COMMITTEE INFORMATION
Executive Committee
Chair: Kelly Maxwell
Vice Chair: Brighid Dwyer
Treasurer: Nitesh Singh
Secretary: Kathleen Wong(Lau)
Grants Committee Chair: John Vasquez
Communications Committee Co-Chair: Alecia Wartowski
Committee Description: The executive committee shall be responsible for engaging in strategic planning and financial oversight for the organization. The committee shall work closely with the Treasurer to ensure appropriate financial oversight. Duties include: developing an annual budget and a multi-year budget; reviewing finances on a quarterly basis; developing and reviewing annual financial reports; and developing appropriate financial controls and practices; ensuring compliance with established financial practices. Please note: This committee is available only to current officers and committee chairs.
Communications Committee
Chairs: Brighid Dwyer & Alecia Wartowski
Committee Members:
Amber Williams
Thomas Walker
Vivian Nguyen
Michael Reiner
Committee Description: Responsibilities of the communications committee include: overseeing maintenance and improvement of the DDNRC website; coordinating and planning communications; creating an annual communications plan; ensuring the continuity of DDNRC branding through all materials; providing recommendations to the executive committee on web platform utilization; overseeing the organization’s social media presence; providing recommendations about making public statements on social issues.
Programs/Conference Committee
Chair: Manda Wittebort
Committee Members:
Mary Jane Smith
Libby Roderick
Grant Jackson
Christine Modey
Qiu Fogarty
Iona Ringgold
Allison Schipma
Committee Description: The program and conference committee is to plan and implement the organization’s biennial conference and programming throughout the year. This committee will organize webinars and other programming for the DDNRC in the coming year.
Grants Committee
Chair: John Vasquez
Committee Members:
Mark Kamimura-Jiménez
John Vasquez
Pauline Strong
Committee Description: Responsibilities of the membership, consultation, grants and fundraising committee include: recruitment and retention of members; and recommending to the board of directors policies and dues for membership. The committee will develop a model of consultation and a fundraising plan; identify and cultivate individual, institutional, and foundation donors; and identify grant funding opportunities. Please note: This committee is currently reorganized as a “Grants” committee; the other standing committees have taken up some of the aforementioned responsibilities within their purviews. This committee will work on developing a partnership with another organization and creating infrastructure for grant-writing for this collaboration.
Governance Committee
Chair: Kelly Maxwell
Committee Members:
Nitesh Singh
Kathy Wong(Lau)
Jaclyn T. Rodríguez
Sam Anderson
Committee Description: Responsibilities of the governance committee include: identifying, preparing and recruiting future governance leaders; the Board election process; orientation of new and existing Board members; evaluation and monitoring of governance structures and processes, including policy development and processes for Board monitoring/oversight of operations; and identification and development of recommendations on Board conflict of interest and discipline bylaws, policies and processes.