Advisory Committee Search

The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) seeks potential candidates for ELP's Advisory Committee. We aim for a broad cross-section of prominent leaders from across the environmental field, drawing from the non-profit, government, academic, and private sectors. A strong commitment to nurturing a diverse community of up-and-coming leaders is imperative, as well as an interest in fostering dialogue about complex and challenging issues facing the environmental field. A capacity to help ELP develop strategically and financially into a thriving organization is highly desirable.

Overview
The Environmental Leadership Program is a national non-profit organization that works to transform public understanding of environmental issues by training and supporting a network of visionary, action-oriented emerging leaders. The current programmatic centerpiece of the organization is the ELP Fellowship. Each year this unique two-year program brings together 20-25 professionals, relatively new to the environmental field, for intensive skills training, mentoring, project seed money, and technical support.

Other ELP activities reach out to emerging environmental leaders outside the fellowship and focus attention on the importance of nurturing the next generation of leaders. The ELP-sponsored Environmental Leadership Collaborative brings together environmental training and leadership development organizations to share resources and training strategies and to develop a common agenda for leadership development. The Boston Diversity Learning Partnership brings together Boston-area environmental organizations to pursue collaboration on diversity work. ELP's Philadelphia Regional Network pilot project provides leadership training opportunities to emerging environmental leaders in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. ELP is in the process of launching additional regional leadership programs across the country.

Advisory Roles and Responsibilities
ELP Advisory Committee members represent some of the most recognized names in the environmental field and are active members of the ELP community. ELP takes seriously the critical stewardship role these veteran leaders play in the organization's development.

Responsibilities of Advisory Committee members include:

  • Assisting ELP in making connections to prospective fellowship applicants, program partners, funders, prospective board members, the media, etc.
  • Staying up to date on ELP happenings so that one can speak knowledgeably to potential funders, applicants, and program partners
  • Participating in at least one ELP event per year, including: retreats, Advisory Committee meetings, conference calls, receptions, or other public gatherings
  • Lending one's name to the ELP venture
  • Maintaining consistent contact with at least one ELP Board member to exchange information about ELP's programs and mentor board members and staff as appropriate for organizational development activities, strategic planning, and fundraising efforts
  • Participating on ELP Board committees as appropriate


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