Chair: Dawne Broadfield

Rhode Island Member Board Executive

The Member Board Executive (MBE) Committee studies the effectiveness of services the Council provides to its Member Boards and receives suggestions from Member Board Members (MBMs), MBEs, and others for improving those services. The committee also nominates a MBE director to serve on the Council Board of Directors and plans workshops for the Member Boards’ staff.

HIGHLIGHTS/YEAR-END SUMMARY

The FY14 MBE Committee was tasked with completing three charges. The charges consisted of planning and facilitating the MBE Workshop, conducting the annual Quality Assurance Audit (QAA) of NCARB Records, and evaluating the process for nominating the MBE director. Facilitating the nomination of the MBE director and ensuring that all MBEs had an opportunity to vote emerged as the committee’s top priority.

SUMMARY OF CHARGES:

●  The committee facilitated the nomination of Kingsley J. Glasgow, executive director for the Arkansas Board of Architects, Landscape Architects & Interior Designers, as MBE director on the NCARB Board of Directors for fiscal year 2015.

●  This year, the committee implemented a revised MBE director nomination process to allow those MBEs unable to attend the opportunity to vote should there have been a contested election. In addition, the committee adjusted the schedule for nominating the MBE director to reflect the new Council meeting schedule and align with the process for nominating and selecting regional directors.

●  The MBE Committee developed the agenda for the MBE Workshop held in advance of the Regional Summit in March. The Workshop content included remarks by leadership; a presentation on leadership development; an update from NCARB on systems and technology; and "speed dating" roundtable discussions on criminal background checks, firm certification, board consolidation, forming strategic alliances, and sunset review.

●  The MBE Committee conducted the Quality Assurance Audit (QAA) in November auditing 99 records [69 Certificate Records and 30 Intern Records]. Two minor errors were reported. A minor error is defined as a discrepancy found in an individual Record that would not affect licensure or certification.