The Importance of Not-for-Profit Board Committees

Board committees play a crucial role in board governance. They allow for focused attention in specific areas, enhance decision making, and permit in-depth analysis and recommendations on critical matters to improve overall board effectiveness. Committee members are generally selected for their content expertise. Committees can be helpful when the organization does not have certain expertise in-house. The board should not reprocess the work performed by committees. As such, an individual board member should not require adequate information from a committee