Experts Online - Key Nonprofit Board Legal Requirements

Webcast Event - April 11, 2007; 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Good to Great Governance: A Leadership Series for Board Members, Session VIII

Discover the Key Nonprofit Board Legal Requirements – what you knew a while back, but now are fearful to ask! And discover the new legal requirements that you hear about, but do not really understand! What are the top 10 critical legal requirements and how does the board cover all bases? Learn from these expert legal practitioners in the nonprofit arena – the best of the best.

The Experts:

• MICHAEL S. LEVINE is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) a national financial and technical assistance intermediary that supports the development of affordable housing, and related commercial projects, by community development corporations in over 30 urban offices and Rural LISC. Mr. Levine has been at LISC since 1986 and oversees the legal affairs of LISC. Prior to joining LISC, Mr. Levine was an associate at the New York City law firms of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, and Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman and Goodman and he graduated from Williams College and Cornell Law School.
  
• LINDA S. MANLEY is Legal Director of the Lawyers Alliance for New York , the leading provider of business and transactional legal services for nonprofit organizations that are improving the quality of life in New York City neighborhoods. Linda represents and teaches workshops to a full range of clients and is responsible for the Lawyers Alliance's newest program area, Elder Services. Prior to joining Lawyers Alliance in 1997, Ms. Manley was associated with the law firms of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue and Weil, Gotshal & Manges and received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and B.A. Magna Cum Laude from State University of New York at Albany.

Topics of Discussion:

• What the board's work is and is not (a/k/a/ “noses in/fingers out”�)
• Conflicts of interest – board policies; spotting potential conflicts; recommended steps
• Avoiding excess benefit transactions – compensation and related topics
• How Sarbanes Oxley and similar rules apply to, or should be followed by, tax exempt organizations

Who Should Attend?

• CDC and Non Profit Board Officers and Members
• CDC and Non Profit Executive Directors and senior staff who support the work of the board

To Register:

Send an email to Diane Patrick, at DPatrick@lisc.org, with your full name, position, organization name and contact information.

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Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

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