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CNL has been led by an outstanding group of volunteers since its founding in 2003. Called the Leadership Team, this governance group consists of senior nonprofit executives, current and past board chairs/presidents of member nonprofit organizations, and experienced community members from a variety of executive and other professional backgrounds. The Leadership Team elects a chairperson annually to lead CNL and meets monthly to review progress toward strategic goals and conduct other business of the organization.
A Curriculum Committee reports to the Leadership Team and is responsible for developing, promoting, and presenting workshops. A Best Practices group exists to assess opportunities for sharing "best practices" exchanges with members, as does an ongoing interest in offering Affinity Groups and now blogging and other means by which we might all benefit from informal dialog and information sharing.
CNL engages a part-time Administrator but otherwise is reliant on volunteers from member organizations and the community to energize and power CNL. This keeps CNL's ability to provide high quality services at a small fraction of their actual value—and thereby enables member organizations to benefit from reduced fees for unusual high quality educational experiences.
The current CNL Leadership Team:
Jeff Brown, Director Health and Human Services Agency for Nevada County
Tom Cross,community member; board member Sierra Nevada Hospital, past chair of CNL Leadership Team and past board chair of Sierra Nevada Children’s Services
Dennis Fournier, former Executive Director, Hospice of the Foothills
Holly Hermansen, County District Superintendent of Schools
Karen Marinovich, Executive Director, Foothill Theatre
Kimberly Parker, Executive Director, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation
Gary Quehl, community member - past Leadership Team Chair
Jennifer Singer, Executive Director, The Friendship Club
Krista Thomas, community member; CNL Curriculum Committee Chair
Gail Vaughan, community member
Norm Westmore, 2008 CNL Leadership Team Chair; community member and past board chair of Nevada County Habitat for Humanity
Bob Wright, community member; board member Miners Foundry Cultural Center, past Leadership Team Chair, past board chair, KVMR,
CNL Administrator: contact admin@cnlsierra.org
Board of Directors
Resulting from extensive strategic planning during 2007, CNL transitioned from the Leadership Team to a Founding Board of Directors December 2008. CNL is a 501 (c) 3.
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