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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 102026

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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Full Name of Executive Director
Full Name of Board Member #1
Full Name of Board Member #2 (optional)

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