​CNMF Spring/Summer 2024 Board of Directors Recruitment

Are you passionate about maternal health, equity, and justice? Do you want to make a difference in California's birthing communities? If so, we invite you to apply for the California Nurse Midwives Foundation (CNMF) Spring/Summer 2024 Board of Directors!
CNMF is dedicated to addressing health equity and racial justice through the midwifery model of care. Founded in 2019, we strive to provide culturally concordant care to diverse birthing people and their families. 

Mission & Strategy

The California Nurse-Midwives Foundation (CNMF) was born out of a commitment to addressing health equity and racial justice through a midwifery model of care that centers on providing culturally concordant care to diverse birthing people and their families wherever they are. Founded in 2019, CNMF is overseen by a Board of Directors, and is a 501(c)(3) whose work is funded by foundations and individual donors. 
CNMF aims to secure funds to support smaller organizations and people (particularly BIPOC people), to support aspiring and student midwives, to diversify the midwifery workforce, and increase access to the midwifery model of care through institutional and systems change. 

Ideal Qualities in a CNMF Board Member:

  • Committed to communities in California, specifically where there are poor maternity and infant care outcomes disproportionately affecting people of color 
  • Share a commitment to and demonstrate leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion, including addressing equity gaps based on race, ethnicity, socio-economic status and/or other diversity dimensions as applicable in the organization’s location 
  • Interest in developing certain skills that you may not possess, such as in cultivating and soliciting funds, cultivating and recruiting board members and other volunteers, reading and understanding financial statements, and learning more about the substantive program area of the organization.
  • Possession of honesty, sensitivity to and tolerance of differing views, community-building skills, personal integrity and sense of values, and concern for your nonprofit’s development

Our Foundation’s Strategic Goals

Goal 1: Diversify the midwifery workforce by supporting people to become midwives (with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people).
  • supporting organizations and programs to provide outreach, support, and training for students of color to become midwives (including giving scholarships) 
  • supporting preceptor and mentoring programs for midwives in training (with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ midwives) 
  •  supporting newly graduated midwives (with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ midwives) 
Goal 2: Ensure access to high-quality, culturally concordant midwifery care through institutional and systems change. 
  • supporting increasing access to midwifery care through Medi-Cal (with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people) 
  • supporting work that ensures that nurse midwives are practicing in a variety of healthcare settings (implementation of SB1237 with an equity lens) 
  • supporting work that increases policy and legislative guidance and advocacy related to innovative practices and racial equity 
Goal 3: Strengthen the profession of midwifery in California. 
  • Supporting work that uplifts equity-focused birthing, maternity and midwifery coalitions and collaborations to strengthen the profession/field 
  • Supporting outreach efforts to midwifery care consumers ​

Application Process

  • Three Narrative Questions (100-200 max per question) 
    • Why are you interested in joining the California Nurse-Midwives Foundation as a Board Member? What would you like to learn and/or contribute?
    • Please describe your commitment to reproductive health, rights, and justice. 
    • Please share any additional priorities and time commitments
  • Optional Demographic Questions 
  • Openings: 4 Member at Large, 1 Co-Chair

INTERVIEWS

  • 30 min typically held on weekday evenings via zoom
  • Questions will be shared in advance of the interview
  • Great opportunity to ask questions to current board members ​

Considerations

The Board of Directors is the legal authority for the California Nurse-Midwives Foundation (CNMF). A board member acts in a position of trust for the community and is responsible for the effective governance of the organization. Please consider the following as you prepare your application as a potential new board member  

  • Terms & Term Limits: Board members must serve at least one term of two years. There shall be no more than three consecutive terms served by any one board member. Serve  on the BOD for at least one full term (two years).  We anticipate your term will start July 2024
  • BOD Contributions: BOD members commit to (i) leverage connections, networks, and resources to develop collective action to fully achieve the organization’s mission (ii) participate in fundraising activities for CNMF and bring and engage  new donors to the organization and (iii) attend CNMF events (educational, social, fundraiser)
  • Time Commitment: Meetings take place monthly on Wednesdays at 6pm for one hour. In addition, board members are expected to participate in at least one BOD sub-committee. Time commitment per month is about 4-6 hours for regular members and 10 hours for officers.
  • Confidentiality & Conflict of Interest: We expect all members to maintain confidentiality about all internal matters of the organization. In addition, all members sign an annual conflict-of-interest disclosure. ​
We appreciate the time you are spending submitting an application to CNMF and considering volunteering your time with the Foundation! We are here to support you to complete a successful application. Please reach out to our  team at [email protected] if additional guidance is needed.
Learn more about California Nurse Midwives Foundation 
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