We’re excited to announce a 2025 call for candidates to be considered for Feedback Labs’ Board of Directors. Feedback Labs already has a world-class board and an ongoing internal board recruitment process, but it aspires to live its values by ensuring its board is open to the most qualified people in the world, regardless of whether they are already in our networks. To this end, Feedback Labs is looking to recruit two (2) new board members to begin their term of service in mid-2025!
About Feedback Labs and our Board of Directors
Feedback Labs is a field-building organization that supports philanthropy, nonprofits, and other social sector organizations to regularly listen and act on feedback in high-quality, equitable, and inclusive ways. We make the case that listening and acting on feedback from constituents is the right thing to do morally and ethically, the smart thing to do to achieve better outcomes, and the feasible thing to do at scale. We do this work with the belief that making people’s voices central to the decision-making process will revolutionize social impact and that the new norms that cement good feedback practice will help contribute to a more equitable world. We achieve this by encouraging incentives for funders and nonprofits, creating and curating tools and training, and building community through events and communication to make it easier for people to listen and act on feedback from those at the heart of their work.
We believe in a more equitable and inclusive world, where people can determine the programs and policies that affect their lives, grounded in evidence, free from systemic barriers, discrimination, and exclusion, and where resources are directed to where they are most needed, as defined by people and communities themselves. We recently updated our mission and vision and developed a new three-year strategic plan. We’re looking for two additional Board members to join us as we continue to support the feedback field.
Currently, our Board of Directors is made up of seven individuals with experience in domestic and international nonprofits, philanthropy, and official aid agencies. For many past and current board members, serving on the board is a way to invest in the feedback field and advocate for the critical role of constituents’ voices in social impact work. It’s also an invaluable opportunity for personal and professional development. Join a great team of talented nonprofit and philanthropy professionals who, together with Feedback Labs’ CEO and staff, shape the strategic direction of the organization and oversee the organization’s financial sustainability and growth.
Apply to be a Board Member by February 19, 2025!
Who should apply?
Feedback Labs is looking for Board members from diverse backgrounds and with varied professional and lived experiences, skill sets, perspectives, and voices to help Feedback Labs execute on its new 2025-27 strategic vision and contribute their expertise to grow Feedback Labs’ capacity and impact.
Feedback Labs is particularly looking for Board members with a background in nonprofit governance, legal experience, fundraising, and experience as a client of nonprofit services/as a feedback-giver. However, we will consider others who can add value in other ways we may not have previously identified. Additionally, we are looking for board members who:
- Are passionate about listening and incorporating feedback into programs and policies to achieve impact and foster equity;
- Have experience using feedback to inform decision-making within an organization;
- Have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion;
- Have experience engaging in or strengthening professional networks or communities, like the feedback field;
- Approach their work with a collaborative mindset;
- Bring enthusiasm, experience, questions, and big ideas to strategic planning and organizational goal setting;
- Are able and willing to represent Feedback Labs to broader audiences, and who may be in a position to help us build the reach and influence of our network;
- Have comfort and experience with financial management and organizational budgeting.
What’s expected of Feedback Labs Board members?
Feedback Labs’ board members are the fiduciary guardians of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and take on an active role in one or more of our board committees: (1) Finance, Audit, and Compensation Committee, (2) Governance Committee.
Board members are expected to dedicate between 2-8 hours per quarter to working on Feedback Labs business. This includes attending virtual quarterly Board of Directors meetings, occasional committee meetings, follow-up tasks related to those committee functions, participating in our annual Feedback Summit (the next one scheduled June 4-6, 2025), and responding to email requests from Feedback Labs staff, such as a review of title and salary changes, CEO expenses, etc.
Once elected by the board, Directors serve a three-year term. Directors may be elected to serve up to two consecutive terms. Board positions are not remunerated.
Expression of Interest & Selection
We’re excited that you‘re interested in joining our Board of Directors! Please complete our application form here. Applications are due by 11pm ET on Feb 19, 2025. If you believe someone you know would be a qualified candidate, feel free to submit a nomination here by Feb 8, 2025.
The Board of Directors will review all applications and identify candidates to be interviewed. Selection will be made by a vote on the individual appointment of each proposed candidate for Director. Candidates can expect the following timeline:
- Call for Board Members Open: Jan 8 – Feb 19, 2025
- Candidate application review and interviews: mid-Feb- April 2025
- Applications notified: late-April 2025
- On-boarding: May-June 2025
- First meeting as Board members: July 16, 2025
The announcement of newly appointed Directors will be posted on our website and shared with the Feedback Labs community later this year.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Britt Lake, Feedback Labs’ CEO, at [email protected] or Bryan Simmons, Board Chair at [email protected].
Commitment to Diversity
We understand there are numerous reasons why someone would read a professional opportunity and, despite “checking off most of the boxes,” decide not to apply. Research supports that self-selecting out of potential professional opportunity is particularly common among individuals with minoritized identities or identities that are marginalized in professional spaces such as BIPOC individuals, LGBTIQ+ individuals, persons with a disability, neurodivergent individuals, and individuals with a history of institutionalization (e.g. incarceration, immigration detainment, inpatient treatment, or chronic hospitalization). If you question whether or not you would be a “good fit” for Feedback Labs, please feel free to reach out to Britt Lake, Feedback Labs’ CEO, at [email protected] or Bryan Simmons, Board Chair at [email protected]. Feedback Labs intentionally creates environments that value “culture add” over “culture fit.” We invite you to share how your unique identities, background, and experiences could add to our Board.
