Make an Impact: Calling all EA Members!

Submitted by Shawn Hasskamp, Dutch's Electric, Aitkin
Chair, Board of Directors, Electrical Association

We want you to help us guide the Organization – Join the Board of Directors

Have you ever thought about serving on the Electrical Association’s Board of Directors? Joining a non-profit Board is a great way to boost your career. You will build your leadership skills while giving back to the community. Now more than ever, the Association has to adapt and evolve and be there for members and the industry in new ways. We are looking for Electrical Contractors who want to help us do just that.

Leave your suits at home! We need people who are in the field and are running successful contracting businesses. 

What you need to know when deciding on this role?

You must be passionate about the Association's mission and advancing the organization forward. The Board will support the work of EA and provide mission-based leadership and strategic governance. While day-to-day operations are led by EA’s Executive Director, the Board-ED relationship is a partnership, and the appropriate involvement of the Board is both critical and expected. Specific Board Member responsibilities include:

• Serving as a trusted advisor to the Executive Director as she implements EA’s strategic plan
• Reviewing outcomes and metrics created by EA for evaluating its impact, and regularly measuring its performance and effectiveness using those metrics; reviewing agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings
• Approving EA’s annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions, being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary responsibilities
• Contributing to an annual performance evaluation of the Executive Director
• Assisting the Executive Director and other board members to ensure that board resolutions are carried out
• Serving on committees or task forces and taking special assignments.

Mission of the Electrical Association

The Electrical Association provides leadership in partnering between contractors, government, employees, and consumers to promote quality construction built safely, on time, on budget, and at a fair price and profit. The Electrical Association also provides a strong commitment to quality in education, communication, government relations, and ethics.

Value Proposition

For over 90 years, the Electrical Association has empowered electrical contractors and their teams through tailored education, effective government advocacy, and opportunities to connect with peers. We are the conduit that connects you with all you need to stay current, compliant and successful.

The Board of Directors formally meets three times a year to discuss regular Association business. This is a combination of in person and virtual meetings. There are numerous email chains in-between meetings to ensure business is moving along and not waiting for that live person conversation. There are occasional times throughout the year as well for a virtual meetings to discuss larger issues and possibly get something approved for the organization. The Association has been conducting strategic plans every three to five years, and that can vary in length and commitment by Board Members. Our role is to guide and support and the extraordinary EA staff executes. This makes our job easy and out of the weeds.

GET STARTED!

If this is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you, please CLICK HERE and answer a few basic questions by November 1, 2024, to get started. Elections will occur in the winter of 2025.

 

Our Executive Board

 

   

Jeff Kunkel

 "Serving on the Electrical Association Board of Directors has given me greater insight into our profession as well as ideas how we can help each other navigate our businesses to create a stronger industry.”

– Jeff Kunkel, Kunkel Electric
Past Chair, EA Board of Directors