National District Attorneys Association

“Several members of the Board are elected/appointed district attorneys, and their employed deputy district attorneys also serve on the Board.”

“Chief elected or appointed prosecuting attorneys, state attorneys general acting as chief elected or appointed prosecuting attorneys in districts, counties, parishes, or municipalities, territories or possessions of the United States of America, and employed municipal prosecutors who do not do criminal defense work, are eligible for Active Membership. Assistant or deputy prosecutors in an active member's office, attorneys at law who enforce military or criminal law as a U.S. armed forces member, and U.S. attorneys, assistant U.S. attorneys, and attorneys in U.S. attorney general's office are eligible for Associate Membership. Attorneys serving the dominion of Canada or any other country or any of their political subdivisions who, were he or she similarly employed in the USA would be eligible for Associate Membership, are eligible for Associate Membership. Office administrators or anyone of similar title and function in an active member's office are eligible for Administrator Membership. Former Board of Directors members whose terms of office have expired are eligible for Board Alumni Membership. Executive Directors, prosecutor coordinators of state prosecuting attorney associations or persons who have the responsibility of administering the training needs of any group of prosecuting attorneys are eligible for Executive Director Membership. Investigators in an active member's office are eligible for Investigator Membership. Students attending an accredited law school and working towards an L.L.B. or J.D. are eligible for Law Student Membership. Secretaries, paralegals, automation specialists, public relations directors, and any clerical staff with similar titles or functions in an active member's office are eligible for Prosecutors Support Personnel Membership. Persons or corporations who donate funds to assist in carrying out and furthering the Association's purposes and are invited by the Board of Directors are eligible for Sustaining Membership.”

“Members of the organization who are also members of the Board of Directors have the power to elect or appoint members of the governing body.”

“The Form 990 is reviewed by the outsourced accounting staff and by the Executive Director and Executive Committee before it is filed. A copy of the Form 990 is then made available to each member of the Board of Directors.”

“Annually, the Association distributes to each director, principal officer, and member of a committee with governing Board delegated powers, its Board conflict of interest policy, which contains a statement to sign to affirm that such person A) has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, B) has read and understands the policy, C) has agreed to comply with the policy, and D) understands NDAA is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax exempt purposes. The policy contains the procedures to follow to disclose potential conflicts, determine whether a conflict exists and address it, and take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“The Executive Committee reviews the compensation of the Executive Director when it comes time for her or his performance review, after which, the new salary level is communicated to her or him. The Executive Committee reviews the salaries of all other employees with the Executive Director in executive session to discuss salary levels if asked.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements are not generally made available to the general public, but if requests for copies of these documents were to be received, the Association would consider making them available to the requester.”

“To be the voice of America's prosecutors and to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people.”

“The Association has an Audit Committee that selects an independent accountant and oversees the audit of the organization's financial statements. The audit oversight process has not changed from prior years.”