Chapter 32 - elena joined the board and disagreed with me publicly
Elena joined the foundation board six years after her first grant.
Not because I appointed her.
The governance committee nominated her.
She had returned to accounting.
Completed nonprofit finance training.
Served three years on the advisory council.
Qualified.
At her second board meeting, she opposed me publicly.
Of course.
The issue was emergency housing.
I wanted the foundation to purchase two apartment buildings.
Asset ownership would create stable inventory.
Elena argued for a mixed model with portable rental assistance because owning all housing could let the foundation quietly determine where women lived.
“We can create standards.”
I said.
“That’s the problem.”
She answered.
I almost laughed.
We argued for an hour.
The final plan was mixed.
One building owned.
Large portable fund.
Independent tenant-rights counsel.
Better than my proposal.
Afterward I told Elena:
“You enjoy this.”
“Immensely.”
“You realize I can remove you.”
She raised an eyebrow.
“Can you?”
I checked the bylaws.
No.
Excellent governance.
May you like
Conrad would have been proud.
Probably offended too.
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