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Scheller Lunchtime Live: Serving on a Non-Profit Board - What You Need to Know

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Scheller Lunchtime Live is a livestream series hosted by the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business featuring faculty, student, and alumni speakers discussing relevant topics for the tech-driven, digital age.

Non-profit board service is an exciting, challenging, and fulfilling avenue to create societal impact and develop new skills. It's an opportunity that can be a good fit, whether you're passionate about a certain social or civic issue, you're a young professional seeking leadership opportunities and ways to expand your network, or you're at a point in your career where you feel the need to engage more meaningfully in your community.

In this session Dori Pap, Managing Director of the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, will share her experience serving on various non-profit boards. She’ll go over the basics of boards and board service, including requirements, responsibilities, types of boards, how to get started, and more. Come with your questions and learn how you can engage.

Just hit "Attend event" on the LinkedIn event and refresh the event page or the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business page on Friday, September 24 at 12:00 p.m. ET to access the session. Please note, you must have a LinkedIn profile in order to register and view the livestream.

About Dori Pap

Dori Pap is the Managing Director of the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact (ILSI) (formerly known as the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship) at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. She directs the Leadership for Social Good Study Abroad Program in Central and Eastern Europe, coordinates the Impact Speaker Series, runs the annual Ideas to Serve student social innovation competition, and teaches courses on social entrepreneurship.

She serves as board chair for Global Growers Network, a non-profit organization that connects the agricultural talent of the refugee community in and around Atlanta to opportunities in sustainable agriculture. She is also board member for the Center for Civic Innovation, a community of good troublemakers fighting to solve inequality in Atlanta by supporting the work of community leaders and advocating for policy change. Dori also serves on the board of the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative, an organization building Georgia’s impact investment ecosystem. Dori is a triple Yellow Jacket, including earning an MBA in 2007.

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  • Created By:Lorrie Burroughs
  • Created:08/27/2021
  • Modified By:Lorrie Burroughs
  • Modified:09/01/2021