Application Form - SDI Board of Directors

“The Board of Directors is the governing body of Spiritual Directors International. With the role comes fiduciary, visionary, strategic planning, and Executive Director oversight responsibilities. Board members serve three-year terms, and new members are appointed as members of the Board complete their terms of office.

As part of this Board’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, we strongly encourage people from diverse backgrounds, gender identities, ethnicities, nationalities, and religious traditions and/or spiritual orientations to apply. We deeply value, cherish, and encourage applicants from these diverse areas, and others.”

For the full “Responsibilities of Members of the SDI Board of Directors“, please read this PDF.

Instructions

Please complete the application below. We highly recommend you type your answers to the questions in a separate document, save it, and then copy/paste your answers into this application form. That way, if you have any technology issues, you won’t accidentally lose any of your writing. When the form is all filled out with your responses, click the ‘Submit’ button at the bottom, and wait for the green notification saying your application was successfully sent. Thank you.

If you would rather nominate someone else to serve on the SDI Board of Directors, please use this nomination form.

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First or Given Name *

Family or Last Name *

Title, Suffix, Credential *

What are your preferred pronouns? *

City, State, Province, or Territory *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

Birth Year *

Gender *

Spiritual, Religious, or Denominational Tradition(s) *

Please identify yourself as: *

Lay or equivalent
Clergy or equivalent
Other (describe) Spiritual Director working outside of organized religious traditions

How many years have you been a member of SDI? *

What was your training or formation process in spiritual direction or companionship? Who were the significant people in that process? (50-150 words) *

What is the most important aspect of the SDI Guidelines for Ethical Practice to you, and why? *

What contemplative practices “make your heart sing?” (50–100 words) *

Describe the current setting or role in which you provide spiritual direction or companionship. For how many years have you served as a spiritual companion and what other contexts? (50-100 words) *

Write a brief biography that SDI could use to explain to our members your sense of call to serve on the Board of Directors and what you would bring in your service as a Board of Directors member. Include the skills, gifts and experiences that would contribute to your role. Describe your vision for the future of Spiritual Directors International. (50–250 words) *

In what ways have you been involved in Spiritual Directors International to date? (50-100 words) *

In what ways have you been involved in other nonprofit organizations, spiritual centers, and training programs? Tell us about any governance experience serving on the board of directors of nonprofits. Tell us about any executive experience (secretary, treasurer, chair). How many years? Tell us about any communications (publishing online and in print), marketing and fund-raising experience and if you have experience directing formation and training programs. (50–200 words) *

SDI is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, in our outward-facing offerings, in our structures and processes, and in our governance as a Board of Directors. Please give us a sense of your experience with anti-racist initiatives and activities that you have been a part of in some way. And/or briefly share a story of improved or improving equity that has happened at a systemic level in a sphere you occupy. (Please note, it is our sense that for all of us, this is a process of becoming, so true stories of movements still in-process are most welcome and held in confidence) *

If you have been involved personally or professionally in a learning program related to addressing systemic racism and white supremacy culture, please tell us a bit about the program and what if anything was helpful to you, and, what if anything did not meet your needs or expectations. *

Please describe any experience you have had with strategic planning whether on a professional level or a high level volunteer role. Please reflect briefly on what difference the strategic planning process made to the organization. *

Tell us about your current experience of receiving supervision as a spiritual director/spiritual companion (refer to SDI ethical guidelines.) *

What is your experience with supervising employees, providing constructive/corrective feedback, conducting performance reviews, and discussing compensation? What is your comfort level with these areas of responsibility? (The Board is responsible for oversight of the Executive Director in all these aspects.) *

How much time (in hours per month) can you comfortably give to board service in the coming year? As an international board, we have monthly meetings at times that work across many time zones, and twice a year we gather for multiple days in person, once for a board retreat and once for a board meeting adjacent to the annual SDI conference. *

Application Form - SDI Board of Directors

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