The Shared Leadership Cohort is a unique opportunity in which executive director and board member pairs from 12 local nonprofits will work together over a 6‑month period to (1) learn the shared governance model, (2) receive practical knowledge, skills, and tools to create and maintain powerful, healthy, and productive relationships between their Boards and EDs, and (3) work together in separate ED cohorts and Board Member cohorts to apply their knowledge, skills, and tools to address priority issues that are shared among participating organizations.
IN-PERSON COHORT MEETING DATES: November 4, 2025, January 13, 2026, and March 10, 2026
Participation Guidelines: Please note the following participation guidelines for this course as it may take extra time to organize your team and prepare for registration. The registration period will be August 26 — October 10.
1. Participation in this cohort requires a team consisting of 1 current or incoming Executive Director AND 1 Board Member (option for 2).
2. The 6‑month program will include participation in the following sessions for both team members: a 1‑hour virtual launch meeting and 1‑hour online survey in October and 3 x 3‑hour in-person cohort meetings on November 4, January 13, and March 10. (Availability for the online launch meeting will be assessed in your registration form.)
3. The tuition for the full program is $1,100 per organization and is due at the time of registration.
Tuition: $1,100 per organization
Tuition Note: Participants may be eligible for a Community Foundation JH Professional Development Grant to assist with the cost of tuition for this workshop. More information on this community grant program is available here.
Facilitators:
Tim Adams
Principal Owner, Tim Adams Consulting LLC, TimAdamsConsulting@outlook.com
Tim Adams is the Principal Owner of Tim Adams Consulting LLC, where he partners with nonprofits to advance strategic planning, board development, and operational success.
Tim holds a Master’s in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a Bachelor’s in Physical Education from Humboldt State University. He has facilitated dozens of workshops across Idaho on topics ranging from board governance and strategic planning to youth philanthropy and grant writing.
Tim currently serves on the Idaho Community Foundation Board, the LegacyWorks Group Board, and is the past Chair of the Idaho Nonprofit Center Board. He is also a founding board member of Idaho Walk Bike Alliance and Mountain Bike the Tetons.
Tim brings over 25 years of practical, engaging approach to helping nonprofits align mission with measurable results, and he remains passionate about strengthening the nonprofit sector through collaboration, education, and leadership development.
Andrea Somerville
Principal Consultant and Founder of Somerville Consulting Firm, LLC, andrea@somervilleconsultingfirm.com
Launched in 2018, Somerville Consulting Firm LLC works in partnership with nonprofits, foundations, networks, coalitions, and social impact businesses to improve their efficacy and impact. Andrea Somerville, Principal Consultant and Founder of SCF, is skilled in strategic thinking and planning and founded SCF to help organizations approach their work through a strategic lens. Andrea helps her clients create strategies that bridge the gap between their current programs and operations and their vision for impact.
Andrea provides a range of support, including helping organizations develop and refine organizational strategic direction and staffing structure, design and implement fundraising strategies and capital campaigns, support governing boards to be high-functioning, effective partners, succession planning, coaching and advising, and more.
Somerville Consulting Firm has worked with leaders and teams across the United States in rural, urban, and suburban settings, of varying sizes and operating budgets, representing a variety of social issues.
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