations are due on or before April 22, 2023. Board positions will be elected by our members at the League’s June Convention, with work officially beginning in July 2023.
LWVPA Commitment to Equity:
LWVPA is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to the organization’s current and future success in engaging all communities and policy makers in creating a more perfect democracy. LWVPA is committed to fostering the leadership and elevating the voices of women, young people, people of color, Native people, immigrants and refugees, low-income people, LGBQ+, and transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, people with disabilities, young parents, people who were formerly incarcerated and people living in the many intersections of these experiences. We encourage individuals from these communities to apply.
We look forward to empowering voters and defending democracy with you! If you have any questions, please contact samantha.anthony@palwv.org.
Open Board Positions (Click Here to Apply):
Officer: President
Role: Provide leadership for the League and serve as spokesperson to the community. Serve as the presiding officer of LWVPA. Directs and ensures decision making process and orderly problem solving. Actively represents the LWVPA mission, vision, values and goals to the public. Monitors and serves as a resource for detailed planning performed by other Board members. Develops future LWVPA leaders and seeks to empower all members to be active, engaged voters and advocates.
Responsibilities:
Provide vision and leadership to build a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable organization.
Help the League establish and reach goals and objectives, in line with the LWVPA strategic plan.
Maintain strong working knowledge of all League activities
Preside at Board meetings and quarterly meetings with local League Presidents.
Maintain effective working relationships with LWVPA Executive Director and staff.
Chair select LWVPA committees, including the Executive Committee.
Delegate responsibility to staff and Board members, and follow up to ensure projects are completed.
Represent LWVPA at public events, conventions and coalitions (unless delegated to another member).
In partnership with Executive Director, Vice Presidents, and Policy Directors, act as a spokesperson for LWVPA, including media interviews, press releases, and letters to the editor.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts
Time Commitment: 4+ hours per week
Officer: Vice President of Administration
Role: The Vice President of Administration is responsible for operational and administrative areas that promote and support the President and the League. The Vice President serves as a resource to the President, Directors and committee chairs, actively represents the LWV mission, vision, values and goals to the public, and serves in the absence of the President performing all duties.
Responsibilities:
Serve as a sounding Board and advisor to the President.
Undertake special projects as directed by the President and Board.
Support the President in maintaining and organizing the Board committee system. Help fill vacancies and find members for committees, chair meetings as needed.
Serve on LWVPA Board Executive Committee, the LWVPA Local League Support Committee, and additional committees as directed by the President.
Oversee personnel tasks, including Executive Director’s performance reviews.
Stand in for the President when asked.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work.
Support the Executive Director in developing nonprofit policies and procedures.
Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Time Commitment: 3+ hours per week
Officer: Treasurer
Role: Serve as the chief financial officer of the League.
Responsibilities:
Understands the League budget, bookkeeping, and investment systems.
Ensure that LWVPA maintains financial systems and processes in line with best practices for nonprofit organizations.
Present monthly Treasurer's reports to the Board. Keep the Board informed of income and expenses relative to the budget.
Support Executive Director in overseeing income and expenses, including LWVPA’s investment portfolio.
Approve expenses when required by LWVPA’s spending policy.
Serve on LWVPA Board Executive Committee, and additional committees as directed by the President.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Time Commitment: 2+ hours per week
Director of Social Policy
Role: Oversees LWVPA’s social policy action at state, county, and local levels. Focuses on areas of interest such as reproductive justice, fair public education funding, immigration rights, and other key social issues.
Responsibilities:
Oversee and run a statewide social policy committee with representatives of local Leagues from across the state. Delegate projects to committee members.
Recommend League policy action for Board approval.
Be well informed on local, State, and national positions and be able to explain League positions to local officials and state legislators.
In coordination with the Executive Director, support social policy communications on behalf of the League: action alerts, letters to the editor, testimony to lawmakers, etc.
Participate in governmental/nonprofit coalitions in PA related to social issues.
Monitor PA General Assembly actions (or inactions) on bills of interest
Serve on LWVPA Board Policy Committee, and additional committees as directed by the President.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Time Commitment: 3+ hours per week
Equity Initiative Director
Role: The Equity Initiative Director is responsible for development of ongoing racial equity training, workshops, and implementation of LWVPA shared core equity values. The Equity Initiative will support the LWVPA Board, local Leagues, members, employees and volunteers. Local Leagues will be supported in a working group, the Equity Team, as they commit to core equity values and policies, using the yardstick of a DEI Lens implement member training, and update bylaws, communication materials, and practices to reflect LWVPA racial equity and inclusion goals.
Responsibilities:
Plans and guides overall Equity programming
Works with Equity Committee co-facilitators and advisors
Trains and supports Equity team, consisting of DEI representatives and/involved leadership from local Leagues and MAL units
Sets objectives, outlines processes and follow up with local Leagues, members and LWVPA volunteers
Works with other LWVPA Board Members to develop and implement inclusion and equity measures where appropriate
Serve on LWVPA Board committees as directed by the President, including the Local League Support Committee. Work especially to address instances of bias or discrimination.
Research, collect, develop, and distribute effective DEI resources (in addition to the resources listed below)
Prepare a yearly report of the Equity Initiative progress and goals.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Time Commitment: 4+ hours per week/variable
Voter Services Director(s)
Role: In coordination with the Executive Director and staff, support all voter service and voter education activities. The focus of the work will be to take direct action to all voters in the community with election-related services and support community needs by ensuring the community has voice and agency in the work of the voter services team. This position may be open to two co-directors for the 2023-2025 term.
Responsibilities:
Oversee and run a statewide voter services committee with representatives of local Leagues from across the state. Delegate projects to committee members.
Host and create agenda for biweekly voter services meetings.
In coordination with Vote411 manager and LWVPA staff, support the management and distribution of Vote411, LWVPA’s nonpartisan ballot tool.
Maintain important election relationships on behalf of the League, including county election offices and the Department of State.
Work with staff on distribution and oversight of Voter Services educational resources, including Ballot Box Basics, GOTV materials, candidate debates/forums, etc.
Participate in governmental/nonprofit coalitions in PA related to voter services.
In coordination with the Executive Director, support election-related communications on behalf of the League: action alerts, letters to the editor, testimony to lawmakers, etc.
Serve on LWVPA Board committees as directed by the President.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Ensure that all election-related activities are conducted in a strictly nonpartisan manner.
Time Commitment: 10+ hours per week (This role's responsibilities can be split between two co-directors).
Board Member-at-Large
Role: Board members-at-large are officers whose duties and responsibilities are not fixed but instead vary according to the needs of the organization and as directed by other Board members. These members will assist with projects, provide wisdom and experience, and increase the capacity of the Board as needed.
Responsibilities:
Attend monthly Board meetings prepared for the agenda.
Communicate with Board members and staff on special projects and committees as needed.
Consider and vote on any major Board decisions that arise.
Assist in overall planning and decision making.
Serve on LWVPA Board committees as directed by the President.
Communicate expertise and experience to Board members as needs arise.
Bring professional connections and donors into League work. Support LWVPA fundraising efforts.
Time Commitment: 2+ hours per week/variable