Event Details
8 Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102
United States
(With the support of our event partner, we are pleased to make this event available at a substantially discounted rate.)
Reimagining Board Leadership: From Tension to Transformation in Turbulent Times
A partnership program with Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Society
- 9:00-9:30AM: Check-in, networking, continental Breakfast
- 9:30AM: Program begins
- Working lunch included
- We encourage staff leadership-board teams to attend together to strengthen shared learning and apply it more effectively in their organizations.
- With the support of our event partner, we are pleased to make this event available at a substantially discounted rate. If cost is still a barrier for you to attend, please fill out this quick scholarship request form and wait for our response prior to registering.
In an era marked by volatility, resource constraints, and societal polarization, nonprofit boards are navigating new levels of complexity. Traditional governance frameworks—while necessary—are no longer sufficient. This session invites board leaders and executive directors to explore how governance can be reimagined to be more adaptive and responsive to the current moment.
Through an engaging mix of learning, conversation, and practice, participants will revisit the three modes of governance (fiduciary, strategic, and generative) with fresh eyes, and gain tools to facilitate bold thinking, support inclusive decision-making, and strengthen board dynamics and culture—particularly in the face of tension or divergent views. Rooted in tried-and-true governance principles, this session also makes space for new paradigms and practical facilitation tools that participants can bring back to their own boardrooms.
By the end of the session, participants will leave with:
- A deeper understanding of tri-modal governance (fiduciary, strategic, generative) and when to use each
- A set of catalytic questions to spark deeper board conversations
- Concrete facilitation tools (e.g., liberating structures like 1-2-4-All) to support inclusive dialogue and decision-making
- Insights into adaptive leadership, board composition, and sustaining engagement during organizational life cycles
- Frameworks for moving from tension to transformation in challenging moments
About the Presenter
Makiyah Moody
Makiyah Moody (she/her/ella) is founder and president at Kairos & Heart LLC where she helps organizations ask and answer critical questions about how to advance their missions. A skilled facilitator and governance specialist, Makiyah launched Kairos & Heart in August 2021 after realizing that being and doing are different and she wanted to explore fresh design choices for partnering with organizational leaders.
Prior to becoming a business owner, Makiyah sharpened her consulting skills at La Piana Consulting, directed governance initiatives for the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, was founding executive director of the New Orleans regional office of Leading Educators and held various roles over six years with the KIPP Foundation. Additionally, she was a 2013 participant in the Aspen Institute’s Roundtable on Community Change Racial Equity Leadership Development Seminar, is a Pahara Fellow, an Executive Scholar with the Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a BoardSource Certified Governance Consultant.
Before graduate school, Makiyah was a Civil Rights Investigator with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, an experience that vividly confirmed the disparate impact of structural racism. She is most energized by the opportunity to work with organizations that support underinvested communities and people of color, and promote a thriving, multiracial democracy.
Makiyah has an MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago and a BA in Hispanic Studies, magna cum laude, from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she served as a trustee from 2014 to 2019.
Makiyah currently lives in southern New Hampshire and is the author of several books including Recruitment Rhapsody: Harmonizing Boards for Success, From Tension to Transformation: A Board’s Guide to Flourishing, and Ayo Bayo Goes to Italy.