LWPA Seeks Nominations for 2025-2027 Board of Directors

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania is currently seeking Board of Director nominations for a 2025-2027 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 2025-20257 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.

If you or someone you know is interested in running, please review the positions and requirements, and fill out this nomination form. Board positions will be elected by our members at the League’s June Convention, with work officially beginning in July 2025. General time commitment for Board members ranges, and ebbs and flows depending on your responsibilities, from 8-20 hours per month.

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):

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 LWV mission, vision, values and goals to the public. Monitors and serves as a resource for detailed planning performed by other board members. Develops future LWV leaders and seeks to involve all members.  Maintain strong working knowledge of all League activities.

Responsibilities:

• Preside at board meetings and quarterly meetings with local League Presidents. 

• Maintains effective working relationship with LWVPA Executive Director and staff.

• Delegate responsibility to staff and board members, and follow up to ensure projects are completed.

• Attend LWVUS calls and meetings as appropriate.

• Chair select LWVPA committees, including the Local League Support Committee and Executive Committee. 

• Represent LWVPA at public events, conventions and coalitions (unless delegated to another member)

• In conjunction with Executive Director and Vice Presidents, act as a spokesperson for LWVPA, including media interviews, press releases, and letters to the editor. 

• Help the League establish and reach goals and objectives, in line with the LWVPA strategic plan.

Vice President(s)

Role: Serve as a leader and key ambassador for the organization helping to guide internal and external work; maintain a strategic focus and work to ensure the organization has the necessary resources to fulfill its mission.  VPs will help lead and support areas of work in coordination with the President, such as policy, development, strategic planning, task forces etc. 

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. 

Secretary

Role: Responsible for monitoring the maintenance of Board business, including ensuring that votes and records are maintained; there are systems in place for compliance; monitoring by-laws on behalf of the board and monitoring deadlines in conjunction with ED.

Treasurer

Role: Coordinates financial oversight on behalf of the Board, including budget and financial deadlines.  Responsible for working with ED to ensure that regular financial updates are provided to the board  and that financial systems are in compliance with all laws.

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.

Committee Chairs

Committee Chairs facilitate Board and Committee participation in focused areas of work; working with staff to coordinate agendas and updates. A key responsibility is the coordination of work across the organization, ensuring that work is carried out in accordance with strategic priorities and with other committees and workgroups. 

Members-at-Large

Serve on at least one committee as a participating member; ensuring that the work of the organization is strategic, coordinated, multiple views are represented and organizational considerations are maintained. 

All Board members are expected to work together, with local League leaders and with staff to develop resources and strategies in support of the organization’s mission.