Closing Date
06/30/2025
Current Position Description
Board Trustee
- Regularly attends board meetings and important related meetings.
- Makes serious commitment to participate actively in committee work.
- Participates in fundraising for the organization.
- Volunteers for and willingly accepts assignments and completes them thoroughly and on time.
- Stays informed about committee matters, prepares themselves well for meetings, and reviews and comments on minutes and reports.
- Gets to know other committee members and builds a collegial working relationship that contributes to consensus.
- Is an active participant in the committee’s annual evaluation and planning efforts.
Position Type
Board of Directors: Voluntary, legal governing body of a nonprofit.
Current areas of focus for board recruitment
Communications / Marketing, Fundraising, Other
Other areas of focus
Event Planning and Operations
Mission / Core Purpose / Core Values
Anchorage Opera is a center of artistic creation, innovation and education through the presentation of opera and related events encouraging public collaboration and community engagement for the people of the State of Alaska.
Briefly describe your board culture.
Our board is friendly, but gets down to business! Our passion for the arts and culture of Anchorage is focused on the support and development of the Anchorage Opera.
Why is board diversity important to this organization?
Without multiple careers, ages, demographics, and life stages represented across our board, we are more likely to experience blind spots in our promotion and support of this legacy art form across Anchorage and all of Alaska, and potentially miss opportunities for inclusivity and outreach.
Link to diversity statement.
https://anchorageopera.org/about-ao/equity-diversity-inclusion/
Board Meeting Location
Hybrid/Key Bank (101 W Benson Blvd, Anchorage, AK)
Online meeting optional?
Yes
Number of board meetings / year including retreats
12
Average hours per month?
2-4, higher for elected office
Are there term limits?
Yes
Board terms (years)
3
What is the total length of time of potential service?
3 or more
Primary language spoken in board room.
English
Please describe any giving and/or fundraising expectations of your board members.
Board members are expected to provide a meaningful personal contribution, as well as become a subscriber, and to engage in external fundraising through soliciting or facilitating sponsorships, raffle sales, events, and any other initiatives as identified to maintain financial health of the Anchorage Opera.
Are travel expenses related to board service reimbursed? If so explain.
No.
Is there any additional information you would like prospective board members to know?
Under new direction, the Anchorage Opera is learning how to best engage with the community at this moment and time and into the future, and we'd love to have your fresh perspective contributing to our board!
