Join LCDA

Director member candidates must hold fiduciary responsibility on a qualifying board – the highest level, governance structure of a company or entity. Directors cannot be internal executives without voting rights—other than the CEO—who are employed by the company or its subsidiaries. Directors on Advisory Boards are excluded.

Directors of boards with the following attributes are eligible for LCDA membership:

Senior executives and national leaders with the following attributes are eligible for LCDA membership:

• Executive Member applicants with C-Suite or P&L experience must currently or have recently been employed at a Russell 3000 company or at a private company with at least $1 billion in annual revenue.
• Executives should have large company operations experience, including extensive management experience and/or direct P&L ownership, as well as sought-after skill sets within the categories listed below:

• C-suite corporate experience (particularly CEO, CIO, CFO, CTO, CMO, COO, GC, and CPO positions)
• EVP/SVPs 1-2 levels removed from CEO in public companies, or at private companies that have scale, or
• Entrepreneurs and Managing Partners/Directors of LLPs, LLCs, or mutual companies with annual revenues of $20M or higher, or
• Former high-ranking military leaders and former national and or statewide elected or appointed officials

In addition, executives should have current or previous nonprofit board service experience.

* These executives may or may not be able to serve on corporate boards while in their current role (i.e. executives from the top 4 audit firms, lawyers, or other qualified executives).