Board of Trustees Student Nominations

Two student members — one graduate and one undergraduate — serve on our Board to help us cultivate the next generation of nonprofit board leaders while also helping us connect, inspire, and guide women in technology.

Currently, we are in search of our next graduate student board trustee. Learn more about how you can nominate a graduate student (or yourself) for this position.

NOTE: The selected student must be available to attend their first Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, August 23, 2024, held virtually between 9:00 am – 2:00 pm PT.

• Practical experience to help them better understand strategic and tactical issues facing nonprofit boards
• Insight into the differing roles of Board members and the AnitaB.org executive team, as well as the challenges both parties encounter in driving the success of the organization
• A broader network that can contribute to professional growth in academia and beyond

• Different perspectives and richness from a broader demographic range
• Community outreach into universities, increasing the Board’s circle of contacts
• Engagement with the next generation of leaders committed to our mission

• Serve a two-year term that begins September 1 and ends August 31 of the second year
• Attend three Board meetings a year; locations to be determined
• Join at least one Board committee
• Resign your membership by August 31 of the second year
• Join the annual Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC)

• This year, we will accept nominations for graduate students, regardless of their gender identification.
• Students are encouraged to nominate themselves and/or their peers.
• A committee comprised of selected members of the AnitaB.org community (typically former student board members) will review and evaluate all nominations.
• Our Executive and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees will select one student for the graduate student board position to present to the Board.
• The Board will formally vote to elect the student for a term of two years.

Please contact TrusteeNominations@AnitaB.org if you have any questions.