January Community Food Projects Community of Practice
Emma Bliss
Beyond the Bylaws: Creative Board Development Strategies for Food Systems Organizations
Boards can be incredibly valuable for nonprofit leaders, providing thought partnership, vision, accountability and resources. They can also be a headache to manage, a drag on critical decisions and an obstacle to innovation. In this high-stakes moment for food systems organizations, how can we set up our boards for success? What are some outside-the-box models for boards that actually work? Join Adam Brock from Regenerate Change as we explore these questions and more in our next community of practice.
Adam Brock (he/him) is a Denver-based cultural artist practicing regenerative social design. For over a decade, he has worked to create the conditions for regenerative relationships among individuals, grassroots initiatives, and institutions throughout the country.
As co-founder of food justice nonprofit The GrowHaus, Adam led the transformation of an abandoned half-acre greenhouse into an award-winning hub for healthy food and urban agriculture. While at GrowHaus, Adam co-chaired Denver’s Sustainable Food Policy Council, spoke at TEDxMileHigh, and was named one of “Colorado’s Top Thinkers” by the Denver Post.
A trained permaculture designer since 2008, Adam has led over a dozen Permaculture Design Courses and is a national leader in the field of social permaculture. In 2017, Adam published Change Here Now: Permaculture Strategies for Personal And Community Transformation, a recipe book for social change inspired by the more-than-human world. Since 2019, Adam has served as co-director at Regenerate Change, a national consulting and education group focused on regenerative social design.
Facilitators: Susan Lightfoot Schempf (Wallace Center), Emma Bliss (ISED Solutions) and Andy Fisher (ISED Solutions)
We look forward to being in conversation with you!