Foundation Board Minutes in Seconds

Sep 18, 2019 – The Leadership Foundation Board of Trustees met on August 13 in Atlanta. Read the Minutes in Seconds for a quick summary of the meeting.

  • Elected Tim Augustine and Beth Keith as Trustees. 
  • Elected Randy Hultz as President & Chair.
  • ElectedJeff Briggs as Vice Chair.
  • Elected Tyler Wash as Secretary & Treasurer.
  • Named Chuck Brown, Steve Lambros, Katie Magoon, Larry Mroz and Kelly Rabin as Trustee Emeriti.
  • Announced a $25,000 donation from the Enterprise Foundation.
  • Approved the 2020-2021 Fraternity Grant Agreement which will provide at least $110,000 in grants to the Fraternity for educational initiatives. 
  • Amended the Executive Committee policy to clarify appointment of members.
  • Appointed Larry Van Quathem (Advancement), Corie McCreary (Audit), Beth Keith (Board Development & Nominations), Jeff Briggs (Finance) and Mike Vitale (Scholarship & Grant) as 2019-2020 Committee Chairs.
  • Appointed Randy Hultz, Jeff Briggs, Larry Van Quathem, Beth Keith and Tyler Wash (ex officio, non-voting) to the 2019-2020 Executive Committee.
  • Appointed Corie McCreary (Chair), Jen Aichele and Joelle Berlat to the 2019-2020 Audit Committee.
  • Reviewed the recipients of the 2019 academic scholarships, as presented by the Scholarship & Grant Committee.
  • Received an investment report from Arron Berger, Vice President & Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch.
  • Identify future goals, objectives and strategies.
  • Recognized Katie Magoon as the retiring President & Chair.
  • Announced the next meeting of the Foundation Board is November 19 via conference call.

Action take via conference call since the January 19-20 meeting in Houston:

  • Adopted a required resolution to register the Foundation in the states of Minnesota and Washington, in order to solicit charitable gifts.
  • Adopted a resolution to add EVP Tyler Wash as an authorized signer on the Foundation’s Merrill Lynch investment account.
  • Amended the Fraternity Grant Policy to streamline and modernize the granting process.
  • Reviewed the progress of the Foundation partnership with the fundraising consulting firm Bentz Whaley Flessner. The partnership will come to its natural conclusion in June.
  • Engaged a task force to review ancillary topics related to the Foundation’s Fee Structure related to Endowment Funds.
  • Approved the 2019-2020 Operating Budget for the Foundation.
  • Approved the 2019-2020 Special Projects Budget for the Foundation.
  • Approved a 15% increase to the annual compensation in the Operating Agreement with the Fraternity in order to more accurately cover operating and occupancy cost.
  • Amended the Fee Structure Policy to eliminate the $450 minimum fee on endowment funds.
  • Amended the Fee Structure Policy to include the ability to waive or alter the Gift Processing Fee for collegian chapter donations to their own Chapter Leadership Funds for gifts over $10,000.
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  • Fraternity Operations