The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pa

“The executive committee is authorized to make decisions on behalf of the board of directors and will present such decisions for ratification at the next scheduled meeting of the board of directors. A quorum for conducting business at a meeting of the executive committee shall be a majority of the committee members. The executive director shall present a full report of all executive committee decisions to the board at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board.”

“There is no committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“After review by the executive director and audit committee, a copy of the finalized form 990 will be provided to the full board of directors prior to filing with the service.”

“Board members and officers are required to complete an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. Conflicts provided are reviewed by the executive director. If it is determined that any member or officer is in a position of conflict of interest with regard to an agency or vendor, that person shall not participate in decisions pertaining to that agency or vendor, stating for meeting records that a conflict exists.”

“The executive director and representatives of the board of directors review performance measures against pre-established goals. The executive committee oversees compensation practices, performance review of the executive director, sets the executive director's compensation and determines any annual bonus that may be awarded to the executive director. All members of the executive committee are independent. A recommendation regarding an increase in the executive director's base compensation was presented to the full board at a regular board meeting and was approved by the board prior to being awarded to the executive director.”

“Documents are made available to inquiring parties upon request.”

“Membership on the honor board is restricted to past members of the organization's board of directors who have provided special or distinguished service to the corporation. Any standing member of the board of directors can nominate an individual to the honor board by submitting that individual's name to the nominating committee. Nominations to the honor board must be approved by a majority of the board of directors. Members of the honor board are considered non-voting members and are as follows: gregg s. Behr, audrey bonnett, chip burke, kate dewey, gay fogarty, anna hollis, sy holzer, donald jacobson, peter konczakowski, douglas mac phail, peter f. Mathieson, christina o'toole, james rudolph, chauncey smith, robert teeter, frederick thieman, evelyn whitehill, sally wiggin, sr. Linda yankoski, nancy zappala, dan rooney (founding co-chairman), george l. Miles, jr. (founding co-chairman).”

“The audit committee establishes the audit plan, hires the outside independent audit firm, negotiates the cost of the audit and reviews the draft financial statements provided by the independent audit firm. The audited financial statements are submitted to the full board for review and approval. This process has not changed from the prior year.”