The Board supports the work of BPMT and provides mission-driven leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by staff, the Board works collaboratively with the chief executive providing, among other things, intellectual capital, integrity, and accountability for and to our diverse community, to help create a future where psychedelic therapy contributes to healing people, with equitable, safe, and accessible care for all populations.

Members of any nonprofit board are expected to demonstrate:

• Duty of Care: Participating in the governance of the organization, attending to the organization’s activities and operations, ensuring resources are cultivated and used wisely, and providing strategic vision for the organization and its future.
• Duty of Loyalty: Prioritizing the organization’s best interests over their own or that of their profession, field, or community.
• Duty of Obedience: Ensuring the organization complies with applicable laws and regulations, and its own policies, procedures, mission and values.

Specific BPMT Board of Directors responsibilities include: Leadership, Governance, and Oversight

1. Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO
2. Support the work of the CEO and BPMT staff
3. Assist in developing and approving policies and procedures for the certification and accreditation programs
4. Support The development of the certification examination(s)
5. Apply an equity lens to the work of the organization, both internally and externally
6. Collaborate with the CEO and staff on fundraising , developing grant applications, leveraging personal and professional networks, providing strategic guidance, and participating in donor cultivation efforts to maximize financial support for the organization.
7. Offer insights on the selection and evaluation of performance metrics to gauge organizational effectiveness.
8. Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in board and committee meetings.
9. Review and approve the annual budget
10. Contribute to an annual performance evaluation of the CEO
11. Assist the CEO and board chair in identifying and recruiting Board Directors, as needed
12. Ensure that BPMT’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is reflected in the board, staff, policies and procedures
13. Serve on BPMT committees and/or task forces

Qualifications

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual with recognized professional experience relevant to achieving the BPMT’s goals and driving BPMT’s mission forward. We also expect our Board Directors to value and respect the diverse perspectives, voices, experiences, racial/cultural and ethnic identities of the individuals with whom we work and seek to serve.

Service on BPMT’s Board of Directors is without remuneration, except for travel and accommodation costs in relation to Board of Director’s duties.  As a registered organization in California, BPMT is legally prohibited from offering compensation to members of its Board of Directors for their board-related duties. However, the organization covers travel, accommodation, and reimbursement expenses incurred in relation to these duties, ensuring that members can fulfill their responsibilities without additional financial burdens.

Service on the Board of Directors is an equal opportunity position. Individuals from identities traditionally underrepresented on nonprofit boards of directors are strongly encouraged to apply.