title: The nominating committee.
abstract: The nominating committee is vitally important because it identifies, prioritizes, recruits, and orients new members, and retains existing, strong leadership within the organization's guidelines, constitution and by-laws. It is the most important committee because it recruits board leadership, and leadership is the essential ingredient for success.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000458:organization & administration; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D014341:Trustees / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States