The Board of Trustees of the Boston Latin School Association has legal responsibility for:
Advocacy Committee
This committee advises the board on thoughtful approaches to advancing the best interests of the school in the wider community with a goal of protecting the school’s and the Association’s reputations in the best interests of Latin School students.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee provides independent oversight to the financial operations of the Association. Chaired by a non-trustee with membership comprising a mix of trustee and non-trustees with professional audit and financial experience, the committee convenes annually with the Association’s outside auditors to review audit findings and recommendations. The auditors report directly to the committee. The committee evaluates internal controls and management systems. It establishes procedures to review complaints about financial matters, including those from anonymous sources. The chair of the Audit Committee, in accordance with the Association’s Whistle Blower Policy, serves as the organization’s “compliance officer.”
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee receives nominations for the Associations various alumni awards, including the Distinguished Graduate, the Outstanding Recent Graduate, the Desmond Award, the Lambert Award, and the Lee Dunn Award. The committee researches nominees and presents its findings/recommendations to the Board.
The purpose of the BAAC is to partner with BLS/BLSA in the work of attracting prospective students and helping to enrich the experience of current students – particularly those from underrepresented communities – and engaging alumni within the BLS community.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee advises the Executive Committee of the Board as well as the Association’s president on good compensation practice. The Committee stays abreast of compensation trends in nonprofit and education sectors to ensure that the Association offers reasonable and market-based salary and benefits to its employees so as to promote stable employment by motivated professional staff. In addition, the committee works with the board chair to identify appropriate goals for the president and assists the chair as requested on the president’s progress toward those goals.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee comprises the officers of the Association. The committee monitors the functioning of the board’s standing committee. On behalf of the board, the committee supervises the president of the Association and assists him/her in setting strategic direction for the Association.
The BLSA Family Committee comprises key leaders from the parent community, including the BLSA trustee parents, who work with school and Association staff to promote an awareness of the BLSA and to educate the community regarding the role of philanthropy in the school's success. The committee builds community by hosting events for new parents and for parent donors, encourages participation by all parents in the activities of the Association and champions the integration of parents with alumni as equal participants in the life of the Association.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee reviews and evaluates the annual budget, including the expenditures for both BLS and the BLSA activities. The committee meets as needed in preparation for the presentation of a budget for full board approval at the Spring meeting.
Friends of Athletics
Friends of Athletics works closely with the Leven ’55 Director of Athletics and the head of school to monitor the BLSA’s support of athletics programs and to evaluate the success of those investments. The committee comprises both parents of current student athletes as well as alumni. The committee serves in a strategic advisory capacity to help the school establish a reasonable plan for advancing the success of BLS student athletes in line with the broader strategic objectives set forth by the head of school. The committee will assist the BLSA staff with messaging, communication, and outreach to ensure that alumni and parents rally to the support of the athletics program.
Governance and Nominating Committee
This committee's primary responsibility is to identify candidates for trustee service in line with the organization’s philanthropic, service, and demographic objectives. The committee vets candidates and prepares a slate of nominees to the Board of Trustees each spring. In addition, the committee works with other standing committees to identify gaps in capabilities with the objective of recruiting new membership for those committees. The committee also advises the board chair and executive committee on good governance practice and on procedures to ensure the board as a whole and its individual members are fulfilling their responsibilities.
Investment CommitteeThe Investment Committee monitors the performance of the BLSA investment strategy and re-balances the portfolio as necessary to stay within previously determined investment policy guidelines. The committee meets at least quarterly to review performance and to evaluate existing funds and prospective additions to the portfolio. The committee periodically reviews the investment policy mix and modifies the mix as needed.
