Building and empowering impactful nonprofit boards
In this episode of The Beacon Podcast, Lighthouse Counsel President Jeff Jowdy speaks with Marty Dickens about building powerful and impactful boards. Marty recently retired as chairman of the board of trustees of Belmont University after serving 17 years in that role.
In their discussion, Marty addresses issues including:
- The definition of a powerful, impactful board
- The key things a board chair needs to do to build and nurture such a board
- Ways nonprofit board chairs can support and empower their boards
About our guest
Marty Dickens recently retired as chairman of the board of trustees of Belmont University after serving 17 years in that role. He also is a city commissioner for the city of Belle Meade, Tennessee.
He has served on many corporate as well as nonprofit boards. He is a current board member of Pinnacle Bank and Smith Seckman Reid and past chairman of the board of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, Lee Company and Harpeth Companies.
Marty is a founding member of Avenue Bank and past chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Nashville Convention Center Authority.
His board responsibilities aside, Marty’s career has been with the Bell System, beginning in 1969 when he went to work with AT&T and ending in 2007 when he retired as president of AT&T Tennessee.
