About Board Member Connect
Why I Started Board Member Connect
I’m David Lewis, founder and CEO of Board Member Connect. Before BMC, I spent 15 years in the nonprofit sector, including as an executive director, and finding strong board members was one of the hardest parts of the job.
I founded Board Member Connect in 2010 to help nonprofits find board members with the expertise and commitment they needed. Along the way, I met hundreds of accomplished executives who wanted to serve on a nonprofit board and had no clear way in. Most were waiting for someone to ask.
In 2016, we began building nonprofit board programs for companies. One of our corporate clients has since run nine cohorts with us. Today, placing corporate executives on nonprofit boards is all we do.
Those years on the nonprofit side are still the foundation of the work. We have served hundreds of nonprofit organizations, which is why we can tell a company which boards are financially stable and ready to bring on new leaders.
How We're Different
We start with the executive, not a list.
Every executive has a personal interview with our team, and every nonprofit we present is researched for that person. No algorithms, no database access, no self-service portal.
We’re candid about results.
More than 500 executives have joined nonprofit boards through our programs, and 72 percent of executives we introduce to at least one organization join a board. When someone doesn’t, we tell you why.
Our team knows nonprofit boards.
Each executive has a personal guide on our team from the first interview through onboarding. They help each executive weigh a board’s expectations before saying yes, and settle in once they join.
Who We Serve
Companies placing their executives on nonprofit boards through HR, CSR, corporate foundation and business development programs
Executives whose companies run a program with us, or who want to bring one to their company