Features
Interview with Richard Mersereau, chair, AGB Board Professionals Leadership Group, by Anne Shaw, associate secretary of the regents, University of California and secretary of the AGB Board Professionals Leadership group. Last fall, a task force of AGB board professionals convened to develop a new and more responsive organizational structure to provide a range of educational and informational services sought by board professionals.  (more…)

"Promoting Greater Understanding Among Faculty and Trustees" by Meredith Harper Bonham, executive assistant to the president and secretary to the board of trustees, Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) In your role as a board professional, it is very possible that you may have heard either a faculty member or a trustee say something about the other along the lines of:  "What are those people doing?" (more…)

"Creating an e-History for the Board," by Francine Frederick and Rhonda Hankins
Reprint from Trusteeship July-August 2007.
Gathering and displaying governance documents and photos online can help educate the public, promote transparency, and preserve historical artifacts. But where do you start? Read about the accomplishments of the Office of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System in an article written by the general counsel and a board professional.  (PDF…)

Tips 'n' Tricks
"Successful Retreats," Highlights from the AGB Board Professionals Listserve (more…)

From the Field
"Update from Public Institutions," by Marc Schaeffer, chief of staff to the president and board, William Paterson University of New Jersey
Outcomes assessment and institutional accountability have been areas of growing attention and scrutiny at both public and private higher education institutions. (more…)

News You Can Use
Member Update, by Lorette S.J. Weldon, director, Zwingle Library and Resource Center, AGB
Fluctuating membership on college and university boards is a fact of life.  Membership changes may occur annually, or even from meeting to meeting.  AGB has developed an on-line solution to help you (more…)

Professional Development Committee Update
To augment the educational opportunities offered at the annual Workshop for Board Professionals, webinars and other resources are being planned (more…)

The annual Workshop for Board Professionals will be held Friday, April 11 to Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. You may register for the Workshop, only, or also register for the National Conference on Trusteeship. See the preliminary Workshop agenda and register now. Click here for registration and accomodation information.

Send 4 or More to the National Conference on Trusteeship and the Board Professional Attends for Free! If four or more people from your institution attend the National Conference on Trusteeship, one board professional may attend the Workshop for Board Professionals or the National Conference on Trusteeship at no additional charge. Send all registrations together to the Registrar at AGB and note on the board professional's form this special offer.

Officers of the Board Professionals Leadership Group (BPLG) are: Richard Mersereau, chair, PBLG and secretary of the college, Bowdoin College; Louis Charpentier, vice chair, BPLG and secretary of the governing council, University of Toronto; and Anne Shaw, secretary, BPLG and associate secretary of the regents, University of California.