The mission of AABLI is “to strengthen nonprofit, public, and private organizations by recruiting and preparing African Americans for service on a broad range of governing boards.” Chappell-Ingram has upheld that objective in her years of service as founder and chief executive officer of the organization.
Philanthropy executive Jonathan Sandville has joined The African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI) as its new president and CEO, replacing recently retired co-founder Yvette Chappell-Ingram, the organization’s first president and CEO.
The Yvette Chappell-Ingram Leadership Legacy Fund was officially launched by the African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI) at its recent tribute to the fund’s namesake, who is retiring after ten years as AABLI’s president and CEO.
Social Action “Speakers Series”
Funded by the James Irvine Foundation, AABLI designed a Public Boards and Commissions Training program to educate its alumni about the commission process.
Fred Ali, Janet Clayton and Cheryl Boone Isaacs receive Vision Awards
Yolanda J. Gorman, Ph.D. has been elected to the board of directors of The African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI), a nonprofit organization that connects forward-looking organizations with board candidates.
Larry Taylor, Ph.D., has been elected to the board of directors of The African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI), a nonprofit organization that connects forward-looking organizations with excellent board candidates.
Avenues leading to corporate board membership can look like a maze to those without guidance from experienced mentors, so the African American Board Leadership Institute (AABLI) invited a premier panel of experts to illuminate a number of “Pathways to Corporate Boards” as part of its Educational Leadership Series, at a September 16 workshop in the California Community Foundation’s Joan Palevsky Center. Sharing knowledge and best practices with a packed audience of professionals were Larry Taylor, Ph.D., chairman of the board, The Creighton Group (moderator); Anita DeFrantz, Esq., trustee, Western Asset Premier Bond Fund; Bonnie Hill, Ed.D., president, B. Hill Enterprises,