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Board Committees

Consistent with the NCFR Board Policy Governance Handbook, Section II, Board Committee Principles, a committee is formed by Board action to help carry out the Board's responsibilities. Board Committees will assist the Board by preparing policy alternatives and implications for Board deliberation..

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was formed by Board action to help carry out the Board's responsibilities and to increase the Board's level of fiduciary oversight.

Elections Council

The role of the NCFR Elections Council is to gather nominations for the offices of the NCFR Board and other NCFR national offices.

Fellows Committee

Fellow status in NCFR is an honor awarded to relatively few living members on the basis of their outstanding contributions to the field of the family in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach or professional service, including service to NCFR. By definition, outstanding contributions are those which have broad impact on the field and are enduring over time.

Inclusion & Diversity Committee

The Inclusion and Diversity Committee identifies the inclusion and diversity strengths, issues, and opportunities within all aspects of NCFR; develops strategies and plans to examine ways in which we include and exclude (however unintentionally) NCFR members; systematically examines aspects of NCFR to enhance its effectiveness and ability to meet the needs of its diverse membership; and respectfully celebrates and documents the successes of inclusivity approaches.

Journal Board Committee

An ad hoc Journal Board Committee was formed to provide Board linkage with the journal editors to monitor the quality of the journals and to ensure that the journal editors are involved in discussions about policy issues and decisions affecting the journals