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For the sixth year, we are pleased to sponsor a group of nonprofit trustees to the annual course at Harvard Business School, "Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues for Board Leadership." With this group, BoardWalk will have sponsored 34 board members from nonprofits and foundations to this exceptional course.

This year's BoardWalk Governance Fellows:

Marcia Bullard, President and Chief Executive Officer, USA WEEKEND, McLean, VA, a national weekly newspaper magazine distributed in more than 700 newspapers

nationwide. Marcia will be attending Harvard in her role as chair of America's Charities; she also serves on the boards of Points of Light Institute and the Heart of America Foundation. She was honored with a President's Volunteer Service Award by the White House in 2005.

Donald T. (Don) Heroman, retired Chief Financial Officer of Equifax, is Chair of the board of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, one of the largest and most innovative food banks in the

country. Don is also on the board of a private foundation, established to support the higher education of students in financial need, and several corporate boards.

Nancy E. Muth, Minister, The First Presbyterian Church in

Germantown, PA (northwest of Philadelphia), is chair of the board of Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program, a nonprofit corporation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), based in Louisville, KY. Nancy is also chair of the Center for Urban Ministry at Wake Forest Divinity School and vice chair of the Financial Management Team (trustees) of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, among other involvements.

Timothy (Tim) A. O'Connell, Vice President, Internal Audit, Cousins Properties, one of the country's top diversified real

estate development companies. Based in Atlanta, Tim wil be attending Harvard as chair of the audit committee of Goodwill Industries of North Georgia. His other civic involvements have included Atlanta Habitat for Humanity and the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.

Elizabeth (Beth) W. Reese, Vice President, Finance,
AGL Resources, Atlanta, where she is responsible for financial

planning and analytics for the corporation and its subsidiaries. Beth chairs the governance committee of CHRIS Kids, a community-based multi-service mental health treatment organization for children and families. Other boards include Imagine It! - The Children's Museum of Atlanta.

For further details on Harvard's course on Governing for Nonprofit Excellence, follow this link. To be considered for one of next year's Fellowships (December 2010), please email us your contact information.