Empowering Chapter Leaders

Ensure Your Chapter Board is
Professionally Certified

The NAIFA Certified Leadership Board designation is awarded to NAIFA Chapters upon completion of a live presentation of NAIFA’s 90-minute training program entitled “Empowering Chapter Leaders” by the President, President-Elect, and at least 80% of the Chapter’s Board.

Elements of the training program include:

• Understanding psychological motivations for serving on Boards and how to get the best out of your Board members.
• Legal duties of a Board.
• Aligning the Board to the Strategic Plan.
• Effectively employing and engaging professional association staff.
• Keys to a healthy board culture.
• Board and self-evaluation checklists for continuous improvement.

This certification shall be valid for the remainder of the current year and until the end of the next calendar year.

To maintain the certification, Chapters will need to complete the following to achieve recertification:

• Maintain President, President-Elect, and at least 80% participation by their Board in an Empowering Chapter Leaders’ training through a quarterly offering (schedule below) by the NAIFA Chapter Services Team.
• Maintain annual representation at Congressional Conference and the National Leadership Conference.
• Maintain compliant Chapter Agreements and Bylaws, as approved by the NAIFA Board of Trustees.
• Maintain timely filing of the Chapter’s Annual Report.

Boards that complete the training and meet the requirements will receive the digital badge and be recognized as a NAIFA Certified Leadership Board. All Certified Boards will be recognized on the Leaders' website and at the National Leadership Conference.

2024 Training Schedule:
August 29
December 19

Additional Information & Questions:
Justi Folladori
Director of Chapter Services
jfolladori@naifa.org