Board of Directors
In accordance with Notre Dame’s bylaws, the school is governed by a board of directors. The board’s primary work and focus is:
- Long range and strategic planning; mission and vision
- Policy oversight
- Financial planning, management and reporting
- Selection and evaluation of head of school
The board’s responsibility is to ensure that the operations of the school are consistent with the mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SND) and to provide fiduciary oversight. Prospective board members are approved by the SND East West Province.
The board is not involved directly with specific school management, personnel or program issues.
The board meets approximately six times per year. There are nine committees to the board made up of community members and chaired by board members.
Standing committees include:
- Advancement: Supports fund growth and long-range plan for school advancement
- Diversity: Oversees Notre Dame’s policies, initiatives and strategic goals related to Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI), and works with the board and the administration to ensure that Notre Dame strives to be a school free from discrimination
- Executive: Oversees and manages the work of the board
- Finance: Develops the long-range financial plan; sets tuition and reviews annual operations budget for board approval
- Governance: Identifies, recruits and cultivates board and board committee members, oversees board governance
- Head of School Development: Writes the head of school’s annual performance appraisal, determines the needs of the head of school position for growth, sustainability and succession, and makes recommendations to the board accordingly
- Investment: Overall stewardship of Notre Dame’s investments and oversight of the investment management services
- Mission Integration: Assists the board in assuring the Catholic identity, the mission of Notre Dame San Jose and the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame learning community
- Strategic Plan Steering: Guides and oversees the development of the school's multi-year strategic plan
Chair, Head of School Development Committee
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Advancement Committee
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SND Representative
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Diversity Committee
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Head of School Development Committee
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Strategic Plan Steering Committee
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Executive Committee
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Investment Committee
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Finance Committee
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Strategic Plan Steering Committee
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Chair, Diversity Committee
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Chair, Committee on Governance; Head of School Development Committee
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Chair, Board; Executive Committee
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Chair, Advancement Committee
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Secretary of the Board
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Strategic Plan Steering Committee
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Mission Integration Committee
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Advancement Committee
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Committee of Governance; Executive Committee
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Committee on Governance
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Chair, Strategic Plan Steering Committee
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Chair, Finance Committee
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Committee on Governance
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