Supercharging Impact: Recruiting Community Leaders for Our Foundation Board

Developing knowledge and insight into a specific issue positions foundations to catalyze change. Learning deeply about an issue reveals gaps and leverage points where you can target foundation resources in the smartest ways. Malcolm Macleod, Board Chair of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, highlights a powerful way to acquire knowledge and insight - recruiting people in the community and field who have deep knowledge and lived experience, to serve on your foundation board. Malcolm explores how board recruitment has transformed the philanthropy, and how the foundation positions itself to find extraordinary leaders.  

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Malcolm Macleod was born in Canada, practiced law there for 25 years, and became president of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation in 2001. He transitioned to board chair in 2020. Malcolm is the author of The Practice of Philanthropy, A Guide for Foundation Boards and Staff. He consults, speaks, and volunteers for foundations and nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada.