egm Board Role Profile
Board Purpose
Board members serve as stewards of egm’s mission and witness in our community. Together, they help protect and advance spaces where people can experience safety, dignity, relationship, and transformation.
Board service at egm is more than oversight. It is a shared commitment to prayerful discernment, relational leadership, and faithful stewardship of a work that belongs to God.
Through governance, financial oversight, strategic counsel, CEO support and accountability, and community ambassadorship, the board helps egm remain faithful to its calling, responsive to the needs of our community, and aligned with the egm way: people-forward, Christ-forward, systems-forward.
Term and Time commitment
Board members serve a three-year term and may be re-elected for up to three consecutive terms, in accordance with egm bylaws.
Board members are expected to:
- attend approximately six regular board meetings each year
- participate in the annual board retreat
- serve on at least one committee
- commit an average of 6–10 hours per month, including meeting preparation, committee work, events, and relationship-building in the community
Core Responsibilities
Governance and Stewardship
Board members help steward egm’s long-term health and faithfulness by:
- safeguarding egm’s mission, values, and strategic direction
- contributing to policy formation, review, and sound governance
- reviewing organizational progress and helping ensure decisions remain aligned with mission and community impact
- providing fiduciary oversight through review of budgets, audits, risk, and financial integrity
- protecting the organization’s assets and upholding strong ethical standards
- hiring, supporting, and annually evaluating the CEO
- helping ensure healthy succession planning and appropriate compensation oversight
- modeling strong board engagement, honoring board–CEO boundaries, and contributing to a healthy, effective board culture
Spiritual and Cultural Leadership
Board members help shape the posture and culture of egm by:
- affirming egm’s statement of faith, mission, and values
- praying for the ministry, the people egm serves, and the staff and leaders who carry this work each day
- participating in board discernment with humility, wisdom, and a spirit of unity
- helping protect a culture marked by safety, mutuality, and transformation
- leading in ways that reflect Christ-forward compassion, trauma-informed awareness, and respect for every person’s God-given worth
- avoiding language or assumptions that reduce people to crisis, labels, or outcomes
Community Ambassadorship and Partnership
Board members serve as trusted ambassadors who help others understand and engage with egm’s work by:
- representing egm in the community with clarity, warmth, and integrity
- building and strengthening relationships with churches, civic leaders, community partners, foundations, and local businesses
- helping others better understand egm’s mission, model, and the role community partnership plays in lasting transformation
- making thoughtful introductions to prospective partners when there is genuine alignment
- hosting or participating in relational conversations that invite others into deeper understanding, prayer, generosity, and partnership
- encouraging support for egm in ways that reflect shared responsibility rather than pressure
Qualifications
We are looking for board members who bring maturity, sound judgment, and a deep commitment to stewarding mission well.
Strong candidates will demonstrate:
- meaningful leadership experience in business, nonprofit, ministry, public service, or community leadership
- the ability to steward complexity with wisdom, humility, and discernment
- a trusted presence and meaningful relationships within Snohomish County and/or the greater Puget Sound region
- an ability to help convene people, ideas, and resources for the good of the community
- financial literacy and an understanding of sound governance, accountability, and risk
- prior board experience is helpful, though not required
- clear alignment with egm’s Christ-forward mission and commitment to the egm way
- high integrity, discretion, and healthy conflict-of-interest awareness
- a collaborative spirit and a willingness to serve as part of a board, not as an individual decision-maker
Expectations and Logistics
Board members are expected to:
- prepare for meetings and engage consistently with board materials, dashboards, and decisions
- serve actively on at least one committee, such as finance/audit and compliance, governance, advancement, programs, or an ad hoc committee
- make egm a meaningful personal giving priority each year in a way that reflects their capacity and commitment
- help cultivate new relationships by offering thoughtful introductions, participating in conversations, and connecting aligned partners to the mission
- annually sign the affirmation of service/conflict of interest and statement of faith
- complete board orientation within 90 days
- uphold healthy board–staff boundaries by channeling requests through the CEO and honoring the board’s shared voice once decisions are made
How to Express Interest
Please complete the interest form available at egmission.org/board.
An egm team member will follow up with you.
About egm
egm is a Christian nonprofit in Everett, Washington, engaging with the community to alleviate poverty through safe shelter, supportive services, and relationships that make lasting transformation possible.
We believe people are not projects to manage. They are neighbors, image-bearers, and people with God-given dignity, strength, and purpose. Through trusted relationships and coordinated care, egm works to help foster the conditions where healing, stability, and human flourishing can happen.