Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities Seeks Applications for Board Members

Mission: Empowering healthy communities through innovative prevention, wellness, and recovery support

Vision:  Aiming Higher. Reaching More. Together.

Core Values:

Collaborative
We foster meaningful connections and partnerships, embracing the power of many to champion
positive change and uplift communities.

Empowering
We transform lives and inspire others to take purposeful action through meaningful connection,
resource support, and mutual accountability.

Excellent
We commit to the highest standards in everything we do by acting with integrity, serving others, and
leading the way in creating the latest prevention and wellness initiatives.

Impactful
We create significant and measurable results by being human-focused, data-driven, and serving as a
role model for others.

Innovative
We boldly set the standard in creating new and proactive efforts to identify, support, and meet the
evolving needs of the communities we serve.

About Us: The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities formed as an extension of the successful Coalition of Healthy Communities (CHC) network. CHC was founded in 1993 by four local coalition groups seeking to strengthen their existing collaboration through the creation of an umbrella organization. In 2003, CHC members, with the support of Oakland County’s Office of Substance Abuse Services, launched the Alliance of Coalition for Healthy Communities (The Alliance) to begin the next phase in Oakland Prevention.
Today, the Alliance has grown to include 21+ community prevention coalitions serving fifty-five+ local communities. We also provide Harm Reduction interventions including community and county wide free Narcan trainings and SMART Recovery Support for anyone affected by addiction.

Board Member Expectations

• Be informed about the Alliance’s vision, mission, goals, policies and initiatives.
• Actively participate in all board meetings, discussions, and events, paying careful attention to your duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality.
• Be well prepared for all board and committee meetings by reviewing the agenda and any supporting materials provided to you prior to the meeting.
• Demonstrate commitment to the Alliance mission and fund-raising goals, Board
  Members agree to achieve 100% participation in financial giving. All Board Members agree to make every effort to meet the minimum financial contribution, currently $1,000, and every calendar year.

Board Member Responsibilities

• Duty of Care: Take care of the Alliance by ensuring prudent use of all assets, including facility, people, and good will;
• Duty of Loyalty: Ensure that the Alliance’s activities and transactions are, first and foremost, advancing its mission; Recognize and disclose conflicts of interest; Make decisions that are in the best interest of the nonprofit corporation; not in the best interest of the individual board member (or any other individual or for-profit entity).
• Duty of Obedience: Ensure that the Alliance obeys applicable laws and regulations; follows its own bylaws; and that the Alliance adheres to its stated corporate purposes/mission.

• Actively serve as a member of the Board for a minimum three-year term
• Participate on at least one committee of the Board
• Provide thoughtful guidance and support on all matters brought to the Board by the Alliance’s CEO
• Speak on behalf of the Alliance to the community on issues of focus for improved collaboration and resources
• Sign and adhere to the Alliance’s Conflict of Interest Policy and Code of Ethics
• Attend Board development trainings and retreats
• Participate in the strategic planning process
• Assist in the recruitment of future Board Members