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Join the LWVC Board of Directors
Are you passionate about the League and want to strengthen our democracy statewide? Join the 2025 – 2027 Board of Directors or Nominating Committee!
Does this sound like you or a leader that you know?
- Ready to leverage skills and experience — in and outside of the League — to create an even stronger organization
- Able to envision the California League’s future power
- Passionate about and committed to the League’s mission – Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy. Committed to a state League that walks the talk of our diversity, equity, and inclusion values, and to advancing policies to build a more equitable California.
- Have experience in executive leadership, fundraising, finance, communications/media, philanthropy, community building, diversity/equity/inclusion, and/or non-profit governance.
We encourage you to think about the leadership role you, or someone you know, could play in making democracy work as we anticipate how the League will impact the next 100 years of California policy and politics.
Applicants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives are encouraged to apply. You can apply yourself, or nominate another leader to serve on the LWVC Board of Directors or Nominating Committee.
How do you apply?
- LWVC Board Member Application
- LWVC Nominating Committee Member Application
- In addition to submitting the online application, please email your resume and 3 references (must include one non-League reference) to nomcom@lwvc.org.
- For questions, contact Nominating Committee Chairs; Maxine Anderson and/or Kandea Gandhi at nomcom@lwvc.org.
- Deadline for Board and Nominating Committee applications is November 15, 2024.
How do you nominate someone?
- Nomination Form: LWVC Board and Nominating Committee
- Deadline for nominations is September 10, 2024.
Background Information:
- Board of Directors Job Description
- Board Service FAQs
- COMING SOON – Candidate Evaluation Rubric
About the LWVC: Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
The League of Women Voters of California is a 501(c) 4 grassroots membership nonprofit working to build a more equitable California for all who live here. We are a nonpartisan organization, which means that we do not support or oppose candidates or political parties. However, we are a political organization and we work to engage all Californians in acting on the issues that matter to them, to build political power and voice in communities historically underrepresented in the halls of government, to enact solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our state, and to drive every eligible voter to cast their ballot. We are an intersectional, inclusive, and multi-issue organization.
We have a powerful member based network of over 60 local, grassroots Leagues across the state who work on local issues, develop and train local civic leaders, and organize around critical policy and social issues. We use an integrated voter engagement model, which research shows is one of the best ways to increase voter turnout and civic participation. Integrated Voter Engagement means that we work on the ground in our communities year round to engage people in issues and advocacy, and do not just reach out to our communities leading up to elections. But we ramp up our efforts in election years to fully engage people to turn out, vote, and use their power.
Our sister 501(c)3 organization, the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund is fully focused on countering mis/disinformation, community education, voter engagement, and closing the voter/civic participation gap in California.