Building leadership for the next generation.
The Visionary Committee is a group of early to mid-career professionals committed to supporting Lighthouse Guild’s mission, leadership, and efforts.
Mission
To help visually impaired people achieve their goals by engaging early career professionals through fundraising, volunteering, awareness building, and sustainable recruitment practices.
Vision
To engage the next generation of leaders in Lighthouse Guild’s efforts to help people who are visually impaired to attain their goals.
Membership
The Visionary Committee is comprised of at least seven, but no more than 36, early to mid-career professionals interested in increasing their philanthropic engagement in the mission of Lighthouse Guild. Most members live and/or work in New York City. For a current list of members, go to the Board of Directors page.
The committee constitutes a diverse cross-section of members from the private, public, nonprofit and medical sectors.
Members commit to a two-year term with the ability to renew based on mutual agreement.
Leadership
The Visionary Committee is led by an Executive Board serving two-year terms. Elections will be held during the first meeting of the relevant calendar year. The inaugural Executive Board will be comprised of founding members of the Visionary Committee.
Committees
The Visionary Committee contains standing committees, including:
- Executive Committee has broad oversight of the Visionary Committee and the other committees. The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer will serve on the Executive Committee.
- Social Committee plans and organizes all social events for the Visionary Committee, including one annual fundraising event.
- Volunteer Committee works to provide member and non-members with volunteer opportunities through Lighthouse Guild.
- Advocacy and Awareness Committee will raise awareness of social justice and equity issues that affect people with vision impairment and takes actions that advance the vision that no person is limited by their visual capacity.
- Recruitment Committee plans and enacts all initiatives aimed at identifying potential new members for the Visionary Committee. The committee will have an annual goal to fill any empty Visionary Committee seats under the 36-person maximum. If all 36 seats on the board are full, the Recruitment Committee will focus on member retention initiatives.
Benefits
- Grow your professional network with like-minded individuals
- Develop fundraising, public speaking, and project management skills
- Develop leadership skills through interactions with colleagues and coaching from mentors
Member Commitment & Expectations
- Serve as ambassadors for Lighthouse Guild and raise awareness of its mission
- Build a bridge to the next generation of Lighthouse Guild’s community.
- Connect young and mid-career professionals and their networks to Lighthouse Guild.
- Bring fresh ideas and perspectives to ensure the Visionary Committee’s sustainable growth.
- Attend board meeting and relevant committee meetings.
- Work towards a specific fund-raising goal through a combination of personal donations and personal fund raising.
- Volunteer eight hours annually at one of Lighthouse Guild’s programs or services.
Recent Events
Noted human rights lawyer, disability justice advocate and author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, Haben Girma, sat down with moderator Peter Slatin, Founder and President of Slatin Group LLC, for an in-depth discussion about advocacy, disability rights, and the ways that ableism continues to affect people with disabilities every day.
For more information or to join the Visionary Committee, contact us below:
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Lighthouse Guild is dedicated to providing exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals.
