Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
Governance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM
Location
727 Carondelet St. New Orleans, LA 70130
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Committee Members Present
D. Batiste, K. Katner, R. Keller, S. Thomas
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
L. Lopez, S. Wilson
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
R. Keller called a meeting of the Governance Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Tuesday Jun 5, 2018 at 6:36 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
D. Batiste made a motion to approve minutes from the Governance Committee Meeting on 05-01-18 Governance Committee Meeting on 05-01-18.
K. Katner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Governance
A.
Interview Board Candidates Staci Bernard & Amber Brown
Amber M. Brown, MPH
Stacy Cunningham got Ms. Brown's resume from a friend that Amber works with.
Born in NOLA, grew up in GA
Public Health background, currently working on a graduate degree in Education, leadership, and research.
Interested on making an impact on education
She would like to contribute on community engagement and collective way of bringing multiple insights together.
She would like to participate in the Facilities and Academic committees as she feels she could serve best there.
With her current school schedule, she would want to know in advance about meetings or other functions to attend
Diversity and Inclusion is something she is very interested in and supports the school's mission on this matter.
Her finance interest comes from a personal interest, not necessarily experience or background.
Next Steps for her:
Stacy Cunningham got Ms. Brown's resume from a friend that Amber works with.
Born in NOLA, grew up in GA
Public Health background, currently working on a graduate degree in Education, leadership, and research.
Interested on making an impact on education
She would like to contribute on community engagement and collective way of bringing multiple insights together.
She would like to participate in the Facilities and Academic committees as she feels she could serve best there.
With her current school schedule, she would want to know in advance about meetings or other functions to attend
Diversity and Inclusion is something she is very interested in and supports the school's mission on this matter.
Her finance interest comes from a personal interest, not necessarily experience or background.
Next Steps for her:
- Meeting a full board meeting - June 27th
- School tour
B.
Recommend candidates to the Board at large
S. Thomas made a motion to Recommend Stasi Bernard's candidacy to the board in the next board meeting.
D. Batiste seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Recommend Candidates to the Board at large
D. Batiste made a motion to Recommend Amber Brown's candidacy to the board at large at the next meeting.
K. Katner seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
III. Other Business
A.
Next Meeting
Will schedule the meeting closer to August 7th
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
R. Keller made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Batiste seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Lopez
A CPA, grew up in Metairie.
Without experience in education, she believes she can add value from the financial perspective.
She does not have any board experience.
Her time availability is pretty flexible.
She would like to serve on the finance and facilities committees and any other areas as needed.
She was impressed by the IB program and the language program when she toured the building
She has work experience with one of our current board members
She would not have a problem assuming a chairmanship position should the opportunity arise
Next steps for her would be: