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More than managing board meetings: Governance officers guide leadership

SteenAssociations that hire staff for governance roles entrust them to make judgment callsWhen Scott Steen joined the American Physiological Society in 2018, he quickly encountered problems with the group's governance. Much of the way APS actually worked was not written down, Steen said, noting that his predecessor had led APS for 33 years."Our governance documents were wildly dated and did not reflect reality," said Steen, executive director of the Rockville, Md.-based society. "Committees were working on things that had nothing to do with what was written down. There was just a whole lot to do, and things were not working well."The governance role was initially split… Read More